by JGuthrie | Feb 25, 2021 | Durant, Features, Plant City
Durant celebrates milestone win against backyard rival Plant City By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer PLANT CITY – A pair of right-handers making their varsity debuts for host Durant combined on a two-hit shutout of crosstown rival Plant City on Wednesday night....
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 19, 2021 | Features, Lennard, Plant City
Longoria debuts with 11K shutout victory for Raiders By Jarrett Guthrie Editor PLANT CITY – Since last Thursday, Plant City sophomore Adan Longoria has been chewing on the knowledge that Raiders coach Mike Fryrear would be handing him the ball for his first varsity...
by JGuthrie | Feb 18, 2021 | Baseball Round-Up, Blake, Chamberlain, Hillsborough, Jesuit, Plant City, Riverview, Tampa Bay Tech
Jesuit 10, Osceola 3 Jesuit answered a first inning Osceola run scored when Eddie Daraphet (3-for-3, double) tripled to lead off the game, and was driven in on a single from Caiden O’Brien, with a three-spot in the bottom half highlighted by an RBI triple from...
by JGuthrie | Feb 15, 2021 | Features, Leto, Plant City, Preseason Baseball, Robinson, Seffner Christian, Steinbrenner, Weekly Rankings
We are going to make you wait until the OFFICIAL Opening Day in Hillsborough County before we give you the Top 10, but to tease and start some controversy how about we give you our editor Jarrett Guthrie’s five “Bubble” teams knocking on the door as...
by JGuthrie | Feb 14, 2021 | Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Brandon, East Bay, Features, Jesuit, Lennard, Plant City, Preseason Baseball, Robinson, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Prep
Dark Horse Dozen: 2021 Sleepers and Breakouts The “Dark Horse” idiom came to prominence as a reference to horse racing, where a previously unknown horse would come out of nowhere to win. It has been used in years since for political candidates and human...
