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By ALEX LYNCH
© St. Petersburg Times, published July 3, 2001
The All-Star tournaments are under way in Districts 5 and 12, and the 9-10 divisions in District 5 came to a close last weekend.
In 9-10 baseball for District 5, Seminole knocked Northeast into the loser's bracket early. So when Northeast reached the final, it had to beat Seminole twice.
Northeast won Friday's first game 9-4. Saturday, Northeast was powered by the pitching of Andrew Luker and Richard Bunnell along with key hits from Zander Devlin, Ryan Devlin, Ryan McDonald and Jordan Arnold as it won 5-3. In 9-10 softball, Cross Bayou went undefeated and won the title by beating Seminole 11-3 Saturday. Allison Shirley had six strikeouts in the win.
Also in District 5, Northeast defeated Pinellas Park American 5-3 in majors Monday. Matt Donnantuoni eared the win, and Austin Gaines homered.
Also in majors, Seminole defeated Southwest 5-0. Strong pitching by Joey Civillo, Shane Maxemo and Jennings George and a Civillo two-run home run lifted Seminole.
In District 12, the Tarpon Springs 9-10 baseball team defeated Clearwater National 24-2 Saturday. Tony Pikos got the win, Josiah Fisk hit a two-run home run and Tyler David went 4-for-4.
The 9-10 softball tournament featured a no-hitter Saturday by Oldsmar's Tabitha Bittle in a 2-0 win over East Lake. In major baseball, Safety Harbor National won its first game of pool play Saturday 6-0 over Largo American. Danta Roberts threw a complete game. Jeff Antinella, Greg Swift and Terrence Thomas went 2-for-2 with two RBI. Monday, Clearwater American upset favored Safety Harbor American 10-9 behind Nathan Kmet's home run and four hits. In major softball, Safety Harbor defeated West Pasco 9-1 behind the pitching of Ashley Sismilich.
Largo American won its first junior baseball game Sunday 8-5 over Clearwater National in 11 innings. Mike Werner pitched 10 innings for the win.
Monday, Palm Harbor American defeated Oldsmar 8-1 as Cory Glass got the win and Kyle Mills had two doubles and two RBI.
In senior baseball, Largo beat Hudson 11-3 behind the hitting of Cory Birge, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a home run.
CALLING-IN SCORES: The winning coaches in each game are asked to call in the result to the Times voice mail.
For District 5, call 893-8844. For District 12, call 893-8866.
Include if your game was baseball or softball, what division, the name of the winning and losing team, the score, one or two key players and one or two key plays. Please spell all names.