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Softball districts wrap up
Durant and Strawberry Crest have hosted this year’s softball 8A-4 and 8A-6.
The 8A-6 tournament and the 8A-4 tournament, in which Crest was the only Plant City-area school, began Wednesday, April 14. Contrary to information on the FHSAA's website, which was reported in today's newspaper, the 8A-6 championship game was not held Thursday night.
Plant City advanced to the 8A-6 championship with a 1-0 win over East Bay Wednesday afternoon, and Durant was bounced by Riverview in a wild, 9-8 win at night. Strawberry Crest made it to the final round with a 4-2 win over Wiregrass Ranch, and will face the Wharton Lady Wildcats.
The championship games for both schools are scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, April 15, with Plant City playing at Durant High, 4748 Cougar Path, and Strawberry Crest at home, 4691 Gallagher Road, Dover.
Lady Raiders take first flag loss
After a thrilling 20-19 win over Newsome last week, the Plant City Lady Raiders flag football team faced another tough challenge at Bloomingdale.
The Lady Bulls were ready for anything the night of Thursday, April 7, and picked up a 27-7 win over Plant City. It was only the second time this season that the Lady Raiders have been held to single-digit scoring, following the season-opening 6-0 win over Tampa Bay Tech on March 22.
In other area news, Durant’s flag team picked up its first win of the season that same evening. The Lady Cougars, like their teal-and-orange rivals, scored a 6-0 win over TBT.
Strawberry Crest rebounded from a March 31 loss in the best way possible: the Lady Chargers picked up 19-0 and 13-0 wins over TBT and Newsome, respectively, heading into Thursday night’s road game at Plant City. Results from that game were not available at press time.
