by JGuthrie | Feb 14, 2021 | Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Brandon, East Bay, Features, Jesuit, Lennard, Plant City, Preseason Baseball, Robinson, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Prep
Dark Horse Dozen: 2021 Sleepers and Breakouts The “Dark Horse” idiom came to prominence as a reference to horse racing, where a previously unknown horse would come out of nowhere to win. It has been used in years since for political candidates and human...
by JGuthrie | Feb 5, 2021 | Alonso, Brandon, Cambridge Christian, East Bay, Features, King, Preseason Baseball
Over the next week we will be bringing you quick looks, expectations and our projections for our area Hillsborough County baseball teams for the 2021 season. Make sure to check back regularly as our preseason coverage steps to the plate with a look at five area...
by JGuthrie | Oct 17, 2020 | Durant, East Bay, Features, Photo Galleries
Our tour across the 813 has included a lot of good action out there from Fall Ball camps. We hope (and know) you all are following us across all our social media accounts, as well as here on the site and have seen all the great photos we’ve shared. If not, what...
by JGuthrie | Jun 20, 2020 | Blake, Cambridge Christian, Durant, East Bay, Features, Freedom, Jefferson, Middleton, Photo Galleries, Plant City, Robinson, Seffner Christian, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Bay Tech, Wharton
Photo Gallery We enjoyed every minute being out at Ben Pues’ Mini Fenway Park in Plant City, FL for the Hillsborough Wiffle Brawl ’20, we hope you enjoyed our coverage across all of our social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and...
by JGuthrie | Mar 31, 2020 | Alonso, Armwood, Bayshore Christian, Bell Creek, Berkeley Prep, Blake, Bloomingdale, Brandon, Brooks DeBartolo, Cambridge Christian, Carrollwood Day, Chamberlain, Durant, East Bay, Events, Features, Freedom, Gaither, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Jesuit, King, Lennard, Leto, Middleton, Newsome, Plant, Plant City, Riverview, Robinson, Seffner Christian, Sickles, Spoto, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Bay Tech, Tampa Catholic, Tampa Prep, Wharton
Staff Report There are so many unanswered questions while we all adjust to the situations we now face due to the novel COVID-19 pandemic, and many more questions that haven’t even yet been asked. From our standpoint as a media outlet covering youth athletics, we have...
by JGuthrie | Feb 28, 2020 | Bloomingdale, East Bay, Features
By Bob Bellone VALRICO – Richie Martin admits he was taken aback by flame-throwing Plant senior Mychal Givens as a 14-year-old freshman making his Bloomingdale debut in 2009. “He’s throwing 96 and it’s like, ‘Man, am I cut out for this? I don’t know if I’m ready for...