by JGuthrie | Feb 17, 2021 | Bloomingdale, Features, Sickles
By Jarrett Guthrie Editor VALRICO – Ten months of waiting for the high school baseball regular season to return and Tuesday’s opener between Bloomingdale and Sickles did not disappoint, as the Bulls got a standout performance from starting pitcher David Eckaus and...
by JGuthrie | Feb 16, 2021 | Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Durant, Features, Gaither, Jesuit, Newsome, Plant, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, 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 Preseason Rankings are brought to you by...
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...
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 | 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...
