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Nova pitcher Ronny Patella pitched a complete-game, two-hitter and the Titans defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 3-1 to win the District 16-5A Tournament Championship.

Flanagan hit seven home runs and scored 12 runs with two outs in a 14-4 victory over Cooper City in the District 12-6A Tournament semifinals.

Fort Lauderdale senior shortstop Stetson McCollin drove in five runs in an 11-run first inning and junior pitcher Alex De La Cruz tossed a one-hit shutout in a 13-0 victory over Hallandale.

Ronny Bailey hit a three-run, walk-off home run as the Bengals beat the Colonels 7-4 in a District 11-6A game. Piper rallied with four runs in the seventh to notch the win.

Piper scored five runs in the first inning and never trailed as they defeated South Broward in a District 11-6A game Friday evening.

American Heritage and Archbishop McCarthy played another epic game Tuesday evening, but this time it was Heritage that prevailed.

Plantation and Coconut Creek kicked off the 2011 high school baseball season in Broward County Monday, and it was the Colonels that left Deerfield Beach with the 13-3 victory.

Defending 6A state champion Flanagan, district 10-6A champs Coral Springs, and district 11-6A champion South Broward, will take the field today for preseason games.

St. Thomas became one of the first teams to hand out uniforms on Thursday, and that indicates that the first pitch of the season for Broward teams is just around the corner.

The weather has been nothing short of perfect for the early part of the winter, so it came as no surprise that on the first day when coaches and players could finally hit the field, the skies opened up in South Florida.

The week of tryouts is always a hectic one for coaches, players, and parents. While many of the players and coaches have gone through a fall season and a workout program, not many have endured what the actual season will bring starting with tryouts on Monday.

This year, Broward County baseball teams will have an even shorter season than last as the BCAA has mandated only twenty games for the Spring season.

A new rule that allows the pitcher to also be listed as the DH when a game starts could have some interesting repercussions when the new season begins.