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Lake Brantley junior Luke Heyman does not recall ever hitting three home runs in a single game at any level during his playing career. Heyman, a University of Florida commit, did just that Friday night while driving in seven runs and helping the Patriots (25-3) win 11-0 at home in five innings vs. Oviedo (18-10) during an FHSAA Class 7A regional quarterfinal.

Josh Biringer saw the ball start to squirt away, and he realized he had one chance. "I was thinking that the whole way," he said. "As soon as I saw the ball go in the dirt, I just headed home and sealed the deal.

Matthew Delay was looking forward to experiencing all that comes with being a first-time varsity baseball player last spring at Lake Brantley. Then came the coronavirus pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports. Now more than a full year later, Delay is playing a huge part in a standout season for the Patriots.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday that he hopes to follow in the footsteps of Arizona and allow any and all professional sports leagues to use Florida as their home base whenever they decide to bring live sports back. DeSantis expects the plan to make this official sometime this week….

Fourth-seeded Lake Mary took down the Volusia-Flagler area's two top baseball teams this week en route to an unlikely district championship. Embry-Riddle commit Keagan Perez tossed a no-hitter in a 6-0 semifinal win over top-seeded University on Tuesday, and the Rams (15-11) followed that performance with a 5-4 victory against Spruce Creek two nights later at Historic Sanford Memorial Stadium. Perez faced the minimum number of batters, allowing a single walk to a Titans lineup that entered with a team on-base percentage of .

The Seabreeze Sandcrabs’ baseball team won 5-2 against the Mainland Buccaneers on Monday, April 26, in the District 4-5A Tournament at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex. “I’m just going to congratulate you guys,” head coach Jeff Lemon said.   “This is the first Districts the team’s made it into in seven years.