by JGuthrie | May 28, 2025 | Alonso, Baseball, Bloomingdale, Cambridge Christian, Carrollwood Day, Durant, East Bay, Features, Gaither, Hillsborough, Jesuit, Lennard, Newsome, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Tampa Catholic, Wharton
Dunedin Blue Jays host Hillsborough-Pinellas All-Stars on Monday Staff Report The 2025 Hillsborough-Pinellas Senior All-Star Game will be held Monday, June 2 at noon from Dunedin’s TD Ballpark home of the Dunedin Blue Jays. Tickets and parking for the event are free...
by JGuthrie | Apr 2, 2025 | Baseball, Durant, Features, Plant City
At last Durant’s Franklin gets seven-frame, complete-game win By Brandon Wright, Features Writer PLANT CITY – Owen Franklin had been waiting for this moment all season. But with his pitch count rising, it looked like it may be another missed opportunity. With...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2025 | Baseball, Durant, Features, Plant, Saladino
Plant pitching stays stellar as Panthers blank Durant Plant junior Nick Townley struck out five, working into the sixth inning as the Panthers defeated Durant 8-0. By Jarrett Guthrie, Editor PLANT CITY – During fall scrimmages longtime Plant head coach Dennis Braun...
by JGuthrie | Mar 17, 2025 | Baseball, Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Durant, Jesuit, Newsome, Plant, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Catholic, Weekly Rankings, Wharton
1. Plant (11-2) Plant sophomore RHP Rhett Dixson Last Week: Win, 8-0 v Armwood; Win, 4-0 Strawberry Crest; Win, 5-0 King Plant makes the big leap from the No. 5 spot a week ago after pitching three shutouts last week, stretching a shutout streak to five games. The...
by JGuthrie | Mar 16, 2025 | Baseball, Durant, Features, Newsome, Saladino
Durant rides two big innings for Saladino opening win Durant senior Brody Lissy connected on this fastball away, going with the pitch and sending it over the wall in right – sparking a five-run rally for the Cougars in an 11-1 Saladino Tournament win against...
by JGuthrie | Mar 10, 2025 | Alonso, Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Carrollwood Day, Durant, Gaither, Jefferson, Jesuit, Newsome, Plant, Robinson, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Catholic, Weekly Rankings, Wharton
1. Jesuit (9-2) Tigers junior RHP Wilson Andersen Last Week: Win, 2-0 at Naples Newman; Win, 1-0 v Tampa Catholic; Loss, 5-2 v St. Thomas Aquinas Ryan Thompson struck out 11 in 4.2ip as the Tigers took down Top 5 state ranked Newman to start the week, then Wilson...
