by JGuthrie | Jun 5, 2017 | Postseason Awards, Saladino, Wharton
Wharton’s Ehrhard named 2017 Saladino Award winner By Jarrett Guthrie BRANDON – A baseball coach never knows what a new year is going to bring you, and four years ago Wharton Wildcats baseball coach Scott Hoffman was on the lookout for a player to fill the hole...
by JGuthrie | Jun 3, 2017 | Jesuit, State Baseball Tournament
By Jarrett Guthrie FORT MYERS – In a championship showdown against one of the state’s best, Jesuit got all it could have hoped for from closer/relief specialist extraordinaire, senior Jeff Hakanson, called to make his first-ever high school start. Unfortunately, the...
by JGuthrie | Jun 2, 2017 | King, State Baseball Tournament
King Lions – the FHSAA Class 7A state runner-up By Jarrett Guthrie FORT MYERS – Every new baseball season starts with anticipation, hopes, and high expectations. If you’re amongst the very best it ends in celebration on championship night, but for every other...
by JGuthrie | Jun 1, 2017 | Jesuit, State Baseball Tournament
By Jarrett Guthrie FORT MYERS – A speedster at the bottom of the order can be a huge weapon for a coach, creating the feel of having two leadoff-type guys once the lineup has turned over. Jesuit got to see this theory in action in Thursday’s Class 6A state semifinal...
by JGuthrie | Jun 1, 2017 | King, State Baseball Tournament
King senior pitcher Brian Lee. (file photo) FORT MYERS – Bri-an Le-e, clap, clap, clap-clap-clap. Again and again, the King faithful chanted the name of the little-lefty-who-could as the Lions came away with a 3-1, Class 7A state semifinal win over Naples Gulf Coast...
by JGuthrie | May 27, 2017 | Baseball Playoffs, Wharton
Wharton senior Austin Appel went 7-2 as a starter for the Wildcats this season. (813Preps file photo) An impressive post-season run by Wharton came to a close as the Wildcats could find no answer for Tallahassee Lincoln starting pitcher Austin Pollock, as the Florida...
by JGuthrie | May 27, 2017 | Baseball Playoffs, Jesuit
Senior Mitchell Thrower had a pair of hits in Jesuit’s 9-4 region final win against Belleview, including a two-run double in the first that proved to be the game winner. (Photo courtesy of Jesuit High School) By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – Any coach who has spent...
by JGuthrie | May 24, 2017 | Baseball Playoffs
King senior Brian Lee pitched his fourth-straight complete game as he shutout out Viera and helped the Lions reach the Class 7A state semifinals with a 3-0 win. (813Preps file photo) Class 7A: King 3, Viera 0 King senior Brian Lee said after the Lions region...
by JGuthrie | May 17, 2017 | Baseball Playoffs, Baseball Round-Up
9A: Alonso 1, Vero Beach 0 (eight innings) Alonso finally found a breakthrough run in the bottom of the eighth as Jordan Butler singled in the walk-off winner earning the Ravens a spot in the 9A region final. The senior and Florida signee pitched seven shutout...
by JGuthrie | May 17, 2017 | Baseball Playoffs, Hillsborough, King
King senior Brian Lee tossed a complete-game getting new life late to help the Lions top Hillsborough, 4-2 in Class 7A region semifinal. By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – King senior Brian Lee pitched well for four-plus innings of Tuesday’s Class 7A region semifinal, before...
