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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
District softball: Delay doesn't deter Durant
At Durant, the top-seeded Cougars spent a muggy Friday afternoon finishing off what they started on a rainy Thursday night — a shutout of sixth-seeded Wharton in the Class 8A, District 7 final. Senior ace Paige Davis tossed a five-hitter and had the official winning RBI to lead the reigning ...
Read moreFri. April 19, 2013 at 4:24 p.m. | Joey Knight
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
Hillsborough: Softball super seven, stats
Softball super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Strawberry Crest (20-2): Chargers won seven of their 10 district games by 10-run rule 2. Durant (16-8): Cougars, 2-0 winners Tuesday vs. Chamberlain, are team no one wants to play 3. Chamberlain (17-7): Chiefs coach Bobby Diez livid over his team’s offensive execution ...
Read moreWed. April 10, 2013 at 11:38 a.m. | Joey Knight
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
Softball: Hillsborough County super seven, stats
Softball super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Strawberry Crest (18-2): Chargers came one bad inning from winning Bartow Home of Champions tourney 2. Chamberlain (16-6): Chiefs crushed Durant, which didn’t pitch Paige Davis, in Bartow tournament 3. Durant (14-8): Cougars dropped three in Bartow but have won seven district games ...
Read moreWed. April 03, 2013 at 11:14 a.m. | Joey Knight
Baseball: Newsome gets just enough offense vs. Danish, Durant
LITHIA — When they heard the familiar crack of bat meeting 90-something mph fastball, Scott Dubrule made a dash for first base and Jarred Rondeau took off for home. With the teams locked in a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth inning, Newsome needed to seize on this ...
Read moreTue. April 02, 2013 at 11:23 p.m. | Joel Anderson
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for March 23-29
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Male Hot Shot: Cobi Johnson, Jr., Mitchell Sport: Baseball Skinny: The hard-throwing FSU commit led his team to Pinellas County and delivered one of his best games of the season. Johnson struck out a season-high 13 ...
Read moreMon. April 01, 2013 at 5:49 p.m. | Times Staff
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
Softball: Hillsborough County super 7, stats
Softball super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Strawberry Crest (14-1): Chargers face stiffest competition of season at this weekend’s Bartow tournament 2. Chamberlain (13-4): Tuesday’s huge 1-0 win at Freedom avenged one of Chiefs’ two in-county defeats 3. Durant (11-5): Not so sure Cougars, winners of three in a row, ...
Read moreWed. March 27, 2013 at 12:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
Softball: Durant channels rally mentality
PLANT CITY — In every other nook of the nation Thursday, March Madness commenced. At Durant High, it simply carried over. From May. The Cougars (10-5, 4-2), who rallied in four of their final six games en route to the 2012 Class 8A state title, have replicated the feat twice ...
Read moreThu. March 21, 2013 at 11:19 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough: Baseball stats, super seven
Baseball super seven 1. Jesuit (12-0): The nation’s No. 1 team according to MaxPreps.com and PerfectGame.org, the Tigers have won all 12 of their games by a combined score of 131-12. 2. Steinbrenner (11-1): After their first loss of the season, to Strawberry Crest in the Saladino Tournament, the Warriors ...
Read moreThu. March 21, 2013 at 2:32 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: Softball stats, super seven
Softball super seven 1. Strawberry Crest (11-1): As a team, Chargers hitting .475 (12 homers) against modest schedule 2. Wharton (8-2): Wildcats could be without Michigan State signee Kassidy Kujawa (wrist) all season 3. Freedom (11-1): Pats show no spring-break rust in Tuesday’s 8-0 romp of Steinbrenner 4. Chamberlain (10-4): ...
Read moreWed. March 20, 2013 at 2:24 p.m. | Joey Knight