Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Land O’Lakes (17-4): The Gators rebounded from a two-run loss to Ridgewood by knocking off Wiregrass Ranch to claim Pasco County supremacy. 2. Hernando (15-5): Leopards star and UF signee Christian Arroyo is on a tear. He’s 8-of-11 with four home runs in ...
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Thu. April 11, 2013 at 3:56 p.m. | Matt Baker
Former Hernando baseball standout Ian Townsend plans to sign with East Carolina on Monday, his father, Phil, said in an email. Townsend was the Times’ 2010 North Suncoast player of the year after batting .473 with 26 RBIs and 35 runs scored as a junior for the Leopards. At St. ...
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Wed. April 10, 2013 at 5:49 p.m. | Matt Baker
Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Land O’Lakes (15-2): The Gators are no longer perfect, but maybe those two losses in Ocala will take some pressure off. Land O’Lakes has two big non-district games next week, against Wiregrass Ranch and Springstead. 2. Mitchell (16-3): The Mustangs’ six-game win streak ...
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Thu. April 04, 2013 at 2:04 p.m. | Matt Baker
Baseball super seven 1. Land O’Lakes (11-0): The Gators finally found one opponent they couldn’t beat. The rain, which washed out Tuesday’s showdown with Wesley Chapel. 2. Wiregrass Ranch (9-3): Standout pitcher Zach Drury took a rare loss in this week’s 4-3 Gaither victory. A tough Class 7A, District 9 ...
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Thu. March 21, 2013 at 12:02 p.m. | Matt Baker
Baseball super seven Results through Wednesday 1. Land O’Lakes (10-0): The Gators claim to win with pitching and defense, but their hitting’s not bad, either. Six regulars are batting at least .346, and four have double-digit RBI totals. 2. Mitchell (9-2): A six-game winning streak — including a 14-2 throttling ...
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Thu. March 14, 2013 at 5:04 p.m. | Matt Baker
Softball super seven 1. River Ridge (8-0): Ernie Beck’s Royal Knights have outscored opponents 105-11, and ace Makenzie Goluba has only allowed one earned run. Competition in PHU’s tournament this weekend will be fierce and show how strong River Ridge is. 2. Gulf (9-0): The Buccaneers have been almost as ...
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Thu. March 07, 2013 at 3:16 p.m. | Matt Baker
Baseball super seven 1. Land O’Lakes (9-0): The victories aren’t coming as easily, with the last three wins by one run each, but they’re still rolling in. Josh Nissen, Alex Reynolds and Kyle Sheffield are all batting at least .500. 2. Wiregrass Ranch (7-1): Aside from a blowout loss to ...
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Thu. March 07, 2013 at 2:58 p.m. | Matt Baker
Five Tampa Bay athletes are among MaxPreps’ top 100 baseball players in the country, according to rankings released late last week. Gaither INF Oscar Mercado led the locals as the site’s No. 9 overall prospect. The Florida State commit batted .370 as a junior and knocked in 29 runs. King ...
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Mon. March 04, 2013 at 10:50 a.m. | Matt Baker
With winter sports wrapping up this week, baseball is swinging into focus. Here are the North Suncoast’s five biggest questions after the season’s first few games, plus a look at some of 2013’s top early performers: Five early questions 1. How will Land O’Lakes rebound from 2012? The Gators have ...
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Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 at 1:01 p.m. | Matt Baker
BROOKSVILLE — Hernando senior baseball players Christian Arroyo (Florida) and Brandon Lawson (USF) made their college plans official Thursday morning. After very good sophomore and junior campaigns for the Leopards, including being named as a first-team selection to Perfect Game USA’s preseason all-underclassman All-America team, Arroyo, a shortstop, made the ...
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Thu. Nov. 15, 2012 at 3:10 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
Hernando SS Christian Arroyo will be honored by Dixie Baseball on Wednesday afternoon, Leopards coach Tim Sims said. The youth league’s deputy commissioner, Ronnie Jackson, will present Arroyo with an award for earning MVP honors at the 18U World Baseball Championship in South Korea during the United States’ run to ...
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Tue. Oct. 16, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. | Matt Baker
Add another accolade to the growing resume of Hernando SS Christian Arroyo. The Florida commit appears in the Faces in the Crowd feature in this week’s Sports Illustrated. SI honored him after Arroyo, a senior, was named the MVP of the 18U World Baseball Championship in South Korea. He hit ...
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Fri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 9:39 a.m. | Matt Baker
Hernando SS Christian Arroyo picked up two nice souvenirs from his trip to South Korea. The Florida commit helped the United States win the gold medal and earned MVP honors at the 18U World Baseball Championship. The U.S. beat Canada 6-2 in Seoul in Saturday’s championship match to claim America’s ...
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Sun. Sept. 09, 2012 at 7:49 p.m. | Matt Baker
Former Hernando star and current Leopards football coach Dwayne Mobley will be among eight athletes inducted into the school’s sports hall of fame this year, the school announced Thursday afternoon. The other inductees are: Paul Spangler, Eddie Looper, Kelly Lagedrost, J.P. Inmon, Lorenzo Hamilton, Eddie McIntyre and Bill Combs. Mobley ...
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Thu. Aug. 16, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. | Matt Baker
Throughout the summer, several Tampa Bay high school baseball players have made or will make the trip up to North Carolina's triangle area to compete at USA Baseball events and trials in Cary and Durham. Here's the full list: • Brooks-DeBartolo 1B/OF Brenden Rivera, King P Brandon Caples and Lakewood ...
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Mon. July 16, 2012 at 12:56 p.m. | Laura Keeley