The Plant City 10-11 Baseball All-Stars might have lost in sectionals, but it wasn’t for lack of effort. Josh Herring, one of the team’s top pitchers, had himself a career game at the plate, smacking three home runs out of the park in one game at Lake Wales Little League. How did you feel before […]
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Do you have a good Sports scoop for us? Email Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com or Tweet us at @PCTOSports. SOCCER + TOPSoccer schedule released TOPSoccer, a Brandon-based program for special needs athletes, just released its fall 2015 schedule and is now accepting registrations. The program, which is run by volunteers, is for East Hillsborough athletes […]
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Do you have a good sports scoop for us? Contact Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com, or Tweet us at @PCTOSports. BASEBALL + Peterson excels in summer league T.J. Peterson, a Plant City native, is currently playing baseball for a Major League Baseball-approved wood bat league in New York. Over the past few weeks, he’s been tearing […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Blue Claws are making waves
Readers and area coaches would be forgiven if the name Blue Claws doesn’t ring a bell. Plant City’s newest travel team is roughly two months old and was put together on a whim. But don’t mistake this squad for a one-summer deal. Head coach Chris Fry and his staff have been getting this team some […]
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Do you have a good sports scoop for us? Contact Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com, or Tweet us at @PCTOSports. LITTLE LEAGUE + 11-12 softball wins on no-hitters In the most impressive feat of the Plant City Little League All-Stars’ current tournament run, the 11-12 Softball All-Star team won its district championship Saturday, June 27, with […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Kayla Swinson
In the 11-12 Softball district tournament, the Plant City All-Stars swept Lake Wales in a Saturday doubleheader to win the championship. In the 9 a.m. opener, pitcher Kayla Swinson tossed the first of back-to-back no-hitters in an 18-0 win. You girls won big over the weekend, and you threw one of the two no-hitters for […]
Continue ReadingWHAT’S ON KLINE’S MIND? Why coaches are happy to be here
Who wouldn’t be happy to wake up in the morning and find out that they made an All-Star team? I can’t think of anyone in the system who doesn’t enjoy being right here, right now and playing for something beyond the city championship. Every Plant City Little League All-Star I’ve talked to has been in […]
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