by JGuthrie | Apr 20, 2022 | Baseball Notebooks, Berkeley Prep, Brandon, Freedom, Jesuit, Strawberry Crest
813Preps Player of the Week – Week 8 sponsored by Play-It-Again Sports – Brandon Our weekly Player of the Week list returns – this year sponsored by our friends at Play-It-Again Sports – Brandon. Each week our staff pick and one “fan...
by JGuthrie | Apr 20, 2022 | Carrollwood Day, Features
Riedel, Patriots battle back against AATL By Jarrett Guthrie Editor TAMPA – A two-out error extended the third inning for Carrollwood Day starting pitcher Nicholas Riedel and the rolling snowball started to gather steam as visiting Academy at the Lakes erased a slim...
by JGuthrie | Apr 20, 2022 | Bloomingdale, Features, Newsome
Newsome withstands Bulls comeback bid By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer VALRICO – Newsome built a six-run lead midway through Tuesday’s non-district clash at Bloomingdale and held off the defending state champions for a 6-5 victory. Ethan McSpadden led the visiting...
by JGuthrie | Apr 20, 2022 | Baseball Round-Up, Berkeley Prep, Cambridge Christian, Jefferson, Plant, Seffner Christian, Wharton
Cambridge Chr 7 Foundation Chr 3 Zack McQuiston carried a no-hitter into the sixth, before finally yielding some offense to visiting Foundation Christian as Cambridge Christian earned its seventh-straight win. The Lancers junior allowed a single hit and one run,...
by JGuthrie | Apr 18, 2022 | Baseball Round-Up, Cambridge Christian, Hillsborough, Plant City
Hillsborough 1 (2) Freedom 0 Hillsborough senior Sal Urso kept Freedom off the scoreboard with a complete game on the mound, striking out three and allowing seven singles. Urso also helped his own cause, going 2-for-2 with an RBI single in the third inning. EJ Reyes...
by JGuthrie | Apr 18, 2022 | Berkeley Prep, Bloomingdale, Cambridge Christian, Freedom, Jesuit, King, Leto, Plant, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Weekly Rankings, Wharton
Sponsored by Suncoast Skin Solutions. Editor’s Note: Each week of the regular season we will bring you our traditional rankings with THE Top 8, followed by 1-On-the-Bubble team, and finally our 3-(Grab)-Bagger – a collection of three stories from the previous...
by JGuthrie | Apr 15, 2022 | Features, Plant City, Sickles
Allen’s slam pushes Sickles over Plant City By Jarrett Guthrie Editor PLANT CITY – For a brief moment, Sickles’ Superman Caden McDonald was on the ropes. Plant City’s Jackson VanDerZee’s solo home run, a walk, wild pitch and an error by the junior pitcher...
by JGuthrie | Apr 15, 2022 | Features, King, Sumner
King overcomes big deficit, extends streak against Sumner By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer RIVERVIEW – In four previous encounters in its brief history, Sumner had never defeated district rival King. It wasn’t easy, but the Stingrays tanked again Thursday night,...
by JGuthrie | Apr 15, 2022 | Features, Hillsborough, Leto
Leto edges Hillsborough as Rivera strikes out 13 By Chuck Frye Correspondent TAMPA – When COVID-19 shut down baseball in his native Colombia, keeping him off the field for over a year, Anthony Montoya made a difficult choice. Leaving his parents behind, the teenager...
by JGuthrie | Apr 15, 2022 | Armwood, Baseball Round-Up, Bell Creek, Freedom, Spoto
(8) Bloomingdale 11 Tampa Bay Tech 0 – five innings Dannys Garica RBI sac fly in the second set Bloomingdale on the path to a decisive victory at home against TBT. Drake Harman homered to end things early, going 2-for-3 with three RBI in the win, Makye Hayes was...
