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...
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...
