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HomeTeam Huddle: Eagles finding 'better place' with Eychner
The stretching and special teams work have concluded Friday afternoon at Brandon’s practice when a late arrival, Mario Rodriguez, jogs onto the McLane Stadium field in full pads and presents a signed index card to coach Dean Eychner. “Tutoring?” Eychner asks, gazing at the card with the teacher’s signature. “Uh, ...
Read moreFri. May 17, 2013 at 8:31 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region baseball roundup: Steinbrenner’s first playoff win’s worth the wait
LUTZ — Logan LaPace could hardly settle himself long enough to sleep, he was so ready to take the mound Thursday. But when steady rain left Steinbrenner’s baseball field a virtual mud puddle, LaPace was forced to wait another couple of days to take the mound. “I was really disappointed ...
Read moreSat. May 04, 2013 at 8:17 p.m. | Joel Anderson
District baseball roundup: King relies on its depth
TAMPA — After only a handful of pitches, it was clear Brandon Caples did not — and would not — have his best stuff. The King senior, who came into the game with an 8-0 record and 1.25 ERA, was obviously not his usual self in the District 6A-11 championship ...
Read moreFri. April 26, 2013 at 12:15 a.m. | Joel Anderson
District baseball roundup: Wharton's late-season surge takes out Alonso
VALRICO — Before the district tournament started Monday, Wharton coach Scott Hoffman noticed a funny little quirk about the bracket. It looked awfully familiar. The Wildcats were poised to face the same teams they had last year, when they won the District 8A-7 championship and made it to the region ...
Read moreTue. April 23, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: Final regular-season baseball super 7, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Thursday 1. Jesuit (22-2): No longer the nation’s top-ranked team, Jesuit will have to settle for being No. 1 in the county following its first losses of the season in the final week of the regular season. 2. King (19-3): Surrendered more than two runs ...
Read moreFri. April 19, 2013 at 3:58 p.m. | Joel Anderson
District softball roundup: No. 5 seed Wharton surprises Bloomingdale
DURANT — Class 8A, District 7 made another case for toughest district in the county Tuesday as fifth-seeded Wharton shocked second-seeded Bloomingdale 3-2 in the first district semifinal. Then sixth-seeded Alonso took defending state champion Durant the distance in a hard-fought, 1-0 Cougars victory. The Wildcats and Cougars will play ...
Read moreTue. April 16, 2013 at 10:39 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Hillsborough: Baseball super seven, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Jesuit (21-0): One of the state’s toughest stretches awaits Tigers near the end of the regular season, including Seminole (15-6), Sarasota (16-5) and nationally-ranked Venice (18-2). 2. Steinbrenner (18-1): Hard not to look ahead to the Warriors’ regular-season finale against Jefferson on Thursday. ...
Read moreThu. April 11, 2013 at 4:22 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Baseball: Hillsborough super seven, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Jesuit (18-0): Won first two games of the Easter Tournament by a combined score of 12-1, proving the Tigers can dominate out-of-state opponents, too. 2. Steinbrenner (15-1): Cole Gordon leads the county with six homers, including the game winner in a big district ...
Read moreThu. April 04, 2013 at 12:16 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Baseball: Hillsborough super seven, statistics
Baseball super seven Records through Thursday 1. Jesuit (16-0): Tigers are cruising into their Jesuit Baseball Easter Tournament next week, defeating opponents by an average of 12-1. 2. Steinbrenner (14-1): Remains undefeated in District 7A-9, notching wins over Wiregrass Ranch and Gaither this week. 3. Durant (13-4): Right-hander Tyler Danish ...
Read moreFri. March 29, 2013 at 6:21 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough County awards: Wharton's McGill, among others, feted
TAMPA — He was duped into the dark gray slacks, checkered sweater and tie. Wharton boys basketball co-captain C.J. McGill was told the Wildcats — Class 8A final four qualifiers — needed a player representative at a Thursday morning awards ceremony in the Hillsborough County school district’s downtown headquarters. “We ...
Read moreThu. March 28, 2013 at 1:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
Baseball: Brandon ace Hinostroza silences rival in return
PLANT CITY — In his first appearance after missing 10 days and one start to remove a cyst near his waistline, Eric Hinostroza pitched Brandon to a 6-1 win over Class 7A, District 8 rival Plant City. The right-hander, who scattered eight hits, struck out 10 and walked three, improved ...
Read moreTue. March 26, 2013 at 10:59 p.m. | Steve Lee
Baseball: Durant wastes lead but hangs on to reach Saladino semis
BRANDON — The tying run was on base, Durant was on the verge of an improbable collapse and Hillsborough’s seventh-inning hero from Monday was coming to the plate. But there would be no late-game heroics for Jesus Vega or the Terriers this time. Vega grounded into a double play and ...
Read moreThu. March 14, 2013 at 12:27 a.m. | Joel Anderson
Baseball: Saladino at Brandon, Day 3
At Brandon Scores • Durant 3, King 1 • Armwood 5, Freedom 3 • Brandon 5, Newsome 1 Pitchers of the day In addition to Danish (see related story), Armwood right-hander Shawn Queen tossed his second complete game of the season, scattering five hits in a 100-pitch effort against Freedom. ...
Read moreTue. March 12, 2013 at 10:46 p.m. | Joey Knight
Baseball: Saladino at Brandon, Day 2
At Brandon Scores • King 11, Spoto 0 (5 innings) • Durant 8, Brooks DeBartolo 1 • Newsome 12, Armwood 1 (5) • Brandon 10, Freedom 1 Pitchers of the day King junior left-hander Tyeler Checkley was one batter from a perfect game before allowing a single to Spoto’s Marc ...
Read moreMon. March 11, 2013 at 10:40 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Baseball: Durant rebounds after first loss
BRANDON — Durant dropped its first game of the season Friday against Newsome, and Cougars coach Butch Valdes said it was time to go “back to work.” “We had to go back to the drawing board,” he said. “We came out swinging and we got a lot more action out ...
Read moreTue. March 05, 2013 at 11:41 p.m. | Brandon Wright