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East Lake ace goes the distance despite delay

By BRANDON WRIGHT
Published July 11, 2006

DUNEDIN - Tony Floyd shook off a 45-minute lightning delay and tossed a complete game, leading Largo 4-3 past East Lake to win the District 12 Senior Baseball championship Monday at the Englebert Complex.

Floyd used his fastball and changeup exclusively through the first four innings before mixing in a sharp breaking ball for the final three. Floyd gave up six hits and struck out seven, including four in the last two innings.

"East Lake's a great team, but the guys really bore down tonight," manager Paul Floyd said.

Blake May sent a ball well over the leftfield fence for a three-run homer in the first to give Largo a 3-0 lead. East Lake bounced back with two runs in the third and the score remained 3-2 until the sixth when bad weather forced the delay.

Largo got a run in the sixth on a wild pitch and with runners on first and second in the seventh, East Lake's Kyle Westwood drove a single to leftfield. Mike Pepe scored from first on the play to make it 4-3, but Ryan Hughes was gunned down at third by leftfielder Cory List to end the game.

Largo advances to sectional play with the victory.

DISTRICT 5

MAJOR BASEBALL: Jackson Webb and Devin Dewitt each hit two-run homers to lead Northwest past Southwest 6-0 at Northeast Stadium. Four Northwest pitchers combined to carry a perfect game into the sixth inning, but a two-out single spoiled the bid.

MAJOR SOFTBALL: Emily Bennett struck out four innings to earn the win and Danielle Paquette scored three times to lead Northeast/Southwest/Azalea to a 12-7 victory against Seminole at Seminole Little League.

DISTRICT 12

MAJOR BASEBALL: Matt Albers hit his second homer of the tournament as East Lake beat Clearwater 7-0 at Dunedin Little League. Tyler Ramsey struck out nine in five innings for the win.

JUNIOR BASEBALL: Kasey Coffin picked up the win in relief as Clearwater beat Oldsmar 8-4 at Englebert Complex. Kaleb Paulton and Dustin Sanford each collected three hits for Clearwater.

SCHEDULE

All are championship games played tonight.

DISTRICT 5

Major Softball: Pinellas Park National vs. Northeast/Southwest/Azalea 6:30 p.m. at Seminole Little League.

Major Baseball: Seminole vs. Northeast 6:30 p.m. at Northeast Stadium.

Junior Baseball: Pinellas Park National vs. Seminole at 6:30 p.m. at Northeast Little League.

Senior Baseball: Northwest vs. Seminole at 6:30 p.m. at Seminole Little League.

DISTRICT 12

Junior Softball: Countryside vs. West Pasco at 7 p.m. at Dunedin Little League.

Major Baseball: East Lake vs. Dunedin at 7 p.m. at Dunedin Little League.

Junior Baseball: Holiday vs. Clearwater at 7 p.m. at Englebert

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