by JGuthrie | Feb 21, 2021 | Armwood, Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Durant, Features, Gaither, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Jesuit, Leto, Plant City, Robinson, Seffner Christian, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Prep, Weekly Rankings, Wharton
Editor’s Note: Our weekly rankings this season have been generously sponsored by an anonymous donor, who has asked 813Preps to pick some local charities and non-profits to highlight throughout the season. This week, our Week 1 Rankings are brought to you by the...
by JGuthrie | Feb 12, 2021 | Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Durant, Features, Gaither, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Jesuit, Leto, Newsome, Plant, Preseason Baseball, Seffner Christian, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest, Wharton
BIG 15: Top 813Preps Returning Players Big Boys, Big Buzz: There is no better place to kick off this list than with a pair of the most talked about “pro prospect” returners to the field in the 813 this season. One, a big bat, labeled by his coach as a “professional...
by JGuthrie | Feb 10, 2021 | Bell Creek, Chamberlain, Features, Jefferson, Preseason Baseball, Robinson, Sumner
Bell Creek Attrition has been tough on the Panthers across the last few seasons as a number of key players have transferred or left the program, and with the current climate of adaptation due to the pandemic, the 11 rostered players will be a challenge for Coach Frank...
by JGuthrie | Dec 14, 2020 | Community Stories, Hillsborough, In Memoriam, Jefferson, Plant, Tampa Bay Tech, Tampa Catholic
By Jarrett Guthrie Editor TAMPA – A conversation nearly 20 years ago between a father and his two sons resonates loudest for brothers Casey and Spencer Nunez today. The two remembered clearly watching with their father, Pat Nunez, on a Monday in December 2003 as Pat’s...
by JGuthrie | Oct 29, 2020 | Features, Jefferson, Photo Galleries, Sickles
By Jarrett Guthrie Editor TAMPA – Jesuit rallied twice, forced extras and walked away a winner for the second-straight season in the first of two eight-team George M. Steinbrenner Wood Bat Classic tournaments this Fall. The Tigers went undefeated in pool-play, before...
by JGuthrie | Oct 26, 2020 | Brooks DeBartolo, Durant, Features, Jefferson, Photo Galleries, Sickles
We caught a few games of the pool-play rounds of the Steinbrenner Wood Bat Classic this weekend. The annual event is traditionally a 16-team tournament, but because of the pandemic, has shifted to a pair of eight-team events held on back-to-back weeks. Through the...
