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BASEBALL
+ Ralyea signs with Bishop State
Recent Plant City High graduate Jacob Ralyea signed with Bishop State Community College last week and will play there in the fall.
Ralyea, who began his baseball career at Strawberry Crest High, transferred to 1 Raider Place for his senior season and batted .273 with 18 hits and five RBI. Also, in six appearances at pitcher, Ralyea posted a 2-0 record with an 0.67 ERA, 19 strikeouts and two earned runs over 21 innings pitched.
Bishop State, located in Mobile, Alabama, is a member of the Alabama Community College Conference and finished seventh in the conference’s South Division in 2015.
+ Blue Claws to hold tryouts
The Plant City Blue Claws baseball team is looking for several players to fill its fall ball roster and will hold tryouts.
Children interested in trying out for the team will be able to do so at the Ellis-Methvin Park fields at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8.
According to head coach Chris Fry, the team has six spots to fill. Anyone who makes the team will be able to play in the fall for $125. The season runs from Aug. 22 to Nov. 22.
For more information, call Fry at (813) 526-0757 or email him at daddyfrychris@yahoo.com. The Blue Claws are on Facebook as Plant City Blue Claws Baseball.
CHEERLEADING
+ Local athletes make USF team
University of South Florida recently added two Plant City-area athletes to its All-Girls Cheer Team roster.
Plant City High alum Crystal Johnson, along with Strawberry Crest High alum Georgia Foster, will compete with the USF squad this season. The team is mostly seen cheering at USF home and away sporting events and does work throughout the community, but it also competes in the UCA College Nationals tournaments each year. Johnson and Foster will travel with the team to Orlando in January for the next competition.