Big Bucs!
Deerfield Beach alumnus, Michael Fiers and Mickey Storey are leading the next wave of Broward baseball on the beaches of major league baseball. The two both starred for the Bucs from 2001-2004 and were a big part of Deerfield’s three district championships and 2003 regional final team. Since being brought up by the Milwaukee Brewers on May 29th, Fiers has posted a major league leading ERA of 1.80 to go along with a 6-4 record. His last 8 starts have positioned him into “Rookie of the Year” conversations by going...
read moreRepresenting the 954
The Chicago Cubs made Anthony Rizzo its “Northside Saviour” on Tuesday by bringing up the Douglas High graduate from its AAA Iowa affiliate. The much anticipated move brought immediate results as Rizzo went 2-4 with an RBI. Rizzo isn’t the only young first baseman from Broward County holding down first in the major leagues, the Kansas City Royals have American Heritage alumnus, Eric Hosmer. Flanagan High alum, Mike Napoli continues his all star work for the Texas Rangers by helping Lone Stars to a major league best of...
read moreBroward First!
Broward County scored a record three first round draft choices in Major League Baseball’s Amateur Draft on Monday. Archbishop McCarthy ace, Nick Travieso, Coral Springs High School center fielder, Lewis Brinson and former American Heritage and current Arizona State short stop Devin Merrero became the newest professional baseball players from Broward County. The trio gave proof that the best baseball in the United States is found in the 954 as no other county had more first round picks. Archbishop McCarthy’s Travieso was...
read moreSharks End Season Against #9 Delta State
Nova Southeast University ended its 2012 baseball campaign with a NCAA South Region playoff loss to ninth ranked Delta State by a score of 8-5 on Saturday. The Sharks had an impressive season record of 35-15 under second year coach, Greg Brown. Senior centerfielder, A.J. Regoli hit his 17th home run of the season in the first inning to tie Nova’s single season record.
read moreBroward Stakes Claim With Two Championships
South Florida baseball made another claim to Florida’s best region with back to back wins in the state championship finals on Friday. Archbishop McCarthy edged Pensacola Pace 4-3 to match Miami Westminster Christian as the only teams to win three straight state titles. The Mavericks were led by pitcher Andre Martinez who was solid for six innings before giving way to sophomore lefty, Brian Gonzalez to record the final outs. In the nightcap, American Heritage breezed past Jacksonville Ponte Vedra 9-0 behind the 1 hit pitching of...
read morePatriots and Mavericks Advance to Finals…Championship Predictions
Plantation American Heritage and Archbishop McCarthy both advanced to Friday’s state championship games behind the arms of Shaun Anderson and Nick Travieso. Heritage started the action on Thursday against the nation’s top ranked Tampa Jesuit and came away with a dramatic extra inning 3-0 win as senior, Brandon Diaz delivered a 3-run homer in the top of the 8th inning to advance the Patriots to the Class 5A title game on Friday at 7:00pm in Port Saint Lucie. Patriots pitcher Shaun Anderson out dueled projected first round draft...
read moreMcCarthy and Heritage Play It Again…Predictions
The last two Broward County teams still playing in the 2012 high school playoffs have combined to win three state championships and two national championships in the past four years. For Archbishop McCarthy and American Heritage, the opportunity to add more championship hardware to their already impressive programs is expected. Archbishop will play Bradenton Lakewood Ranch at 7pm on Thursday (5/17) at Digital Domain Park in Port Saint Lucie in a 6A semi-final. The Mavericks are making their fourth straight state championship series...
read moreFinal Four Within Site for Broward Five
Archbishop McCarthy headlines four Broward teams in their bid to make next week’s state tournament. The Mavericks have been to the state final four tournament three years in a row and winning the last two championships. Joining ABM in the Regional Finals are Sheridan Hills Christian (2A), Nova Titans (7A), American Heritage Patriots (5A) and West Broward Bobcats(8A). Sheridan Hills starts the action at 4pm on Friday, May 11th with all other games under the lights. NOTE: Our predictions for the Regional Semi-Finals...
read moreLucky 4! West Broward Upsets Flanagan
West Broward High School finally beat rival Flanagan in 2012, and they did it with the pitching of senior righty, Alex Zapata and a defense that kept the Falcons from the big inning. Flanagan’s senior ace, Jose Mesa Jr had stifled the Bobcats with two no-hitters during the regular season, but barely escaped with a victory in the district championship. Falcons coach, Ray Evans went with his ace one more time but the Bobcats were ready with a nail biting 4-3 victory at Flanagan High. Nova 6 Monarch 3 The clock struck midnight on...
read moreStormy Tuesday in Broward
The heavens, Zion Lutheran and St. Thomas all shed tears on Tuesday as stormy weather on and off the field made headlines. Only one game was played as spring showers halted Regional Semi-final action across Broward County setting the plate for “Makeup Wednesday“. Sheridan Hills Christian, behind senior pitcher, Chris Meyer shocked heavily favored Zion Lutheran 6-3. Playing on the road against a team they had lost to three previous times this year, Sheridan Hills jumped to a 2 run lead in the fourth inning and never looked...
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