2013 FHSAA Baseball Finals Data Form
for Official Souvenir Program and Press Booklet
1) General Information
Name of School: / Durant / City: / Plant CityTeam Nickname/Mascot: / Cougars / School Colors: / Navy/Vegas Gold
Principal: / Pam Bowden / Athletic Director: / Todd Long
2) Coaching Staff
Name of Head Coach: / Butch Valdes / Age: / 42College Attended: / St. Leo University / City, State: / St. Leo, Fl. / Year Graduated: / 1992
High School Attended: / Thomas Jefferson / City, State: / Tampa, Fl. / Year Graduated: / 1988
Years as Varsity Head Coach in This Sport at This School: / 5
Win-Loss Record as Varsity Head Coach in This Sport at This School (through district tournament): / 78-50
Years as Varsity Head Coach in This Sport at All Schools: / 5
Win-Loss Record as Varsity Head Coach in This Sport at All Schools (through district tournament): / 78-50
Names of Assistant
Coaches: / Donny Scolaro, Carl Flagg, Brent Franklin, Rodd Kelley….Manager Grant Glover
3) Head Coach's Year-by-Year Record as a Varsity Coach in This Sport at All Schools
Year / School (city, state) / Record / Playoff Finish (i.e.: district champ; regional runner-up;etc.)201313 / Durant (Plant City, Fl.) / 22-5 / District Champions…Play continues
2012 / Durant (Plant City, Fl.) / 16-10 / Regional semi-finalist
2011 / Durant (Plant City, Fl.) / 16-11 / Regional runner-up
2010 / Durant (Plant City, Fl.) / 12-11
2009 / Durant (Plant City, Fl.) / 12-13 / Regional quarter finalist
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School: / Durant High School / Class: / 8A4) Tournament Roster
Provide the jersey number, first and last name, position, height, class and bats/throws left- or right-handed for up to 25 players. For class use 6th, 7th, 8th, Fr., So., Jr., Sr. Also, provide the following final regular season statistics for each player: runs scored (R), home runs (HR), runs batted in (RBI) and batting average (Avg.). Do not include statistics from preseason classic tournaments, district tournaments or regional tournament games. Double check and triple check your spellings.
No. / Name / Pos. / Height / Class / B/T / R / HR / RBI / Avg.2 / Luke Heyer / P/INF / 6-0 / Jr. / R/R / 17 / 1 / 15 / .353
3 / Jared Donini / UTIL / 5-10 / Sr. / R/R / 5 / 0 / 9 / .213
4 / Garrett Wright / OF / 5-10 / Jr. / R/R / 18 / 0 / 8 / .347
6 / Spencer Nelson / C / 5-10 / Fr. / R/R / 1 / 0 / 1 / .091
7 / Tyler Danish / P/INF / 6-1 / Sr. / R/R / 19 / 7 / 18 / .371
8 / Cade Kelley / UTIL / 5-8 / So. / R/R / 7 / 0 / 7 / .167
9 / Cesar Caro / INF / 5-9 / So. / R/R / 0 / 0 / 0 / .000
13 / Ryan Barfield / P/OF / 6-0 / Jr. / R/R / 1 / 0 / 1 / .056
15 / Paxton Sims / OF / 6-1 / Jr. / R/R / 13 / 0 / 10 / .263
16 / Corey Hamm / OF / 5-9 / Jr. / R/L / 7 / 0 / 1 / .250
17 / Zach Barfield / INF / 6-0 / Fr. / R/R / 0 / 0 / 0 / .000
18 / Charles Fowler / P/1B / 6-1 / Sr. / L/L / 6 / 0 / 10 / .300
20 / Josh Mejia / P / 6-1 / So. / R/R / 0 / 0 / 1 / .000
21 / Tyler Long / C / 5-10 / Jr. / R/R / 3 / 0 / 3 / .278
22 / Jake Sullivan / C/INF / 5-10 / Fr. / R/R / 15 / 0 / 9 / .301
24 / Derrek Smith / OF / 5-9 / So. / R/R / 5 / 0 / 1 / .200
25 / Ryan Sullivan / P / 5-9 / Sr. / R/R / 0 / 0 / 0 / .000
28 / Justin Nardello / INF / 5-9 / So. / R/R / 3 / 0 / 2 / .231
30 / Bryce Gainer / P / 5-7 / So. / R/L / 3 / 0 / 0 / .000
35 / Jacob Scolaro / P / 5-10 / Jr. / R/R / 1 / 0 / 0 / .000
Provide the jersey number, first and last name, height, class (i.e. Fr., Jr., etc.) and throws left- or right-handed for each member of your pitching staff. Also, provide the following final regular season statistics for each pitcher: innings pitched (IP), hits allowed (H), walks (BB), strikeouts (K), wins, losses and earned run average (ERA). Do not include statistics from preseason classic tournaments, district tournaments or regional tournament games. Double check and triple check your spellings.
No. / Name / Ht. / Class / R/L / IP / H / BB / K / W / L / ERA7 / Tyler Danish / 6’1 / Sr. / R / 71 / 25 / 11 / 117 / 12 / 1 / 0.00
13 / Ryan Barfield / 6’0 / Jr. / R / 12 / 9 / 3 / 12 / 0 / 1 / 0.58
18 / Charles Fowler / 6’1 / Sr. / L / 59 / 44 / 19 / 64 / 7 / 3 / 1.53
25 / Ryan Sullivan / 5’9 / Sr. / R / 16 / 14 / 5 / 12 / 4 / 0 / 1.59
35 / Jacob Scolaro / 5’10 / Jr. / R / 10 / 6 / 4 / 12 / 1 / 0 / 0.66
Use the space below to report any interesting facts or statistics about your head coach, individual players, team or school in general that might be of interest to news media covering the FHSAA Baseball Finals. It's ok if the news and notes end on the next page.
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5) Game-by-Game Results of This Season
List the scores of each game played during the regular season, including invitational tournaments, etc., as well as scores from District Tournament games through the championship game. Indicate games played in tournaments with an asterisk (*). DO NOT LIST GAMES FROM PRESEASON CLASSICS. Such preseason games must not be counted on your team's won-loss record.
Our overall won-loss record through the Regional Tournament championship game is: / 24 / wins / 5 / lossesRegular Season Games
Date / Opponent (list city and state if school is out-of-state) / W/L/T / Our Score / Opp. Score2/16 / Sickles / W / 2 / 0
2/18 / Riverview / W / 2 / 0
2/19 / Plant / W / 3 / 0
2/22 / Bloomingdale / W / 3 / 2
2/26 / Alonso / W / 2 / 0
3/1 / Newsome / L / 1 / 8
3/5 / Brandon / W / 8 / 3
3/6 / Strawberry Crest / L / 2 / 3
3/9 / Spoto / W / 12 / 1
3/11 / Brooks-DeBartolo / W / 8 / 1
3/12 / King / W / 3 / 1
3/13 / Hillsborough / W / 6 / 5
3/14 / Bloomingdale / L / 1 / 3
3/19 / Wharton / W / 6 / 0
3/21 / Plant / W / 3 / 0
3/26 / Bloomingdale / L / 1 / 7
3/27 / Alonso / W / 3 / 0
4/2 / Newsome / L / 0 / 1
4/5 / Wharton / W / 6 / 1
4/9 / Chamberlain / W / 11 / 0
4/11 / Plant City / W / 1 / 0
4/12 / Armwood / W / 8 / 1
4/16 / East Bay / W / 7 / 1
4/19 / Middleton / W / 13 / 3
District Tournament Games
Date / Opponent / W/L/T / Our Score / Opp. Score4/23 / Plant / W / 6 / 0
4/25 / Wharton / W / 5 / 1
Regional Tournament Games
Date / Opponent / W/L/T / Our Score / Opp. ScoreRiverview (Sarasota) / W / 2 / 0
5/7 / East Lake / W / 3 / 0
5/10 / Timber Creek / W / 6 / 1
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