by JGuthrie | Mar 9, 2022 | Alonso, Baseball Notebooks, Carrollwood Day, Hillsborough, Seffner Christian, Sumner
813Preps Player of the Week – Week 2 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 | Mar 9, 2022 | Brandon, East Bay, Features
Smith fans 10 as Brandon holds off East Bay By Jarrett Guthrie Editor March 9, 2022 BRANDON – East Bay hitters allowed Eagles senior pitcher Fisher Smith to set the tone Tuesday night and the righty hurler was happy to oblige, breaking his high-set on the mound and...
by JGuthrie | Mar 9, 2022 | Baseball Round-Up, Bloomingdale, Lennard, Middleton, Wharton
(8) Bloomingdale 5 (3) Durant 4 Dawson Harman’s two-run double in the fifth pushed Bloomingdale out in front as the Bulls defeated Durant at home on Tuesday. Jack Owens struck out eight allowing three runs (one earned) in five innings of work, before Chase...
by JGuthrie | Mar 7, 2022 | Alonso, Armwood, Bloomingdale, Features, Freedom, Jesuit, Lennard, Plant City, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Weekly Rankings, Wharton
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 week we felt deserved some attention....
by JGuthrie | Mar 6, 2022 | Bloomingdale, Jefferson, Jesuit, Lennard, Leto, Photo Galleries, Plant, Plant City, Robinson, Strawberry Crest
Although our focus at 813Preps is as a journalism site and NOT as a photo sales site, we also love sharing the shots of our area players and sometimes we have ones that don’t help accent our nightly game stories. So, returning this year we present out Sunday...
by JGuthrie | Mar 5, 2022 | Features, Seffner Christian
Gelwick, Wolfe give Keswick Christian edge in Crusaders clash Lily Belcher Correspondent March 5, 2022 SEFFNER – Keswick Christian claimed its fifth-consecutive win Saturday afternoon in a 4-1 victory over the Seffner Christian in a clash of two Crusaders...
by JGuthrie | Mar 5, 2022 | Features, Riverview, Robinson
Robinson edges Riverview with fifth-inning rally By Chuck Frye Correspondent March 4, 2022 TAMPA – Looking to build an aggressive, pressure-inducing offense almost cost Robinson short-term. Having four runners thrown out at third base over four innings hurt the host...
by JGuthrie | Mar 5, 2022 | Armwood, Baseball Round-Up, Berkeley Prep, Jesuit
Buford (Ga.) 7 (1) Jesuit 4 – nine innings Three errors spotted Buford five unearned runs, as Jesuit lost its first game of the season in a nine-inning battle between two MaxPreps-ranked Top 10 national teams. The game from LaGrange, Ga featured the Tigers...
by JGuthrie | Mar 4, 2022 | Features, Leto, Newsome
Dempsey highlights Newsome shutout of Leto By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer LITHIA – Newsome starting pitcher Evan Dempsey patiently endured an hour-long delay while non-district foe Leto was up against heavy traffic Thursday night. The wait was worth it for the...
by JGuthrie | Mar 4, 2022 | Features, Middleton, Photo Galleries, Sumner
Photo Gallery: Sumner cruises to mercy-rule win over Middleton Sumner 10 Middleton 0 – five innings Senior Rocco Vincent (2-for-3, double, two runs) singled in a run and Sumner never looked back as freshman pitcher Isaiah Welch dealt 10 strikeouts to Middleton,...