by JGuthrie | May 11, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Seffner Christian
Seffner Christian rolls past Northside in 2A quarterfinal Seffner Christian senior Joe Tomasello pitched a complete-game shutout, spurred on by a six-run first inning turned in by the Crusaders offense in Wednesday’s Class 2A-Region 2 quarterfinal win against...
by JGuthrie | May 11, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Wharton
Dukes powers Wharton to region win over Wiregrass Ranch Wharton senior Elijah Dukes leaps in excitement after his fifth inning, two-run double gave the Wildcats the lead in Tuesday’s 6A-Region 2 quarterfinal win against Wiregrass Ranch. By Jarrett Guthrie Editor...
by JGuthrie | May 11, 2022 | Baseball Round-Up, Berkeley Prep, Jesuit
⚾ Class 3A-Region 2 Qtr ⚾ Berkeley Prep 6 Sarasota Cardinal Mooney 2 A pair of RBI groundouts from James Hankerson and Wyatt Ewanowski got things rolling steadily for Berkeley Prep on the road at Cardinal Mooney on Tuesday afternoon, but it was a fifth inning solo...
by JGuthrie | May 11, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Newsome, Plant
Satin, Strayer deliver as Plant shuts out Newsome Plant lefty Robert Satin works as part of his complete-game, four-hit shutout effort (photo by Chuck Frye). Story and photos by Chuck Frye Correspondent TAMPA – Sometimes a team’s best laid plans can only go so...
by JGuthrie | May 11, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Durant, Features
Durant blanks Sarasota behind Rowland’s pitching gem By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer PLANT CITY – Blaine Rowland was one out shy of a complete-game shutout when a 95-pitch limit interrupted his 4-0 victory against Sarasota in a Class 7A region quarterfinal...
by JGuthrie | May 11, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Lennard, Sickles
Scary collision mars Sickles decisive region win Sickles junior Justin Allen smacked a pair of home runs, driving in five as the Gryphons defeated Lennard by mercy-rule in the region quarterfinal (813Preps file photo). By Rick Cantor Staff Writer TAMPA – Justin Allen...
by JGuthrie | May 10, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Pasco County, Strawberry Crest
Crest fends off Land O’ Lakes in region opener Strawberry Crest junior Alex Philpott finished out the Chargers win on the mound earning his fourth save (813Preps file photo). By Brandon Wright Staff Writer DOVER – Superstitions are as intertwined in baseball as...
by JGuthrie | May 10, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Sumner
Sumner’s historic Year Two ends in loss to Seminole By Lily Belcher Correspondent RIVERVIEW – Sumner hosted its first region tournament game in the program’s history Tuesday night in a match against the Seminole Warhawks. While the Warhawks will advance to the...
by JGuthrie | May 7, 2022 | Events, Features
Here are the official FHSAA brackets released Saturday for next week’s tournaments (note that some of these times may change, i.e. it says Seffner Christian will host at 7pm, which will likely move up). Class 7A 2022 FHSAA Baseball State Championships 7A FHSAA...
by JGuthrie | May 6, 2022 | Durant, Features, Newsome
Durant holds off Newsome for Class 7A-6 crown Durant senior Brett Martin doubled twice in a three-hit, two-RBI game as the Cougars defeated Newsome (813Preps file photo). By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer LITHIA – The road to a second consecutive state tournament...
