by JGuthrie | May 24, 2018 | Baseball Playoffs, Jefferson, Plant
The Class 6A Region Champion Jefferson Dragons. (Photo provided by Jefferson High Baseball) Staff Report DUNNELLON – Jefferson got all the jitters out on Tuesday as the Dragons sat in the clubhouse in Dunnellon awaiting a decision on the weather...
by JGuthrie | May 22, 2018 | Features, Jefferson
Jefferson senior AJ Mathis is the spark that keys the Dragons offense with a .478 average, 38 runs scored and 43 stolen bases this season. By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – While still an eighth grader, AJ Mathis asked his father to take him to a high school baseball...
by JGuthrie | May 16, 2018 | Baseball Playoffs, Jefferson, Jesuit
Jefferson starting pitcher Mike Dominguez earned the win on the mound working seven innings and striking out seven. By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – The breaks can be on your side or against you, and despite two absolute warriors going at it on the mound, someone had...
by JGuthrie | May 4, 2018 | Baseball Playoffs, Jefferson, Jesuit
Jesuit senior McGuire Weaver scores in the first inning as the Tigers defeated Jefferson 5-1. Weaver was 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored in the win. (Photo by Will Turner) By Will Turner 813Preps correspondent TAMPA – For the seventh consecutive season, the Jesuit...
by JGuthrie | Mar 28, 2018 | Baseball Playoffs, Jefferson, Jesuit
Jesuit starting pitcher Jack Anderson earned the win for the Tigers to improve to 3-0 on the year. By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – With just nine hits through Jesuit’s first 11 games, senior Joel Brewer was mired in a bit of a slump – going hitless in his previous...
by JGuthrie | Mar 9, 2018 | Jefferson, Steinbrenner
Jefferson’s Charlie Welch is mobbed at the plate after crushing a 3-run homer over the centerfield wall to break up a scoreless game in the sixth. By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – Five clean, competitive innings had the Jefferson-Steinbrenner game looking like a...