Archive for February, 2012

Taravella got the bats going with 11 hits and sophomore Lino Bravo made an unassisted triple play as the Trojans handed South Plantation a 12-0 loss.

American Heritage overcame an early 6-2 deficit to comeback for a 7-6 win over their Palm Beach County namesake Stallions to push its win streak to six games.

Archbishop McCarthy plays some of the top teams in the state each year. Tuesday night, the Mavericks received one of their toughest tests of the year, beating Fort Lauderdale 2-0.

American Heritage improved to 6-1 with a 5-3 win over District 5A-16 rival Pompano Monday night. The win gives the Patriots the inside track on the top seed in the district playoffs.

Coach Todd Fitz-Gerald left his Alma Mater, American Heritage, after 16 years as head coach. We sit down and ask Fitz-Gerald about his break-up with Heritage, and his new Douglas squad.

The Chiefs surrendered five runs in the seventh after keeping the Raiders mostly in check during a pitchers’ duel Saturday. It was the third consecutive loss for Gibbons.

Calvary Christian scored seven unanswered runs after falling behind early and went on to defeat Coral Springs Christian 7-3 in both teams’ District 3A-14 opener.

Mark Ramcharitar drove in Oniel Mejia for the winning run to power Plantation to the District 7A-16 win over South Broward, which came up short despite getting eight hits.

Archbishop McCarthy, the defending National Champs, were dealt their first loss of the young new season by a strong Columbus team from Miami.

Alan Sharkey hit a grand slam in the fourth inning to rally the Colts from a 6-4 deficit. Coral Springs went on to beat Douglas 8-6 in front of more than 350 people Thursday night.

Chaminade-Madonna came up on the wrong end of a tough pitcher’s duel as Brandon Burgess and the Lions fell 1-0 to Parker Danciu and the Bulls in Boca Raton.

Freshman second baseman Chris Iacano and senior shortstop David Vasquez spark Sagemont in the first two innings as it gets the runs it needed to top Westminster.

Michael White pitches a complete game to lead the Suns past the Panthers in a District 4A-13 game Wednesday night at Nova Southeastern University. The Suns already are 3-0 in the district.

Sagemont got its 2012 District 3A-14 season off to a strong start on Tuesday when it defeated Highlands Christian on the strength of a Eddy Milian three-run homer.

Hurricanes go on the road and get their second win in three games with a huge offensive effort and good pitching to beat the Cougars, who are still searching for their first win.

Colby Costanzo goes the distance, striking out 10 and allowing just two hits as Piper gets some payback for three tough losses last season to the Paladins.

University School defeats Chaminade-Madonna 7-2 in district play behind the bottom third of batting order as the Suns finally figure out Chris Flores.

Pine Crest’s Steven Goldberg does it on the mound and at the plate to help the Panthers defeat Dade Christian 6-2 Saturday afternoon.

Our first interview of the year is with Archbishop McCarthy head coach Rich Bielski. The Mavericks skipper has guided his squad to two straight state titles.

Taravella struggled to find the spark it needed to ignite its offense but got a good effort from Devin Meyer on the mound as it lost to Dwyer 3-1.

Flanagan may have started slow in the Falcons Nike/OTS Basdeball Challenge, but on Friday night, it finished strong, winning the tournament with an 8-1 win over Miami Sunset.