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to their feet with a homerun shot that sailed over the

Tournament will be decided by a coin toss. This year’s

the top of the 7th innings.

share of the District lead. The top seed for the District
Tournament is hosted by St. Lucie West Centennial and
will be played at Tradition Field, home of the St. Lucie
Mets beginning on April 14th.

right field fence bringing the Cobra’s to within 1 run in
Sam Vaughn next reached 1st base on a dropped 3rd
strike and advanced to 2nd on a fielder’s choice before

being brought home by Kevin
Croke who singled up the middle

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With the win, Vero pulled even with the Cobra’s for a

into Center field to knot the game
up at 4.

The bottom of the 7th saw the Indians go down in order pushing

the game into the 8th where the
Cobra’s went up by 2.

As the never say die Indians entered the bottom of the 8th in-

ning it looked as though Fort
Pierce Central would bring home
the top seed in the district tour-

nament
for

Indians South Paw Senior Jarod Huff

first time
i

n

decades.

Statistically the game was very close as each team
mustered 5 hits, allowed only a handful of walks and

Yet

struck out only 5 times for the Indians and 8 for the

the

F i g h ti n g

Cobras.

Jason Write notched the win for the Indians going 1

the

Indians
had other

1/3 innings while throwing strikes 61% of the time.

ideas, loading the bases in the bottom of the 8th and

nings with no decision allowing 5 hits and 1 walk while

extra inning comeback and improving to 14-4 on the sea-

Central’s freshman sensation Brandon Stone pitched 5 in-

striking out 3. 66% of the 67 pitches thrown by Stone
landed in the strike zone.

Central’s Vinnie Lucera brought the visiting Cobra crowd

then going ahead for good on a wild pitch capping a 3 run
son.

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