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...
by JGuthrie | May 20, 2020 | Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Cambridge Christian, Features, Jesuit, Newsome, Plant City, Postseason Awards, Robinson, Seffner Christian, Sickles, Wharton
By Jarrett Guthrie Editor The Florida Athletic Coaches Association has announced its State Baseball All-Star team, and its 2020 player and coaches of the year for each classification. Under normal circumstances, the FACA All-Star game series is usually made up of four...
by JGuthrie | Mar 31, 2020 | Alonso, Armwood, Bayshore Christian, Bell Creek, Berkeley Prep, Blake, Bloomingdale, Brandon, Brooks DeBartolo, Cambridge Christian, Carrollwood Day, Chamberlain, Durant, East Bay, Events, Features, Freedom, Gaither, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Jesuit, King, Lennard, Leto, Middleton, Newsome, Plant, Plant City, Riverview, Robinson, Seffner Christian, Sickles, Spoto, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Bay Tech, Tampa Catholic, Tampa Prep, Wharton
Staff Report There are so many unanswered questions while we all adjust to the situations we now face due to the novel COVID-19 pandemic, and many more questions that haven’t even yet been asked. From our standpoint as a media outlet covering youth athletics, we have...
by JGuthrie | Mar 7, 2020 | Sickles, Strawberry Crest
By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer DOVER – No one enjoys watching a horror show alone, but Eric Luksis might have been less shaken by the final scene had those running this Saturday matinee witnessed everything as he did. The Sickles coach would not have been pleased...
by JGuthrie | Mar 4, 2020 | Sickles, Wharton
By Mike Camunas 813Preps Creative Director NEW TAMPA — Steven Hotinksi is the Wildcats’ Silent Captain. Stoic and all business. The senior third baseman doesn’t say much, so maybe he’ll just let his bat do the talking. “We’ve got to pry words out of his mouth,”...
by JGuthrie | Mar 3, 2020 | Baseball Notebooks, Brandon, Chamberlain, Durant, Jesuit, Leto, Robinson, Sickles, Wharton
TAMPA – The 2019 Class 6A state champion Jesuit Tigers baseball team will be recognized on the field prior to Sunday’s game at George M. Steinbrenner Field as the New York Yankees host the Atlanta Braves. The Tigers claimed the title last June, defeating Dunedin 4-3...
