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Saturday's baseball, softball and boys lacrosse roundup
Saturday, March 03, 2012
Palm Beach Post Staff Reports
BASEBALL
Roswell (Ga.) 6, No. 10 Wellington 4: Jared Tosner homered and Peter Rivera doubled, but the Wolverines (2-4) fell to the host Hornets.
Woodward Academy (Atlanta) 8, Palm Beach Gardens 5: Jean Canio homered and Brooks DeMontluzin struck out four in five innings but the Gators (3-4) lost to the Eagles in Palm Beach Gardens.
Forest Hill 28, Lake Worth Christian 0 (5): Mike Murray pitched a perfect game, striking out 14, and had four hits including a home run as the Falcons (4-3) cruised by the Defenders in West Palm Beach.
Fort Lauderdale-Calvary Christian 13, Pope John Paul 5: Robert Gerdung went 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBI, and Zander Retamar went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI, but Pope (3-4) lost to Calvary (5-3) in Fort Lauderdale.
SOFTBALL
Palm Beach Central wins Pembroke Pines Speedball Tournament: The Broncos (5-4) won two games to capture the Broward County event. In the first game, Amanda Blanchard struck out 10 in a 7-0 win over Glades Day. In the second, Nicole Granitto went 3-for-4 and drive in five runs to lead the Broncos to a 10-0 victory over Miami-Doral Academy.
Boca Christian wins Colonial Christian Classic in Homestead: The Blazers (6-2) defeated Islamorada-Island Christian 13-1 and host Colonial Christian 17-2 to take the tourney title. Jensen Strandberg had four RBI, including two home runs, against Island Christian and Haley Butler drove in four runs, and scored three, with two doubles and a single in the finale against Colonial Christian.
BOYS LACROSSE
St. Andrew's 16, Benjamin 7: Conor Whipple scored nine goals as the Scots (5-0) downed the Buccaneers (3-1) in the inaugural Orange Bowl Lacrosse Classic at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens.
Jupiter 11, Fort Lauderdale-Pine Crest 8: Daniel Soviero had four goals and three assists and James Holdt added three goals as the Warriors (4-0) defeated the Panthers (3-1) in the inaugural Orange Bowl Lacrosse Classic at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens. Stone Wharton had 14 saves for Jupiter.
Spanish River 7, Wellington 5: Tyler Kuhlman had three goals and an assist, but the Wolverines (2-2) fell to the Sharks in Boca Raton. Kevin Birch and and Patrick Oporto each added a goal for Wellington.
Jupiter Christian 15, Dwyer 14 (late Friday): Ben Yetman scored six goals, Kevin Meyer had a goal and six assists, and Alex Derrico added four goals as the Eagles edged the Panthers in Palm Beach Gardens.
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User Comments:
atte commented on March 4, 2012 at 12:24 p.m.: report abuse
Hey Benjamin welcome to real la crosse
great coverage post commented on March 4, 2012 at 4:59 p.m.: report abuse
Great coverage matt and jeff. Local PBC games held in a venue such as sunlife stadium and you have a 2 sentence wrap up.
You guys need to actually start doing some work. Must be nice to have a job where you only have to work during football season.
kings commented on March 4, 2012 at 7:39 p.m.: report abuse
football is all that matters
tigerwoods commented on March 4, 2012 at 9:51 p.m.: report abuse
Pretty funny "great coverage" i think they were at the honda classic
must be so much fun to be an angry fan of a sport no one cares about
@ kings commented on March 5, 2012 at 6:27 a.m.: report abuse
i know kings isnt talking about football is all that matters lol. you guys will never be good again. you might as well leave the fhsaa and join benjamin in there new baby conference
Jeff Greer commented on March 5, 2012 at 1:17 p.m.: report abuse
We were at the biggest sporting event the county has each year -- the Honda Classic -- all weekend. Sorry we couldn't make the hour-and-a-half drive to Miami to cover a lacrosse game.
@jeff commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:04 p.m.: report abuse
And we can we expect an article on your high school coverage of a pro golfing event?
not an hour and a half commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:08 p.m.: report abuse
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Sun Life Stadium
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Priorities commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:21 p.m.: report abuse
The Honda Classic had plenty of coverage, by the time the post had anything it was old news. We can get Honda info on any number of media venues, but we cant get LAX info anywhere else.
Know you audience
@priorities commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:24 p.m.: report abuse
You're absolutely right. Plus, Jeff and Matt didn't do a story on the Honda Classic (that I'm aware of). They probably got free tickets from the Post and went, partied it up and wrote it off as business expenses.
Meanwhile, the best lacrosse in the area was in a freaking NFL stadium, and we get a 2 sentence write up.
Jeff Greer commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:27 p.m.: report abuse
We handled all of the online duties for the four days of the tournament. We got huge Web numbers for our coverage of the Honda Classic. Our audience wanted that coverage and they got it.
easy solution commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:29 p.m.: report abuse
Jeff,
I think people would be more understanding of the lack of coverage of the sunlife games, if you guys made attempts to cover lacrosse at all.
There is no team lists on the site, no games on the daily calendar, write ups are only from coaches calling in.
You guys are really dropping the ball on a really fast growing sport.
Jeff Greer commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:29 p.m.: report abuse
Also, I don't live in my office. It's 75-80 miles from my place to Sun Life, so thanks for the directions from the Post building.
Jeff Greer commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:33 p.m.: report abuse
I think the other problem is that people don't understand that we don't pick our assignments. I don't choose where I go. I will recommend to our bosses that we cover more lacrosse, but that's not my decision.
world commented on March 5, 2012 at 2:46 p.m.: report abuse
who cares about la crosse get over it
@ Jeff commented on March 5, 2012 at 3:04 p.m.: report abuse
Tell your boss, we want more local coverage, All high school sports, college and pros arent selling papers but HS will.
Cant be a hometown hero without the POST
curious commented on March 5, 2012 at 8:42 p.m.: report abuse
wondering: is lacrosse now an accredited high school sport or still a club sport. that may answer your question on coverage
@curious commented on March 5, 2012 at 9:04 p.m.: report abuse
it is now varsity
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