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BASEBALL
+ Durant alums win championship
The University of Tampa Spartans are, as of Saturday, May 30, riding high as the NCAA Division II National Champions. Over the weekend, the Spartans picked up a 3-1 win over Catawba College (North Carolina) to seal the deal.
Three of the players are Durant High graduates: Brett Jones (’11), Dylan Barrow (’11) and former Plant City Times & Observer Athlete of the Week Paxton Sims (’14). In the national championship game, Jones tacked on the final run of the game after being scored by Casey Scoggins’ two-out single.
Most impressively, Tampa went on an 8-0 postseason streak en route to the school’s seventh D-II national championship.
FISHING
+ Strawberry Crest teams win big
Strawberry Crest’s fishing teams put on a show at Sunday’s state championships on Lake Okeechobee, and both are packing their bags for Tennessee.
To advance to the 2015 Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship, which will be held near Nashville, teams had to have place in the top three. The Chargers teams took first and third place, and will get to compete on Kentucky Lake from July 22 to 25.
BASEBALL
+ Brewington’s finishes unbeaten
Plant City Little League has an undefeated city champion this season.
The Brewington’s Towing 9-10 minors baseball squad captured the championship Thursday, May 28, with a 14-4 victory. Starter Blaine Rowland went 3 2/3 innings to get the win, and the boys are now awaiting selection to the Plant City Little League All-Star team.
The team finished with a 20-0 record, a 17-0 mark in the regular season, and only three games were decided by less than five runs: 5-4 over Chemical Dynamics March 30; 6-5 over Rollyson Fearnow Insurance April 23; and 12-10 over B&G Tire Service April 30.