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Tony Saladino, teacher, coach & local baseball icon, dies at 89

Tony Saladino, teacher, coach & local baseball icon, dies at 89 By Jarrett Guthrie, Editor BRANDON – Life is a bunt – a sacrifice. This simple sentence perfectly encapsulates...

Longtime Leto skipper JJ Pizzio resigns after 19 seasons

Longtime Leto skipper JJ Pizzio resigns after 19 seasons The 2018 All-813Preps Coach of the Year and three-time state semifinalist has accepted a teaching position at Plant City...

2025 All-813Preps Class 6A-7A Team

2025 All-813Preps Class 6A-7A Team 2025 Most Valuable Player (6A-7A) Jordan Yost produced his entire four-year career for the Gryphons, but saved his best for his senior season,...

2025 All-813Preps Class 1A-5A Team

2025 All-813Preps Class 1A-5A Team 2025 Most Valuable Player (1A-5A) Helping Jesuit to another district and region title, and his third-straight (Jesuit's fourth) final four...

Saladino named new head coach at Armwood

Saladino named new head coach at Armwood https://813preps.smugmug.com/2024-813Preps-High-School-Baseball-Season/6A-State-Semi-Bloomingdale-v-Buchholz-51624/i-ZjqnXH2/A Noah...

Hessemyer, Fowler lead Warriors to first win

Feb 23, 2024 | Baseball, Features, Steinbrenner, Wharton

Hessemyer, Fowler lead Warriors to first win https://813preps.smugmug.com/2024-813Preps-High-School-Baseball-Season/Wharton-at-Steinbrenner-22224/i-tvsBhxB/A Steinbrenner starter Cayden Hessemyer, who threw five...

Walton cooks, Cozart cleans up (at the plate) in Wolves win

Feb 23, 2024 | Baseball, Features, Newsome, Plant City

Walton cooks, Cozart cleans up (at the plate) in Wolves win https://813preps.smugmug.com/2024-813Preps-High-School-Baseball-Season/Newsome-at-Plant-City-22224/i-mnhpmhR/A Newsome senior Wade Walton struck out 13,...

813Preps Nightly Roundup, February 22, 2024

Feb 23, 2024 | Baseball Round-Up, Bell Creek, Carrollwood Day, East Bay, Foundation Christian, Gaither, Lennard, Leto, Sickles

#3 Sickles 4, #8 Alonso 2 Emilio Salgado doubled in a pair of early runs for Sickles, but the Gryphons saw Alonso answer with two runs in the fifth when Landon Nunez doubled in a run and a wild pitch tied the game. A...

Morales, Martin combine for Terriers no-no at King

Feb 23, 2024 | Baseball, Features, Hillsborough, King

Morales, Martin combine for Terriers no-no at King By Lily Belcher, Staff writer TAMPA - A combined no-hitter and 19 strikeouts proved the difference in a storied county baseball showdown, as Hillsborough defeated King...

Nimmala walks it off in Crest’s season opening win

Feb 22, 2024 | Baseball, Bloomingdale, Features, Strawberry Crest

Nimmala walks it off in Crest's season opener https://813preps.smugmug.com/2024-813Preps-High-School-Baseball-Season/Bloomingdale-at-Strawberry-Crest-22124/i-Bxz7fSJ/A By Jarrett Guthrie, Editor DOVER – Wednesday...

Durant rewards Rowland with late-game win

Feb 21, 2024 | Durant, Features, Sickles

Durant rewards Rowland with late-game win https://813preps.smugmug.com/2024-813Preps-High-School-Baseball-Season/Durant-at-Sickles-022024/i-WSc3f9C/A Story by Jarrett Guthrie, Editor Photos by Mike Camunas, Creative...

Hawks soar under new coach in Opening Day win

Feb 21, 2024 | Armwood, Baseball, Features, Steinbrenner

Hawks soar under new coach in Opening Day win By Lily Belcher, Staff Writer SEFFNER - A balk made the difference in an Opening Day pitchers’ duel for Armwood. The Hawks (1-0) picked up the first win of the season in a...

813Preps Nightly Roundup February 20, 2024

Feb 21, 2024 | Alonso, Armwood, Baseball Round-Up, Blake, East Bay, Gaither, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Jesuit, King, Plant City, Spoto, Tampa Catholic, Tampa Prep

Blake 16, Brandon 9 After not fielding a team in 2023, the Blake Yellow Jackets battled it out at Brandon in its Welcome Back game, putting together a 11-run seventh inning to win its season opener. Junior catcher...

VIDEO: Sickles Seeks to “Run It Back”

Feb 19, 2024 | Baseball, Features, Preseason Baseball, Sickles, Videos

Sickles Seeks to "Run It Back" TAMPA - Sickles High's baseball team went 30-2 en route to a 2023 FHSAA Class 6A state championship. This season, the goal hasn't changed for a team that has reached the state semifinals...

813Preps’ 2024 Preseason Top 15

Feb 17, 2024 | Alonso, Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Durant, Features, Gaither, Jefferson, Jesuit, Lennard, Newsome, Plant, Preseason Baseball, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest, Tampa Catholic, Wharton

Love it. Hate it. Put it on the bulletin board. Prove us wrong! We absolutely can't wait to be out there with you guys this season. Let's Go! 1. Jesuit 2023 Record: 27-5 (Class 5A state runner-up) Season Opener:...