by JGuthrie | Feb 18, 2021 | East Bay, Features, Sumner
East Bay spoils Sumner debut, 9-0 By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer GIBSONTON – Leaving nothing to chance during a lingering pandemic, the East Bay baseball team decided its first order of business on Wednesday’s opening night would be to honor its 10 seniors. The...
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 18, 2021 | Features, Newsome, Wharton
By Jarrett Guthrie Editor FISHHAWK – In a huge pressure moment, Wharton senior Riley Glover did not blink when Wildcats coach Scott Hoffman plopped the ball in his hand, bases loaded in the home seventh – his team holding a slim, one-run lead against Newsome. Instead,...
by JGuthrie | Feb 17, 2021 | Alonso, Baseball Round-Up, Carrollwood Day, Freedom, Robinson, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Catholic
Carrollwood Day 10, Cambridge Christian 9 – Eight innings Carrollwood Day erased a six-run deficit in the seventh to force extra innings winning the opener 10-9 in eight over Cambridge Christian. Some of the Patriots’ younger players had strong first...
by JGuthrie | Feb 17, 2021 | Berkeley Prep, Features
By Mike Camunas Creative Director TAMPA — The game ended up being worth the wait. But the end of the game couldn’t wait. When Berkeley Prep (1-0) hosted Bishop McLaughlin (0-1) and then held on for a 2-0 win, the game between the Buccaneers and Hurricanes turned...
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 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 15, 2021 | Features, Preseason Baseball
•••• Our editor Jarrett Guthrie joined Jason & Steve from the Florida Travel Baseball Central Podcast to discuss the upcoming high school baseball season in Hillsborough County. They discussed some of the area teams and players to watch, the legacy of the Saladino...
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...
