by JGuthrie | Dec 31, 2017 | Community Stories, Hillsborough, In Memoriam
Longtime Tampa-area baseball coach Billy Reed, a Middleton High alum and member of the Florida A&M athletics Hall of Fame, died Saturday. (file photo J. Guthrie, 2015) By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – He liked being thought of as a teacher more than a coach, after all...
by JGuthrie | Dec 4, 2017 | Community Stories, Gaither
Gaither High alum Oscar Mercado (class of 2013) was named to the St. Louis Cardinals 40-man MLB roster in November. (photo provided by Taka Yanagimoto, photography manager for St. Louis Cardinals) By Jarrett Guthrie Oscar Mercado was able to count one more thing he...
by JGuthrie | Nov 18, 2017 | Carrollwood Day, Community Stories, Features
Members of Carrollwood Day School’s baseball and softball teams meet with Marathon High’s players while bringing supplies down to the programs devastated by Hurricane Irma. (photo courtesy of Tracy Hooker) Editor’s note: A special thank you to...
by JGuthrie | Oct 16, 2017 | Events
TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Sports Commission will hold this year’s Hillsborough County Baseball East-West Combine Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at Jesuit’s Paul Straub Field at Hyer Family Park at 6 p.m. The game is held for area uncommitted, underclassmen high...
by JGuthrie | Jul 19, 2017 | Community Stories, Features
Longtime Gaither baseball coach Frank Permuy to be enshrined in the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January. (Photo from 2014 by Jarrett Guthrie) By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – Since the mid-1970s longtime Gaither baseball coach Frank Permuy...
by JGuthrie | Jul 18, 2017 | Basketball
Brandon Academy’s new boys basketball coach Walter Perkins. (Photo provided) Staff Report BRANDON – Brandon Academy is set to make its debut as an FHSAA Independent program for the 2017-18 school year, and the international Baccalaureate high school program has...
by JGuthrie | Jul 17, 2017 | Community Stories, Features
Silverman (in uniform at right), with former Gaither teammate Rick Permuy and his kids Brayden and Taylor. (Photo provided) By Jarrett Guthrie ST. PETERSBURG – A young kid’s dream of someday making the “Big Leagues” isn’t a rare one, but actually seeing it come...
by JGuthrie | Jul 10, 2017 | Carrollwood Day, Community Stories
Carrollwood Day baseball coach Nick Rodriguez has accepted the position of Head of School at the Brandon Academy and step down as the Patriots head baseball coach after five seasons. (Photo by J. Guthrie/813Preps.com) Staff Report CARROLLWOOD – Patriots baseball coach...
by JGuthrie | Jul 5, 2017 | Football, King
Twelve King High football players started their summers with a five-college tour of football camps and campus tours. (All photos provided by King High Football) By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – In his first season as head football coach at King High, Rafael Tolentino said...
by JGuthrie | Jun 16, 2017 | Features, Postseason Awards
2017 All-813Preps High School Baseball Team Most Valuable Player – Jordan Butler, Alonso The Ravens leader on the mound and at the plate, Butler was one of the county’s best his entire high school career. In his senior campaign, the lefty led the county with 122...
