Area parks hosting events
Florida USSSA Baseball will host its September Classic tournament in Plant City this weekend. The tourney runs from Saturday through Sunday with games starting between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on both days. Games will be played on multiple fields at Plant City Stadium, the Randy L. Larson Softball Four-Plex, Mike Sansone Park, Ellis-Methvin Park and the MLK fields.
Durant, PCHS XC runners take on Seffner Christian Invite
Cross country runners from Durant and Plant City high schools competed in the Sept. 14 Seffner Christian Invitational at Holloway Park in Lakeland and came through with some strong finishes.
Plant City’s boys and girls teams each recorded top-10 overall finishes.
The boys placed third overall with a score of 144 points and were led by Danny Ramirez’s eighth-place finish in 18:07.27. Anthony Killick was the next-fastest Raider with a time of 19:05.40 that scored him a 21st-place finish. Gage Rasmussen and Isaiah Wilcox placed 29th and 30th with respective times of 19:16.14 and 19:18.67.
The girls placed eighth overall with 214 points and Cecilia Castillo’s new personal record time of 22:33.34 was good for a 15th-place finish and led all Raiders. Lidia Leon was the next-fastest Raider, finishing in 24:51.58 to lock up 38th place, and she was followed by Emerson Nedurian’s 49th-place finish in 25:07.69.
Durant’s boys also did quite well at the event, locking up sixth place overall with a team score of 195. Haydon Patrick’s 15th-place finish in 18:53.28 led the Cougars and he was closely followed by Jacob Malinchak’s 19th-place finish in 19:03.40. Raven Skousen also finished in the top 50, coming in 43rd place in 19:51.41.
Two Durant girls finished in the top 50 of their race: Kinsley Trlak’s time of 24:49.08 got her a 37th-place finish, and Jayda Reece finished in 24:59.90 to take 45th place.