Two runs in the first inning proofed to be enough on this day as the Panthers had Mark Bejar on the mound. Mark pitched a complete game scattering 5 hits, struck out 4 and no walks. SA only managed 4 hits in the game, led by Kenny Moreno-Costa who went 2 for 3 and one RBI and a stolen base.

SA wins the IMG National Classic tournament. It was not easy. SA first went up against the 5th ranked Berkeley Prep team from Tampa and won 4-3. A 3 run bottom of the 6th inning propelled the Panthers. Kenny Moreno-Costa had a big hit in the inning and JJ Teixeira came in with the bases loaded and 1 out and got out of the jam and had 2 shutout innings. In the second game against talented and a state power Mosley the Panthers got some great relief pitching from freshman Ryan Cabarcas to keep Mosley at bay. Luis Chavez doubled in the 5th inning to score Derek Cartaya who had doubled to score the 3rd run and the game was tied and it went 9 innings. In the 9th SA exploded for 7 runs and won the game 10-3. Derek Cartaya went the last 2 innings to pickup the win. In the 3rd game SA faced Osceola who had won their previous 2 games and this was the semis but SA exploded with their bats and scored 5 times in the first and another 5 times in the second. SA pounded 15 hits led by a HR's by Jose Varela and Kenny Moreno-Costa had an inside the park. Luis Chavez went 2 for 3 with 5 RBI's. On to the Championship game went the Panthers and they faced 15 time Tennessee state champs Christian Brothers from Memphis. They started Weston Bizzle a Vanderbilt commit that we know from his travel team and Bizzle was on at first but the Panthers were patient at the plate and did not let dominate. The Bro's got two runs in the first but Derek Cartaya came in in relief and that was all that. Derek dominated their offense for the next 6 innings with an array of pitches. The Panthers were able to put single runs in the 2nd and 4th till Jose Varela struck with a 3 run shot in the 5th. Things got hectic in the bottom of the 7th with no-one on and 2 outs the Panthers leading 6-2 Derek all of the sudden could not find the strike zone and walked 3 and hit a batter and it was 6-3. We brought in Mark Bejar who allowed a base hit and it was now 6-4. Mark was able to get the next batter to popout to 1st to end the game and capture the titlle which is our second Spring Break tournament tittle in consecutive years winning the Louisville Slugger Classic last year in Emerson, Ga. Derek Cartaya was named the MVP after a phenomenal tournament both at the plate and pitching. Derek was also the MVP of last years tournament.

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SA had 14 hits and 7 of those were doubles and one HR in this game and they threw their 6th shutout of the season. Luis Chavez went 3 for 3 with a HR and a double. Derek Cartaya went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. Gianny Galvez went 2 for 2 with 2 doubles. Brandon Valentin went a complete game shutout 5 IP, 2 H, 7 K's. SA has only allowed 19 runs in the 14 games they have played this season. The team currently has a 1.07 ERA. SA is now 6-1 in district play.

SA swung the bats well in this one collecting 9 hits. Knicko Billings went 2 for 3 with 4 RBI's including the first 2 in the second inning with a big 2 out hit. Ryan Cabarcas went 2 for 4, Miguel Useche went 1 for 3 with 2 RBI's and Max Baldaccini went 1 for 3 with 2 RBI's with a HR to deep left center. Useche was great on the mound, picking up the win with 5 innings of work allowing just 1 hit and no walks and 4 K's.

Two home runs including a grand slam led CSC.

The Panthers win their second in a row as they pounded 13 hits. They were led by Lucas Perdomo who tripled twice and drove in 2 runs. Gabriel Colon and Jaheem Joseph also had 2 hits. Zerian Ximinies pitched well for 4 innings and Dante De Jesus threw 2 shutout innings.

SA scored in the first inning on Luis Ettedgui's double down the right field line to drive in Peter Pacheco who had walked and SA had 1-0 lead till the bottom of the third when Pine Crest scored 2 runs. Tyler Valdes made his JV debut and pitched well for SA, he went 4 innings allowing just 2 runs. PC scored again in the 5th to take a 3-1 lead but SA answered back with 2 runs in the top of the 6th to tie the game but in their last at bat in the bottom of the 7th and 2 outs PC was able to get a hit with a runner on third to win the game 4-3. Ettedgui, Zach Cypress and Tyler Mozo each had 2 hits on the day.

The Panthers only got 3 hits in both games. Adrian Sanchez had a triple in the last inning and it was the only hit of that game and it came with 2 outs in the last inning. In the first game the Eagles scored both their runs in the fourth when a balk was called with runners on 1st and 3rd and then an infield single. Ryan Cabarcas pitched great for the Panthers. Going 5 innings and allowing just 3 hits. In the second game Max Baldaccini went 3 innings and did not allow a hit but walked 4 batters and errors led to the 2 runs. Alejandro Gallardo also went the next 3 innings and did not allow any hits either and had no walks and struck out 4 batters. That means we threw a no hitter and they threw a one hitter but they won due to them making the plays. Navy is now 4-7 and hitting .225 as a team. The pitching has been terrific though.

Mark Bejar was brilliant again. He threw his 3rd complete game of the year and second shutout allowing just 1 hit and 1 walk. Mark is now 5-0 and 1 save for the year. SA scored once in the first inning and once in the second but also left 5 runners stranded. Derek Cartaya went 2 for 4 and Ricky Leonett also went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI's. Jordan Quijano went 2 for 4 and had a big 2 run HR in the 4th inning to up the lead to 4-0. The Panthers are now 5-1 in district play.

Lucas Perdomo had a big day for the Panthers. He went 2 for 2 with 3 RBI's including a triple and a HR. Jaheem Joseph also had 2 RBI's with a double. Anthony Concepcion went 4 innings on the mound allowing only 1 run and striking out 7 batters.

Derek Cartaya led the game of with a double to the left center gap and after one out was brought in home by Juan F. Teixeira single to right, but that was all for the Panthers as Pace pitcher Chris Rodriguez retired the next 19 batters till 2 outs in the 7th when Jose Varela singled to center. Rodriguez was magnificent on the mound as he did not walk a batter and struck out 12 with his low 90's fastball, cutter and slider, he is definitely a pro prospect. Hats off to Angel Perez he pitched a magnificent game for SA also. In his first start of the season he went a complete game 6 innings striking out 12 batters with only one walk and no earned runs.

Who ever makes the routine plays wins. SA did not. At least 5 errors led to 5 runs by Heritage on their way to victory. A very sloppy game by both teams. Danny Quinones continues his hot hitting by going 2 for 2 at the plate. Zach Cypress also continues his hot hitting smacking a double down the left field line and driving in a run in the 1st inning. Luis Ettedgui and Jake Vasquez had RBI singles also. Carolina is now 5-4.

CSC came out and scored 4 runs in the 1st inning and then they were shutout for the next 3 innings before they scored 3 more times in the 5th. Gabriel Colon pitched very well in relief. Jaheem Joseph went 2 for 2 and Lucas Perdomo had a triple to highlight the offense. Samyr Garcia had an RBI single and Zerian Ximinies went 1 for 2. Tyler Valdes had 2 walks in the game.

SA held on to beat Heritage 5-4 as the Patriots rallied in the last inning to score 3 runs and the tying run was headed home but a great throw by Franco Perdomo nailed the runner and preserved the win for the Panthers. SA scored once in the first and once in the second to take a 2-1 lead that remained that way till the 6th when SA was able to score 3 more runs and make it 5-1. SA had a big chance in the top of the 7th to pull away with the bases loaded and no-one out with their 3rd, 4th and 5th batters up but were shut down with no runs. Brandon Valentin started for the Panthers and went 3 innings and minimized the damage pitching out of jams with only one run allowed. JJ Teixeira came in in the fourth and almost went the rest of the way pitching very good with 3 2/3 innings allowing 2 hits and 2 walks. Mark Bejar came in for the final out which is always the hardest one to get and gave up a double and a walk before the last play when a grounder to SS and the throw to first got by and Perdomo went and got it and made the throw home. The Panthers had 8 hits on the night led by Derek Cartaya and Luis Chavez with 2 apiece. SA is now 9-2.

The Bears jumped out ahead 6-0 after 2 innings and never looked back in this one. SA walked 13 hitters in the game and that is always a tough obstacle to overcome. Luis Pacheco was very good in relief as he went 3 2/3 allowing no runs. Offensively the Panthers had 4 hits in the game. Zach Cypress scored the only run for the Panthers after he got on base with a double. Carolina is now 5-3.

The Navy team lost both games but they were very good games with the score of 4-2 and 3-2. In the first game Ryan Cabarcas pitched well going 4 innings striking out 7 batters, allowing 4 hits and 2 runs. Belen was able to score 2 more and had a 4-0 lead and then the Panthers scored twice in the bottom of the 5th but that was it. Anthony Rodriguez had 2 hits in the first game and had a good day at the plate overall. In the second game Anthony Arancibia led off the game with a base hit and then Anthony Rodriguez drove a ball over the left field fence for a home run and the Panthers had a 2-0 lead. Max Baldaccini swung the bat well, he drove a ball to the left center gap where Belens CF made a very good catch and Max also had a double over Belens last pitcher who simply was just blowing it past Panthers hitters. Four errors were costly at the end to lead to the 3 Belens runs but it did not negate the fact that Alejandro Gallardo was magnificent on the mound. He went 5 innings allowing just 3 hits and no walks.

The Panthers had a rough day at Belen. Losing both games with 12-2 identical scores. In the first game Belen had 13 hits and we walked 5. Offensively SA had 7 hits, two each from Lucas Perdomo, Connor James and Gabriel Colon. The Panthers had 8 K's in the game and Belen only had one. In the second game it was more about the defense as the panthers made a lot of errors. Anthony Concepcion pitched very good but with no help of his defense, Anthony also had two hits at the plate. The Panthers also hit well in the second game as they collected 8 hits.

The Carolina team won the first game 7-5. Peter Pacheco pitched well in the first three inning and the relievers were not able to keep the lead but Zach Cypress got the last 2 outs in relief to earn the save. Luis Ettedgui had a big hit in the last inning with 2 outs and 3-2 count to drive in 2 runs and make it 7-5. In the second game Western got off to a 4-0 lead after 3 innings and SA was able to score twice in the 5th and once in the 6th to make it 4-3 and in the 7th there was three hard hit balls and Western was able to make all the plays. Peter Pacheco went 3 for 4 (2 doubles) in that game, Sean Ambrose went 2 for 3 and Danny Quinones went 2 for 3. Adrian Sanchez pitched well in relief, shutting down the Wildcats for the last 3 innings and he also went 1 for 2 with an RBI double.

The first 2 batters of the game were out but then SA exploded offensively with 6 hits and 2 walks and scored 5 runs in the first inning. SA plated 4 more runs in the second and the rout was on. SA scored 8 more times in the 4th inning due to some hits and errors by CSC. Jack Khawly hit his 3rd HR of the season in the second inning. Juan F. Teixeira went 3 for 4. Kenny Moreno-Costa and Jose Varela had triples. On the mound Mark Bejar went started and went 2 innings and picked up his county leading 4th win of the season. This was SA's 3rd straight shutout win. Pitching and defense has been stellar this season. The team has allowed only 6 runs in the last 8 games and has only made 3 errors in 10 games. SA is now 4-1 in district and 8-2 overall.

The Panthers scored 6 times in the first inning with some good base running (8 steals in the game) and a key hit by Adrian Sanchez to get off to a big lead in the game and proceeded to cruise the rest of the way. Jeremy Leon and Danny Quinones had 2 hits and 2 RBI's apiece. The play of the game was a throw home by Jared Lutchman who made a perfect throw to nail a runner at home. Carolina is now 4-1 and plays a double header Saturday at Western.

This was a good game. Pitching, defense and execution was in order for both teams. Both pitchers had complete games and both teams played error less baseball and there was 13 hits and the score was 1-0. SA scored their run in the 3rd when Juan F. Teixeira hit a ball to deep to left center that fell and scored Franco Perdomo from 2nd base. Brandon Valentin pitched great for SA scattering 7 hits and 3 walks and striking out 6 batters. Teixeira had the defensive play of the game when he threw out a runner going home in the 7th inning. SA is now 3-1 in district and 7-2 overall and they play next on Friday at Coral Springs Charter at 6:30.

Max Baldaccini pitched very well for the Panthers going 6 innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks and only 1 run to earn the W. The Panthers scored. David Valuja went 2 for 3 and drove in the first run of the game. Anthony Rodriguez executed a squeeze play that drove in the second run. The Panthers did not allow an error in the contest.

The Panthers swung the bats well as they recorded 15 hits. Ricardo Leonett went 3 for 3. Brandon Valentin made his debut with the bat a memorable one as he singled and tripled in his two AB's and had 3 RBI's. Juan F Teixeira & Kenny Moreno-Costa went 2 for 3 each. Derek Cartaya went 2 for 5 with 3 RBI's. Jose Varela had a perfect day at the plate going 1 for 1 and 4 walks. Freshman Max Baldaccini went 1 for 1 (now 2-2 in the year) and caught the last 3 innings including catching his fellow freshman Ryan Cabarcas for 2 innings. Cabarcas pitched well striking out 3 batters. Kyle Acosta started the game for the Panthers and pitched 4 shutout innings earning the W. Cartaya made his debut on the mound and retired the side 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 7th. The Panthers are now 6-2 and play on Wednesday versus Pine Crest at McArthur HS at 6:30pm.

The first three batters of the game got on base on an error, a walk and a hit by pitch and it set the table for Jack Khawly who delivered a grand slam over the center field fence and it gave SA a 4 run lead in the first that it would not give back. Mark Bejar went 4 innings allowing only one run and is now 3-0 in the season. Angel Perez came in next and went the last 3 innings of shutout ball, not allowing any walks. Kenny Moreno-Costa drove a ball over the RF fence in the 5th to make it 5-1. The Panthers are now 5-2 and 2-1 in district play.

Hunter Rego was magnificent on the mound again. He went 5 innings of shutout ball, he allowed just 2 hits and 1 walk in this game and kept CSC in check. SA scored once in the first as Petey Hernandez scored on a ground out. SA struck again with 4 runs in the fourth. Adrian Sanchez and Zach Cypress singled and a few walks led to the big inning. Cypress had another hit that drove in a run in the 5th as the SA Panthers pulled away and won 7-0. Carolina is now 3-1.

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Tyler Valdez was only a single away from hitting for the cycle in this game. Diego Fereira was 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and Joshua Suarez had 2 RBI's for the Panthers. Two 6th graders held down the Patriots on the mound. Anthony Concepcion went 4 innings with 7 K's and Rafael Gonzalez went 3 innings of shutout ball.

The Navy team scored early and often in this one. They scored twice in the first with Anthony Arancibia starting things off with a double in the left center gap, Michael Laguardia singled and Max Baldaccini doubled to left to drive in two. In the second inning Ryan Cabarcas singled and later scored on a Noel Garcia's sac fly. The Panthers scored 4 times in the third with a bases clearing double by David Valuja being the key hit. Baldaccini pitched 3 good innings for the Panthers and Sebastian Gasca threw well for one inning and Michael Laguardia closed things out with two shutout innings. The Panthers are now 3-2.

The Panthers hitting woes continue as they get shutout against Pompano. Chase Costello and Trevor Kniskern combined for a 1 hit shutout for Pompano. Brandon Valentin pitched well for the Panthers but had 5 walks and was pulled out after a couple of walks in the fifth. JJ Teixeira came in with a 2-0 count on the batter and one out and struck out the batter, the next batter reached on an infield single that no play could be made and the bases were full. The next batter hit a fly ball to the foul area in the outfield that was dropped and gave the batter new life and then he proceeded to single up the middle for a RBI. The Panthers had the bases loaded with 1 out in the 6th but back to back strikeouts ended the threat. The Panthers are now 4-2 and 1-1 in district and play again on Saturday at Pinecrest at 2pm.

The Panthers only had a 2-1 lead going to the bottom of the 5th but exploded for 7 runs, all came with 2 outs and no-one on. The big blow was a bases clearing double to LF by Danny Quinones and Sean Ambrose doubled to CF and the Panthers pulled away from the Eagles to win 9-2. Adrian Sanchez held North Broward Prep in check for 5 innings allowing only 1 run on 2 hits while striking out 8 batters. Quinones ended up 2 for 2 with 3 RBI's. Ambrose and Luis Ettedgui went 3 for 4, Petey Hernandez went 2 for 4 and Jeremy Leon went 2 for 2 as the Panthers swung it well again. They are now 2-1 on the season.

The Panthers won our annual game at Marlins Park 7-2 against Miami Beach. We threw a no-hitter but it was hard to notice due to the 5 walks and 3 hit by pitches. Derek Cartaya had a great day at the plate going 4 for 4 with three doubles and two stolen bases. Gianny Galvez had a big double to drive in two in the fifth. Jack Khawly went 1-1 with 2 walks and 2 stolen bases. Angel Perez got the win in relief going 2 1/3 with 3 K's and 1 walk and hit 2 batters. Max Baldeccini had a double on his first high school at bat. The Panthers are now 4-1 and play on Thursday at Broward College at 7pm against Pompano Beach in a district matchup.

The Panthers won their district opener 3-2. Mark Bejar went a complete game scattering 5 hits. Jose Varela had the big hit of the day with a double in the 5th to drive in two runs. Derek Cartaya made his 2016 debut going 2 for 4. The Panthers continue to play good defense not making an error again in this game.

The baby Panthers played a very strong CSC team to a 4-4 tie in the first game. Strong pitching from Anthony Concepcion and Zee Ximinies kept CSC in check. Connor James hit the ball well.

The Panthers were at Flanagan and lost the first game 2-0. They only managed one hit by JJ Baez. They drew 6 walks but were not able to score. Miguel Useche allowed one earned run in four innings pitched. In the second game the Panthers prevailed 6-1. Miguel Useche went 2 for 2 with two doubles and Victor Diaz had a clutch double to drive in a run. Max Baldaccini also had a double. Hunter Rego went 5 1/3 allowing only one un earned run to earn the victory for the Panthers.

The Panthers were down 4-0 and came back with 2 runs in the 4th and 4 runs in the 5th to make it 6-4 then Pompano made it 6-5 in the bottom of the 5th but the Panthers were able to pull away in the top of the 6th with 6 more runs. Danny Quinones had a big 2 run RBI single. Adrian Sanchez. went 2 for 3. Brandyn Perez had a single to drive in a run. Zach Cypress was 1 for 2 with 3 runs scored. Elliott Figueroa had two shutout innings.

Mark Bejar was magnificent on the mound with a complete game shutout, he allowed 3 hits and 3 walks striking out 6 batters . In the bottom of the 3rd the Panthers had a chance with runners on second and third and no-one out and they were not able to capitalize. Finally in the bottom of the fourth we were able to plate two runs on a double by Kenny Moreno-Costa and a walk with the bases loaded to Luis Chavez, but were not able to score more and left the bases loaded. In the bottom of the fifth the Panthers had second and third again with no outs but TERRA's pitching struck out the side. The Panthers were able to plate a run in the 6th on great baserunning by Juan Teixeira as we went home on a catcher throw to first. Teixeira stole 3 bases on the day. The Panthers are now 2-1 and their next game is the district opener against Cardinal Gibbons next Saturday.

Calvary got to a big early lead and that was pretty much the game. The Panthers were no hit but had some well hit balls by Luis Ettedgui, Adrian Sanchez and Jeremy Leon. Knicko Billings had a very good defensive play on a flyball. Elliott Figueroa pitched well in relief.

Calvary scored twice in the second and once in the third and the Panthers were not able to muster much offense. They got 3 hits in the game. A blown pickoff attempt to first led to a balk and a blown 1st and third play led to a run. Alejandro Gallardo started for the Panthers and did not allow a hit but 4 walks led to 2 Calvary runs. Michael Laguardia pitched well in relief going 3 innings allowing 1 run. Navy is now 1-1.

The Panthers won the first one 7-5 as they came from behind to score 6 runs in the last 2 innings. Gabriel Colon and Reggie Williams went yard for the Panthers. 6th grader Anthony Concepcion was stellar on the mound going 4 shutout innings. In the second game they lost 9-8. They were also trailing 5-1 in this one and they took a 8-6 lead going into the last inning but Belen hit a pair of home runs to win it. Overall the Panthers played very well and hit the cover off the ball.

The Panthers were not able to plate any runs on this night and lost 3-0 to the Patriots. The Patriots got on the board in the first when their leadoff hitter got on base on a HBP, he moved over to second on an errant pickoff and the throw to third got away. In the second inning the Patriots scored again, with two outs and nobody on they got a base hit and a walk and then they moved to second and third on a wild pitch and one run scored on a base hit. The Panthers had a chance in the top of the second after Moreno-Costa singled and Luis Chavez doubled with no outs but both runners were stranded. Same thing happened in the top of the fourth. Moreno-Costa singled and Leonett walked with one out but were left stranded. Brandon Valentin went four innings and was able to get out of a few jams. He allowed 4 hits, 2 earned runs and struck out 6. Angel Perez went the last 2 innings of shutout relief.

SA cruised in the opener 10-0. They scored 3 times in the first, once in the second and pulled away with 5 runs in the third inning. Miguel Useche had a five inning complete game on the mound, allowing 3 hits, no walks and 4 K's. The Panthers had a good day at the plate as they had 11 hits in four innings at the plate. Ryan Cabarcas had 2 doubles, David Valuja had a double and single, Anthony Rodriguez went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI's and JJ Baez went 2 for 2 with an RBI.

The Panthers swung the bats well in the first game of the season as the beat Westwood 10-4. The Panthers collected 15 hits on the day, led by Juan F. Teixeira three hits. Ricardo Leonett went 2 for 2 with a HR and 2 RBI's. Jack Khawly had a HR that traveled over 400 feet to left center (against the wind). Kenny Moreno-Costa, Jose Varela & Jordan Quijano added two hits apiece. JJ Teixeira started the game for the Panthers and went three innings allowing one run to earn the win. Several Panthers made their first varsity appearance including Gianny Galvez with a sharp single, Kyle Acosta with 0 ER and Ronald Rivera with a shutout inning. The game was played at Florida Christian as part of the Diamond Classic. The Panthers take on the Florida Christian Patriots on Friday at 7pm.

The Panthers fell behind 3-0 in the second inning and did not swing the bats well in the first 4 innings in their first game of the year played at Pembroke Shores on a beautiful day. The pitching was good as they only allowed one walk. Tyler Valdez, Anthony Concepcion & Gabriel Colon went the 7 innings striking out 8 batters. Lucas Lopez (1-2) walked and Joshua Suarez doubled him in. Lucas Perdomo had a triple and drove in a run also. The Panthers play a DH on Saturday at Belen.

The Panthers banged out 13 hits, led by Jordan Quijano who went 3 for 4. Derek Cartaya, Kenny Moreno-Costa, Mark Bejar and Ricardo Leonett all had two hits apiece. Moreno-Costa had 3 RBI's and had 2 assist from the OF. Franco Perdomo had a three run HR. Mark Bejar went three innings without a hit. Gabriel Esquivel, Ryan Cabarcas and Angel Perez all pitched a scoreless inning.

The Panthers struggled the first 4 innings at the plate but then had a huge 5th inning where they scored 12 runs to pull away from the Miami Springs Golden Hawks. Jose Varela making his debut as a Panther drove in 6 runs with a HR, a double and a SAC Fly. Doubles by Mark Bejar, Jordan Quijano and Kenny Moreno Costa also drove in runs. Juan J Teixeira was very good on the mound going two shutout innings, striking out 3 batters and no walks.