by JGuthrie | Mar 22, 2022 | Brooks DeBartolo, Carrollwood Day, Features
Phoenix win district tilt with Carrollwood Day By Rick Cantor Staff Writer TAMPA – In their first game of the season, Brooks-DeBartolo was on the receiving end of a four-run defeat at the hands of Carrollwood Day. To make matters worse, the Phoenix were no-hit, and...
by JGuthrie | Mar 21, 2022 | Berkeley Prep, Features, Jesuit, Lennard, Plant, Plant City, Robinson, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Weekly Rankings, Wharton
1. Berkeley Prep (12-0) The Buccaneers remained undefeated with three late-week wins over Green Cove Springs Clay (a game we covered here), Clearwater Central Catholic and St. Johns Bartram trail – the last one coming on a walk-off home run off the bat of senior Cade...
by JGuthrie | Mar 20, 2022 | Gaither, Hillsborough, Jesuit, Newsome, Photo Galleries, Plant City, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest
We have made a bit of a switch in our Slideshow and photo selling process moving forward. All photos from all of our weekly game stories will be added to our Sunday Slideshow – which will now feature links to our SmugMug account. This will make it easier for us...
by JGuthrie | Mar 19, 2022 | Baseball Round-Up, Berkeley Prep, Tampa Catholic
Saturday, March 19, 2022 Berkeley Prep 6 St. Johns Bartram Trail 5 – eight innings Berkeley Prep fell behind four runs to visiting Bartram Trail only to battle back, force extra-innings and celebrate at the plate as junior Cade Kurland hit his county-leading...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2022 | Berkeley Prep, Features
Veteran players stretch Bucs undefeated run to 10 wins By Chuck Frye Correspondent TAMPA – It was a case of veteran players making veteran plays. A savvy move by senior catcher Gunnett Carlson collapsed an early rally from Class 4A power Green Cove Springs Clay. That...
by JGuthrie | Mar 17, 2022 | Baseball Round-Up, Seffner Christian, Tampa Prep
Tampa Prep 5 Mount Dora Chr 4 Gage Mills RBI sac fly in the sixth pushed Tampa Prep past Mount Dora Christian Academy Thursday afternoon. Senior Grant Varner struck out three in two, scoreless innings of relief to earn his second win of the season; senior Ty Jones had...
by JGuthrie | Mar 17, 2022 | Features, Lennard, Robinson, Saladino
Lennard wins Saladino Silver crown in battle with Robinson By Lily Belcher Correspondent RUSKIN – Lennard won the second-ever Silver Division of the 41st annual Saladino Tournament in a close, 10-8 victory against the Robinson, Thursday afternoon. The Longhorns took...
by JGuthrie | Mar 17, 2022 | Baseball Round-Up, Saladino
Gold Division Third Place Game (2) Jesuit 9 (6) Strawberry Crest 8 Jake Kulikowski’s two-run home run – the Tigers’ third dinger of the game walked things off as Jesuit came from behind to win as the home team, while visiting opponent Strawberry...
by JGuthrie | Mar 17, 2022 | Features, Plant, Saladino, Sickles
Plant punches back as Panthers top Sickles for Saladino title By Jarrett Guthrie Editor DOVER – From the first pitch that freshman Cash Strayer burned through the middle for a base hit, to the leaping snag of a would-be single gloved by second baseman Tanner Swank –...
by JGuthrie | Mar 16, 2022 | Baseball Notebooks, Berkeley Prep
813Preps Player of the Week – Week 3 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...