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The Monarch Knights got strong pitching in their District 7A-15 title game to beat the Northeast Hurricanes 3-0 and win their first district title.

Monarch’s head coach Joe Franco was looking to break a four-game losing streak to his brother, Nick, but the Knights came up short in a 4-0 loss to Santaluces.

Monarch put the critics in their place on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over #4 Coral Springs. Andrew Pierson threw a complete game for the Knights.

Monarch prevailed 2-1 in a pitchers’ duel featuring the Knights’ Andrew Pierson and the Flying L’s Brad Smith, beating host Fort Lauderdale for the second time this season.

Monarch Head Coach Joe Franco has his team sitting at 13-2. This week, he sat down with Anthony for a Sunday Morning Chat.

Monarch won the battle of surprise Broward teams on Tuesday, defeating Fort Lauderdale 4-2 in the third-place game of the Titan Classic.

Monarch and Northeast headline a group of teams that have escaped tougher districts through reclassification.

West Broward pounds out 12 hits after a lackluster offensive performance in the first two games to move on in the HSBN/Perfect Recruits Fall Classic.

West Broward senior right-hander Austin Gray tossed a complete game with seven strikeouts as the Bobcats edged the Knights.

Monarch senior Andrew Pierson stifled the Bobcats through the first five innings as the Knights won 5-2 on Tuesday to gain an advantage in the best-of-three series.

The Knights rallied for six runs to earn victory and Douglas advanced as the Group Five winner with an 8-4 victory over Coral Glades.

Monarch’s Gino Poliandro provided the offense while Andrew Rohloff and David Webb limited the Coral Glades offense to escape with a 2-1 victory at Northeast

Douglas starter Jon Lipinski had eight strikeouts and the Eagles pounded out 11 hits as they won their opening game of the fall tournament.

The new classifications and district realignments have changed the playing field for teams across the Broward baseball landscape.

Three Broward County players share their experiences with Tommy John surgery, which has helped them come back strong after arm injuries.

The inaugural BrowardHighSchoolBaseball.com Senior All-Star game was a huge success, with the 1A-4A team defeating the 5A-6A team, 10-9 on Saturday evening.

The North team scored three runs in the top of the ninth to nip the South 9-6 in the BCAA Senior All-Star Game at Pat McQuaid Field at Nova High Wednesday night.

Coral Springs center-fielder Lewis Brinson is the District 10-6A Player of the Year, leading one of the most talented All-District teams in Broward County this season.

Taravella fought back from three separate deficits against Monarch to finally prevail 5-4 in the District 10-6A quarterfinals. The Trojans will now face top-seeded Coral Springs.

In the annual match-up of South Florida teams led by brothers Nick and Joe Franco, Santaluces came out on top of Monarch 9-3 in Lantana.

Andrew Pierson gave Monarch seven strong innings, allowing his team enough time to come back from an early 3-0 deficit to defeat Plantation by a final of 6-4 in nine innings.