by JGuthrie | Feb 21, 2024 | Alonso, Armwood, Baseball Round-Up, Blake, East Bay, Gaither, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Jesuit, King, Plant City, Spoto, Tampa Catholic, Tampa Prep
Blake 16, Brandon 9 After not fielding a team in 2023, the Blake Yellow Jackets battled it out at Brandon in its Welcome Back game, putting together a 11-run seventh inning to win its season opener. Junior catcher Marcus Smith tracked a ball behind the plate to...
by JGuthrie | Feb 13, 2024 | Armwood, East Bay, Features, Hillsborough, Plant City, Preseason Baseball
With preseason games going on this week, we thought we would preview our Hillsborough County squads leading into the 2024 regular season. We’ll release previews on five teams a day leading up to our BIG 813Preps Top 15 Preseason Rankings on Sunday. [Teams were...
by JGuthrie | Nov 12, 2023 | Baseball, Durant, East Bay, Events, Features, Newsome, Sumner
Newsome hosts Banana Ball Versus Breast Cancer event By Lily Belcher, Staff Writer LITHIA – For Newsome, East Bay, Durant and Sumner, Saturday’s games were months in the making. For two months, the athletes prepared skits, dances and shenanigans to bring Banana Ball...
by JGuthrie | Jul 7, 2023 | Alonso, Armwood, Bloomingdale, Durant, East Bay, Features, Gaither, Hillsborough, Lennard, Leto, Newsome, Plant, Plant City, Postseason Awards, Riverview, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest, Sumner, Tampa Bay Tech, Wharton
2023 All-813Preps Baseball Class 6A-7A Team Most Valuable Player – Caden McDonald, Sickles Sickles senior Caden McDonald posted two of the most incredible varsity seasons in the history of our website, and once again claims the Most Valuable Player Award for the...
by JGuthrie | Apr 26, 2023 | East Bay, Features, Robinson
Wehrman picks one out, blasts Knights to win Boom! Tucker Wehrman (3) and some of his Robinson teammates take to the air to celebrate the senior’s home run (photos by C. Frye) By Chuck Frye, Staff Writer TAMPA – In front of a friendly Senior Night crowd on...
by JGuthrie | Apr 21, 2023 | Baseball Round-Up, Berkeley Prep, Brooks DeBartolo, Cambridge Christian, Carrollwood Day, East Bay
⚾ East Bay 9, King 4 King’s Jacari Sandlin struck out 11 across 6 2/3 innings before hitting his FHSAA pitch limit, and that was all the opening East Bay would need as the Indians, down to a final out, put up seven runs in the top of the seventh. Taurean...
