by JGuthrie | May 3, 2024 | Baseball, Baseball Playoffs, Durant, Features, Newsome
Newsome trio toss shutout gem in district title win By Lily Belcher, Staff Writer PLANT CITY – Closer Isaiah Sanchez dashed to first, touching the bag for the final out of the District 7A-6 championship, before taking two jumping steps into the crowd of cheering...
by JGuthrie | May 1, 2024 | Baseball, Baseball Playoffs, Features, Plant, Sumner
A few “feet” separate Plant from Sumner Emotions explode from Plant senior Garrett Hill as his fifth strikeout of the night finishes off his complete-game 2-1 victory over Sumner. By Chuck Frye, Senior Staff Writer TAMPA – Baseball has forever been known...
by JGuthrie | Apr 30, 2024 | Baseball, Baseball Playoffs, Berkeley Prep, Features, Tampa Prep
Kurland holds on for complete-game against Terrapins Berkeley Prep junior Rivers Kurland battled in the final inning against Tampa Prep to finish his complete-game win with his eighth strikeout, and hold on for a 4-3 win. By Lily Belcher, Staff Writer TAMPA – Leaving...
by JGuthrie | Apr 29, 2024 | Alonso, Baseball, Baseball Playoffs, Features, Steinbrenner
Ravens rally with five runs, walk-off win over Steinbrenner Alonso players wait on junior Samuel Fernandez to step on home plate after his three-run blast brought the Ravens to within a run in the seventh inning. Alonso would send eight hitters to the plate in the...
by JGuthrie | Apr 29, 2024 | Armwood, Durant, Jefferson, Jesuit, Newsome, Plant, Seffner Christian, Sickles, Tampa Catholic, Weekly Rankings
The 8-1-3 List: Week 10 1. Durant (20-3) = Durant becomes the first team this year to hold No. 1 rank for three-straight weeks, and finish the regular season at the top. The Cougars got two incredible efforts on the mound last week from veteran seniors as Gehrig...
by JGuthrie | Apr 26, 2024 | Baseball, Durant, Features, Plant
Rowland sets hit record, fans 14 as Durant beats Plant Durant senior Blaine Rowland squares up a letter-high pitch in the first inning, collecting the first of his three hits and setting a new, single-season hit mark (40) for the Cougars. By Jarrett Guthrie, Editor...
