by JGuthrie | Feb 17, 2025 | Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Gaither, Jesuit, Plant, Plant City, Robinson, Spoto, Tampa Catholic, Weekly Rankings, Wharton
1. Tampa Catholic (3-0) Tampa Catholic SS Cal Johnson The Crusaders are #1 after Week 1 after defeating preseason Top 10 teams Carrollwood Day and Berkeley Prep, along with Seffner Christian. Cole Bitman (3 doubles, 1 triple), Jose Carrero (3 doubles, 3 RBI) and Cal...
by JGuthrie | Feb 12, 2025 | Baseball, Durant, Features, Gaither
Linares, Gaither beat Durant in slugfest opener Anthony Linares points to the sky after closing out Gaither’s season-opening victory over Durant. By Chuck Frye, Senior Staff Writer TAMPA – So much for pitching being ahead of hitting early in the season. On...
by JGuthrie | Feb 9, 2025 | Alonso, Baseball, Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Carrollwood Day, Durant, East Bay, Gaither, Jesuit, Newsome, Plant, Plant City, Preseason Baseball, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Sumner, Tampa Catholic, Weekly Rankings
813Preps 2025 Preseason Top 15 1. Jesuit Jesuit junior righty Wilson Andersen Head Coach: Miguel Menendez (18th season; 10th at Jesuit) Last year: 26-6 – Class 5A State Champs Season Opener: Tues, at Lakeland Christian, 7p Breakdown: This was an easy call. Jesuit took...
by JGuthrie | Feb 8, 2025 | Baseball, Carrollwood Day, East Bay, Features, Gaither, Jefferson, Jesuit, Plant, Preseason Baseball, Strawberry Crest
Preseason All-813Preps Watchlist: Outfielders As part of our preseason interactions with head coaches in our yearly survey, we asked each coach for one player from their team and any from outside their program for our preseason All-813Preps watchlist. Any player that...
by JGuthrie | Jun 25, 2024 | Bloomingdale, Durant, Features, Gaither, Newsome, Plant, Postseason Awards, Sickles, Strawberry Crest
2024 All-813Preps Baseball Class 6A-7A Team Sponsored by Jaime’s Adult Day Centers 2024 Most Valuable Player (6A-7A) Coupling a county-leading .494 batting average, with a 1.57 ERA and a 6-1 record on the mound, Durant senior Blaine Rowland helped Durant to a...
by JGuthrie | May 11, 2024 | Baseball, Baseball Playoffs, Features, Gaither, Sickles
Nazar walk-off puts Sickles past Gaither in 13th Sickles junior Jaden Nazar rushes to celebrate with his teammates gathering in left field after his walk-off hit won Friday’s Class 6A-Region 3 semifinal for the Gryphons in the 13th inning. By Mike Camunas,...
