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Veteran honored by Congressman Congressman Dennis Ross presented Frank Lee with a flag that had flown over the United States Capitol. See Page 4.

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CHECK YOUR ENGINES Changes are coming to local Circle K branches

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EHAG held its annual banquet on May 7 at the United Methodist Church.

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EHAG Luau

y the end of May six Circle K locations across Plant City will be altering the gas offered to customers. In April, the company announced eight of its Hillsborough locations will be converted to Circle K fuel, which will include the “Top Tier” gas brand. Previously, the fuel had been provided by other brands, predominately Shell. "By having a 360-degree Circle K experience at these locations, we will better be able to serve our customers," said David Morgan, Florida vice president of operations, in a release. The issue, as clients across Plant City are beginning to find out, is Shell gas cards will soon no longer be accepted as a form

The East Hillsborough Art Guild held its annual banquet May 7 at the fellowship hall of the United Methodist Church, 303 N. Evers St. The event was themed Hawaiian Luau and featured lots of food and games. During the banquet, EHAG awarded its annual grants and a representative from the MacDonald Center was there to accept the donation. The group’s new officers were also installed for the upcoming year.

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Because of the changes, Shell gas cards will no longer be usable at the affected Circle K locations.

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Jeanette Mack, an ambassador with the Chamber of Commerce donned her R2-D2 dress for the ribbon cutting at Brick City Bricks.

May the 4th Be With You Brick City Bricks, Plant City’s exclusive LEGO store, participated in the May the 4th Be With You Star Wars holiday. It offered free Star Wars polybags to the first 50 people through the door, 10% and 20% off Star Wars Sets and special prizes for the best costume of the day. At 1 p.m. it also held its official Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting and had food and refreshments following the event.

Lock it or lose it Thieves search for unlocked cars and unsecured valuables to mark easy targets. BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

While the cheers of the weekend spectators at Mike Sansone Community Park encourage young athletes around its diamond shaped bases it also acts as a perfect audible mask for thieves to break into parked cars unnoticed. On April 23, three drivers

returned to their vehicles to find a mound of shattered glass and empty seats. In each case, the victims had left purses and valuables in plain view. Some of what was lost, like money, drivers licenses and social security cards, can be relatively easily replaced. However, when rifling through one vehicle, the suspect wrapped their hands around a much more dangerous treasure: a .40- caliber Glock, according to reports from Plant City Police Department. Al Van Duyne, spokesman for PCPD, said too often officers have SEE THEFT PAGE 4

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“You hear the term, ‘make yourself a hardened target’ and that makes so much sense. You don’t have to be a bad guy to think like a bad guy. Start looking around, see what they’re seeing. Then take the steps to secure your property and take that target off your back.”

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— Al Van Duyne, PIO for PCPD SEE PAGE 4.

BY THE NUMBERS

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the approximate number of guns that have gone missing in Florida over the past decade. SEE PAGE 4.

1959

the year Vietnam veteran Fred Lee graduated from Turkey Creek High School and joined the Marines.

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Jim Scott and his sons drove the pace car for the 5K.

YMCA to honor Jim Scott

the number of fights featured at the Region 3 Junior Olympics boxing tournament. SEE PAGE 8.

MEETINGS PLANT CITY TOASTMASTERS 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. May 10 at The Community Room in the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, 106 N Evers St. GOVERNMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The monthly Government Advisory Committee is held at the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce.

he Plant City Family YMCA has chosen to honor Jim Scott at its 16th annual Strong Leader Dinner on Thursday, August 23. Scott has dedicated much of his life toward giving back to the Plant City community, making him an ideal recipient of the award. He has been on the Plant City Y Advisory Board for nine years and on the Tampa YMCA Governance Board for three years. Scott is currently on the Board of Directors for the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce, South Florida Baptist

Hospital Foundation, Rotary Club of Plant City, Florida Strawberry Festival and East Hillsborough Law Enforcement Appreciation Association. Scott began to forge his path when he took a job for Ford Motor Company in Michigan in 1995. Approximately one year later he was transferred to Orlando where he acted as a sales representative and called on dealerships throughout the state. It wasn’t long before he forged a relationship with the Jarrett family. By 1999 he joined their Ford busi-

ness, which is now known as Jarrett-Scott Ford. Scott, a partner of the dealership, runs the Plant City and Dade City locations and has received Ford’s President’s Award six times. The dinner in his honor will be held at the John R. Trinkle Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Table sponsorships are available for $1,000 and include a table of eight. Individual tickets are $75 per person. All proceeds benefit children and families in Plant City through YMCA programs and services.

The East Hillsborough Historical Society is hosting a Parliamentary Procedure workshop on May 22 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The workshop is designed for anyone who wishes to become a leader in an organization, whether that be club members, business professionals or community leaders. The workshop will be led by professional registered parliamentarians who have proven their success over the years in both the business and nonprofit sector. Tickets are $20 per person and preregistration is required. You can register at ehhsoc.org.

Have a lasting ‘m-pact’ The Manufacturing Alliance of Hillsborough County hosted “M-Pact: Informing and Connecting Manufacturers” at the Plant City Hillsborough Community College campus, which discussed pressing issues in the manufacturing industry. The Manufacturing Alliance is an organization that was created by Hillsborough County to raise awareness of manufacturing jobs and attempt to change the public’s perception of manufacturing. Industry experts discussed topics like workforce trends and bridging generational gaps.

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Local veteran honored with Capitol Flag Fred Lee, a Vietnam Veteran, was honored at a special presentation at the Elks Lodge where he received a flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol from Congressman Dennis Ross. BREANNE WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

A local Plant City hero was honored on May 2 at a special American Flag presentation at the Elks Lodge. Congressman Dennis Ross joined the gathered Elks to fulfill the request of Fred Lee, a Vietnam veteran that requested the flag for the lodge to honor the abundant number of veterans that call the group home. The flag had flown over the U.S. Capitol and Ross presented it to Lee and thanked him for his service. Lee grew up running around the streets of Plant City and was a graduate of Turkey Creek High School in 1959. Coming from a military centered family he said serving was simply part of his culture. “There was no place left to go,” Lee said. “This isn’t a booming big town. You could keep on working on the farm or you could

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The flag will now proudly hang at the Plant City Elks Lodge per Lee’s request..

go somewhere else. I was tired of working on the farm and didn’t have enough money to go to college so I said the heck with it and enlisted.” When he walked up to enlist he was 17 years old. With his parents’ support, he signed his name and soon he was a Marine, where he served for six years. He was a trumpet player and bugler and the war caused him to lift the instrument to his lips and play “Taps” so frequently no one could ever doubt the price of

freedom. “Most of it, my memories, are of the good stuff, but there were bad days,” Lee said. “I went with the fire squads to the funerals. There were a lot of them.” Through it all, he said he never thought twice about enlisting. Yes, it was in his blood, but it also was simply the right thing to do. “I just didn’t think anything about it,” Lee said. “This is what you do. For my generation, this is what you do.” Following the war, he returned

to his hometown. He graduated from Polk Community College and Florida Southern College on the G.I. Bill. He started a family and his descendants became musical prodigies in their own right. Soon he was active in organizations across town, including the Elks. The group has made it a mission to focus on children in the community and provide aid wherever there is a need. Ed Wise, past officer of the Elks Lodge, said Lee has been instrumental, giving

advice and innovative ideas to the lodge. “He’s always given us a lot of good ideas and over the years we often find ourselves turning to him for input,” Wise said. Elks members also heavily support local veterans, as is seen in the numerous service projects, checks and volunteer hours they dedicate each year to help local military branches. They line the streets and wave flags at deployment parties, pay for veterans to visit memorials in Washington D.C., foot the medical bill for veterans in the hospital and will be the first to tackle the manual labor needed to make repairs to a veteran or current soldier’s home. Many local veterans like Lee pledge their service to the Elks. Even on the day set aside to honor Lee many of the members were found laughing with and picking fun at their treasured companion. With a glint in his eye he leaned in conspiratorially to whisper that he would let the group in on a little secret. “Through it all do you know what the greatest moment was?” he said. “The best time of my adult life was when I was a season ticket holder for the Gators.” Surrounded by a wave of laughter Lee sat back and began to chat with Wise about the next event the Elks were going to do to continue their dedication toward veterans.

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CARELESSNESS Common sense goes a long way toward thwarting theft. Plant City Police Department responds to several calls every single week of break ins that could have easily been prevented.

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to work cases that could have easily been prevented. “You kind of got to use common sense and not leave these things in plain view,” Van Duyne said. “Every year we tell people the same thing, especially around the holidays when people are doing their Christmas shopping or right around the start of summer when kids are out of school. Don’t leave things in plain sight and always, always lock your car.” Residents in Plant City frequently live their lives with a false sense of security, he said. When going to the gym downtown he often will notice multiple cars unlocked with laptops, purses and phones sitting in plain sight. Local officers visit Walden Lake alone three to five times a week over thefts. More often than not, the resident failed to lock their vehicle, close their garage door or left valuable items lying out in the yard. It’s a problem that isn’t going away and one that Van Duyne said with simple common sense practices could be easily prevented. “It’s bananas,” he said. “If we could get the people in Walden Lake to secure their houses and vehicles it would make our jobs so much easier. On any given day you can drive through Walden lake at 9:30 and just see opportunities. You take notice that there’s a golf

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cart in the garage with $1,000 golf clubs just sitting in the back. There’s tons of lawn equipment, tools and other valuables just lying around.” One easy trick thieves often employ is they will wait until dark and then simply start driving through neighborhoods. If a homeowner went to their vehicle to retrieve an item and then did not properly shut the door the dome light will remain on, acting as a beacon for ill-willed guests. Lights, in general, are often a main attractor. Phones, GPS units or other electronic devices will illuminate a car, acting as a proverbial “x-marks-the-spot” for all who pass by. Guns are also a growing issue in Hillsborough County and the state as a whole as concealed carriers leave them in vehicles that are then stolen or broken into. Over the past decade, more than 80,000 guns have gone missing in Florida, according to a study by the Tampa Bay Times. It found in 2016 alone, on average, at least one gun was reported stolen every single hour. The consequences of a moment of carelessness can be fatal. “Just take it in the house or at

Plant City man killed in hit-and-run on I-4 A pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash on I-4, west of U.S. 98, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The victim was later identified as McKenzie Jordan Messick by FHP. Messick was a 22-year-old from Plant City. He was found in the grass shoulder on the north side of the roadway. FHP is searching for the driver and said evidence at the scene indicates the vehicle that hit the man may have front-end damage. FHP Sgt. Steve Gaskins said the vehicle might also have headlight or turn signal damage. Pedestrians are not permitted on the interstate and FHP is attempting to find out why the man was walking along the busy road. The westbound lanes of I-4 were closed near US-98 as FHP assessed the scene. Anyone with information is asked to notify FHP at 813-5581800.

Smokin’ Aces BBQ owner arrested for tax fraud The co-owner of Plant City’s Smokin’ Aces BBQ was arrested for failure to file sales tax returns

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the very least ensure your vehicle and weapon are secure,” Van Duyne said. Simple steps can make leaps toward preventing such intrusions from ever happening. However, if a theft does occur it is essential the owner has the serial number of the items taken to aid in police retrieval. There are countless Apple iPads or Samsung phones, innumerable X-boxes and Playstations and without a serial number, the odds of it ever being tracked down are minimal. As for guns, the serial number can be entered into a national database if it is reported stolen. Regardless of if the suspect is found two streets away from the incident or on the other side of the country, that gun can still be identified thanks to the database. “You hear the term, ‘make yourself a hardened target’ and that makes so much sense,” Van Duyne said. “You don’t have to be a bad guy to think like a bad guy. Start looking around, see what they’re seeing. Then take the steps to secure your property and take that target off your back.”

and theft of state funds more than $20,000, according to an arrest report from Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Robert Michael Jordan, who often goes by “Robbie,” was arrested at 8:45 p.m. on May 5 by Plant City Police Department. PCPD was tipped off that Jordan had a warrant and he was picked up at his address and sent to jail. Jordan, 30, bonded out the next day. Smokin’ Aces was founded and launched in 2012 and is coowned by Robert Jordan and his sons “Robbie” Jordan and Josh Jordan. It started as a small stand in front of a car lot on US 92 before it transferred to the corner of County Line Road and U.S. 92 near Mozart’s Designs. After partnering with Keel & Curley for a brief time the business was able to set up its restaurant known as Smokin’ Aces BBQ.

PCHS coach accused of sexual misconduct A wrestling and track coach at Plant City High School has been dismissed from his position after officials received allegations of sexual misconduct. Both Plant City Police Department and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are cur-

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rently investigating the situation and said the subject has been involved with the teams for the past two years. The Hillsborough County Public Schools Board and PCHS are cooperating with investigators. Hillsborough County Public Schools says the coach was not employed by the district. Anyone with additional information regarding the inappropriate conduct is asked to contact PCPD at 813-757-9200 or HCSO at 813-247-8000.

Plant City deacon accused of sexually abusing children David Kenneth Buser, 72, of Plant City, was arrested on May 1 after Hillsborough County deputies said he admitted to having sexually assaulted two children. Records show the most recent assault happened two months ago and one of the victims was abused for a decade, according to deputies. Buser was a deacon at New Hope Freewill Baptist Church in Dover and according to the report, the abuse did not happen at the church. Buser is facing four counts sexual battery charges, two of which are for victims younger than 12. He's also charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation.

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ONE BIG WINDOW 300 block of Waller Street. Lost tag: Complainant stated his vehicle tag went missing sometime within the past eight months, and he didn’t know when it went missing or where he lost it. Complainant was issued a case number for the tag and the incident was documented.

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Six Circle K gas stores will transition from offering Shell to its own brand of gasoline.

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of payment at the plentiful gas stops. Donald Staley, a concerned resident, said he has been using gas cards at the pump for years. Recently, when he went to fill up his tank he was told the location had already switched to the Circle K fuel. “It’s something people need to know,” Staley said. “The gas cards we’ve all been picking up at Publix or wherever aren’t going to work at these stations anymore.” Gas cards offer multiple benefits to the customer depending on which card is purchased. The Shell cards allow the customer to manage the balance online, which helps control and manage spending. Though many are given as gifts to college and high school drivers, the cards have begun to gain popularity as identity theft becomes more prevalent at the pump. Some feel more comfortable knowing their debit cards remain firmly in their wallet when they purchase gas. The gas card allows them the freedom of remaining hassle free as the user does not have to interact with the clerk to get an allotted dollar at the pump as one would do if using cash. Card skimmers continue to be a major issue at gas stations and establishments across the country and costs nearly $2 billion a year in fraudulent charges. The number of credit and debit cards that were compromised at ATMs via card readers increased 70% in 2016, according to financial analytics company FICO. In just the first 10 months of 2017, approximately 500 skimming devices were located by law enforcement on gas pumps in Florida, which is more than

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aw Enforcement from across East Hillsborough County gathered at the Florida Strawberry Festival Exhibition Hall for the 56th annual appreciation dinner. The Plant City Police Department, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Highway Patrol and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission were all represented at the event. The East Hillsborough Law Enforcement Appreciation Association Inc. was formed more than 50 years ago after a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Sergeant was shot and killed while he and two other deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant at a home in Plant City. One of the others deputies lost his arm due to the altercation. Community leaders rallied together in their outrage at the loss of life and decided to create the association, which would honor the “dedication and sacrifice of law enforcement officers.” Each year law enforcement and their guests are invited and treated to a catered dinner and entertainment. Leaders from the four different law enforcement agencies present their “East Hillsborough County Officer of the Year” award. The event has grown over the years and now approximately 475 people regularly attend.

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Law enforcement vehicles from each of the agencies were present inside the hall for the event.

Sergeant Jeff Catlin and his family with Sheriff Chad Chronister.

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Captain Maurice D. Hensley with Trooper Christopher Wells and his wife.

Top: Chief Ed Duncan with Detective Justin Polk and his family. Above: Sheriff Chad Chronister also honored several staff members for their years in the field at the event.

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Plant City Boxing Gym will host two days’ worth of Junior Olympics boxing action this Friday and Saturday. The Region 3 tournament will feature more than 50 fights and begins at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Plant City Boxing Gym is located at 607 Hitchcock Street. Tickets cost $20 per person at the gate.

Plant City softball picked up a 4-0 win over Steinbrenner in the May 2 8A-Region 2 quarterfinal thanks to a fourrun second inning and solid pitching and defense the rest of the way. With one out and Rachel Arnold and Stephanie Bowers on base, Haley Frangioni hit an RBI single to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead. With Bowers on third and Taylor Bennett up to bat, Frangioni moved to second base on a wild pitch and Bennett reached first on a walk. Two at-bats later, Emily Longoria hit a three-RBI triple to send everybody home and bring the Plant City lead up to 4-0. The win set up Wednesday night’s semifinal game at East Bay. Results were not available at press time.

Xavier King, of Plant City High School’s track and field team, competed in the long jump at the 2018 FHSAA state championships, held May 4-5 in Jacksonville, and placed 16th overall. Plant City’s Unified track and field teams also performed well as the girls placed second and the boys placed fourth in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

Newberry College baseball shortstop Colin Allman, a Plant City native, recently earned First Team All-South Atlantic Conference honors for his play in the 2017-18 season. Allman reached base in 29 consecutive games, leads the team in hits (73), doubles (13), triples (two), home runs (eight), slugging percentage (.606) and has a .388 batting average.

Plant City basketball guard Mackenzie Steele was recently named to the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches and Source Hoops Class 8A all-state team. Steele, a senior, led the Raiders with 26.7 points and 2.5 assists per game last season. She will play for Florida Southern College in the fall.

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Though Plant City native Rhett Rollyson is no longer a full-time sports broadcaster, he’s come from helping with WPLA’s local sports shows in high school to running them himself with partner Scott Hammock. Rollyson has covered college football, college basketball and other sports on both television and radio. He and Hammock host football shows and game broadcasts for the Plant City Raiders and Rollyson is hoping to take some students under his wing next football season with the shows. What made you want to get into sports broadcasting? I used to listen to Ercelle Smith and Al Berry on This and That on WPLA. Dick Shiflett would do the games. Darek and I would do the sideline quarterback show with him on Thursday nights, where we would preview all the area high school games plus the Gators, the Seminoles and the Bucs. That kind of catapulted me, at that age, to know what I wanted to do. I wanted to go to UF because I knew the journalism school was unbelievable. Their broadcast journalism school is one of the best in the country. Syracuse, Missouri, Florida. How did you get your start in high school? When WPLA was in town, Darek Sharp and I would, on Thursday nights, do the sideline quarterback show. Very similar to what we’re trying to do now with coach (James) Booth, but of course that was when we had an AM radio station. I was 14 years old. That was kind of getting thrown into the fire at an early age, being on radio. As a junior and senior I got to be a sideline reporter for high

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Learning the Ropes is an educational series for high school students, college students or adults who wish to work in the sports world. Not everyone can be an allstar pro athlete, but there are plenty of ways to work in the sports you love. school games. I got to interview the coaches at halftime and after the games. As a high school kid, that’s a pretty cool opportunity that most kids would never have. How can high schoolers get a start like you did? If I was to say ‘what can I do if I’m a 13, 14, 15-year-old kid’ is get involved with Raider TV, Tomlin TV, whatever you can do. The more comfortable you feel when talking in front of other people, all of a sudden it becomes second nature at some point. Do what you can and look to intern. If it’s something you have a passion for, it’s not like work. It’s like fun. What did you do in college outside of your classes to get more experience? I had the opportunity to work at a public radio station, so I had to learn how to talk really slow and enunciate. Then I got to work at Rock 104. I’d do a sportscast at both stations. I got to cover the Danny Rolling murder trial when I was there. You have to do news before you would do sports. It’s important that you have some news background, too. When I was in college, I covered a Final Four, I covered a Sugar Bowl. I did a live shot from the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street. I did a live shot from Charlotte in the Final Four. I was the sports anchor for a 30-minute newscast

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every day for a year. That was cool. I worked for SportsChannel Florida (now Fox Sports Florida). I did the Lon Kruger Show, I did the Steve Spurrier Show and Gator Magazine. I was there as I finished my last semester and extended out so I could intern and do some stuff like that, which was really cool. When you’re in front of a TV camera or microphone for the radio, how do you get prepared to call a game? I interned with the Reds with Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall. Marty’s a legend, he taught me the ropes. You want to be opinionated but you don’t want to be over the line. It’s important that you do your homework. Even at almost 50 years old doing a Raider game, I want to get the roster the day before so I can get some names. Just doing your homework and getting ahead. Get with the coaches, know who their key players are, know what they run. In the moment, you want to be excited but you don’t want to go too fast. That’s when you make mistakes. The key is to try and maintain some sort of calmness, even during a cool moment.

Scott Hammock, Left, and Rhett Rollyson keep Plant City fans in the loop with weekly radio broadcasts.

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The best in broadcasting done it as well as Vin Scully. Whether he was calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, which was his best-known gig, or getting called up to the booth for NFL football, you always knew you were in for a treat when Scully was on the mic. He always knew when to let his excitement for a game come through and when to let the moments breathe, to let the crowd noise take over and tell a story without interruption (see his call of Kirk Gibson’s 1988 World Series homer, itself a legendary sports moment). He could explain the action perfectly (Sandy Koufax’s 1965 perfect game) and, as became a custom with Dodgers games, could tell stories like no other (like the time he and Jackie Robinson went ice skating and raced each other). I don’t think anyone will ever be as good at doing everything as Scully was. If you’re really into college hoops, you might have a strong opinion either way about the team of Bill Walton and Dave Pasch (really, though, it’s just about Walton). I love their work. It’s like a classic comedy duo with Walton as the wild card and Pasch as the straight man he plays off of. The conversations won’t always touch on what’s currently happening during a game, if it even touches on basketball, but it’s a charming

experience that makes me feel like I’m part of a free-flowing conversation at a game or a sports bar with these guys. This team is one of my favorite reasons for staying up late to watch Pac-12 basketball. The last person I’d like to highlight is Jessica Mendoza, the only woman regularly calling Major League Baseball games. Her debut three years ago generated a lot of heat from the “women can’t do baseball” set, but Mendoza — herself an Olympic gold medalist in softball — has stuck around because she knows the game as well as anyone in the broadcast booth. She and Matt Vasgersian are my favorite national broadcast duo in the sport for their insightful analysis and obvious love of the game without being inaccessible for viewers. I don’t know how anyone who’s listened to Tim McCarver and Joe Morgan call baseball games can say Mendoza is the one who’s not doing the game any favors by being there. We need more Mendozas and Doris Burkes in the sports broadcasting world. Justin Kline is the Plant City Observer Associate Editor. Email: jkline@plantcityobserver.com.

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A moment Damien Torres and his teammates have spent years working for has finally come to be. Thanks in part to Torres, who recorded the final out of Thursday’s 8A-District 4 championship game, the Strawberry Crest Chargers are district champions for the first time in school history. “It’s all you can ever ask for, a district championship,” Torres said. “It feels great.” Crest got the job done with a 7-3 win over the hosting Wharton Wildcats, top seed in the 8A-4 tournament. The Chargers and Wildcats had split the regularseason series, so Thursday’s final came with plenty of hype. After two perfect innings by pitcher Kade Manderscheid and the Crest defense, Joseph Parrillo got the Chargers on the scoreboard by smacking a leadoff home run in the top of the third inning. Wharton was able to tie it at 1-1 in the bottom of the third with Brian Baughman’s RBI double, which scored Ricky Viloria, but Parrillo scored Alex Mussenden in the top of the fourth to give Crest a 2-1 lead. With Manderscheid at third base, Tanner Kelley increased the lead to 3-1 with an RBI single of his own. Wharton scored again in the bottom of the fourth, but the 3-2 score wouldn’t hold much

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longer. Crest’s offense was nearly unstoppable in the top of the fifth inning. Ben Pues scored Ryan Dell with one out to put the score at 4-2 in Crest’s favor. Mussenden drove in Damien Torres shortly afterward, then followed Jacob Heath’s gutsy baserunning to help put two more runs on the board. The Wildcats brought Carson Caso in to pitch and the sophomore was able to prevent the Chargers from crossing home plate the rest of the night. Manderscheid and Caso traded scoreless innings until the bottom of the seventh, when Steven Hotinski’s ground ball brought Ehrhard in to give Wharton its third run of the game with two outs. Viloria took first base after being hit by a pitch and Nick Albury’s single moved him to second, at which point the Chargers brought Torres in from third base to pitch, moved first baseman

Derek Barone to third and slotted Kelley at first base. Baughman singled to load up the bases and create a jam for Torres, but the senior was determined not to let the rallying Wildcats go any further. He was able to get Grady Maguire out and seal the deal. “I’m pumped for these guys,” head coach Eric Beattie said. “It was awesome. The guys held their composure. A lot of them, this was their first time being in a district championship, so our game plan was basically to play wihtin ourselves and execute. We did both those things real well.” Crest’s first regional tournament run as a district champion began in Dover with a May 8 win 6-4 against Gainesville-Buchholz. Crest will face Wharton on May 15. The team has one message for its opponents. “We fight,” Torres said. “We ain’t never gonna give up.”

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The home at 4602 W. Highway 92 sold April 2, for $190,000. Built in 1966, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,534 square feet of living area. The home at 4802 James L. Redman Parkway sold April 5, for $205,000. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,624 square feet of living area. The home at 2029 W. Sam Allen Road sold April 3, for $320,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, four baths and 2,690 square feet of living area. TRAPNELL RIDGE

The home at 3603 Trapnell Ridge Drive sold April 12, for $215,800. Built in 2012, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,178 square feet of living area. WALDEN LAKE

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The home at 3428 Silver Meadow Way sold April 3, for $235,000. Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,723 square feet of living area. The home at 1904 Teakwood Drive sold April 2, for $215,000. Built in 1976, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,934 square feet of living area.

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