Photo courtesy of JDPixelsRiley Clark Riley is a junior at Strawberry Crest High School, where she plays for the Chargers flag football team. Riley led the Chargers in every statistical category on offense, including 86 catches (School Record), 797 yards, and 10 touchdowns. How long have you been playing flag football? I played it in middle school, […]
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Gage Deal Photo by Justin Gentry Gage is a 12-year-old 6th grader at Turkey Creek Middle School. He pitches and plays 3rd base for the Miracles travel ball team. How long have you been playing baseball? 8 years, since I was 4. What’s your favorite thing about baseball? Having fun and hanging out with my […]
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Photo Courtesy of Vanessa TomerKileigh Tomer Kileigh Tomer is a 17-year-old senior at Durant High School and plays Lacrosse for the Cougars Lacrosse team. How long have you been playing lacrosse? I have been playing for 3 years now. What made you want to try out for the team at Durant? My cousin played the […]
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Photo by Michael Egge Brantley Hayward Brantley is a senior at Durant High School where he is a catcher for the Cougars varsity baseball team. Brantley is having a great season. His stats include a .326 batting average, 14 hits, 9 runs batted in, and 2 home runs. How long have you been playing baseball? […]
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Photo by Zalen Hicks Nico Cappucci Nico is a junior at Strawberry Crest High School where he plays for the Chargers Varsity baseball team. He’s having a great season so far, including a .362 batting average, 17 hits, 17 runs, and 13 RBIs. How long have you been playing baseball? I have been playing since […]
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Photo courtesy of Jacob Dunkin Eli is a senior at Plant City High School who plays for the Raiders varsity baseball team. How long have you been playing baseball? I have played baseball since I was three years old. What’s your favorite career play? My favorite career play was when I was younger, and we […]
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Photo by Chelsea ParmMakenna Palmer Makenna Palmer is a 7th grader at Tomlin Middle School. She’s the catcher for the Plant City Rotary Club Majors softball team for Plant City Little League. What’s your favorite thing about softball? My favorite thing about softball is getting to hang out with my friends and play softball with […]
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Photo Courtesy of Peachy Brass Studio Zoe Surrency Zoe is a sophomore at Strawberry Crest High School, where she plays quarterback for the Chargers’ varsity flag football team. How long have you been playing flag football? I have been playing flag since I was in 5th grade. What’s your favorite thing about flag football? My favorite thing […]
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Brisen Tweedy Brisen is a starting pitcher for Strawberry Crest High School. How did it feel to get the big win against the city rival in Plant City Friday? It felt amazing, that game was a must-win for our team. We needed that win. Adrenaline was definitely pumping, that’s for sure. How important was it […]
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Photo Courtesy of USA Baseball Jake Carbaugh Jake is a junior at Plant City High School, where he is one of the starting pitchers for the Raiders’ varsity baseball team. How long have you been playing baseball? I have been playing baseball since I was 4 years old. My dad would always watch the Rays games […]
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