Charles W. Flanagan High School Baseball

Senior lefthanded pitcher RJ Fondon was on the mound for the Falcons District opener at home against the Everglades Gators just like he was last season against South Broward. Tonights game had an erie feeling just like that game. This time RJ responded with a 1 hit shutout, striking out 10 Gators on the night as Flanagan(3-1,1-0) won 1-0 in the District opener for both teams. Unfortunately for the Flanagan batters he wasn't the only pitcher having a dominating night. Leo Suarez(0-1) of Everglades matched Fondon(1-1) allowing just 2 hits and striking out 8.  Yet the Falcons managed to squeek out a run in the 3rd inning when Pichi Torres singled to left, stole 2nd and advanced to 3rd on a ground out by Rolando Gomez. He would score the eventual winning run when freshman Ricky Santiago blooped a double to right field driving in the only run of the game. Everglades(1-3,0-1) had 2 scoring chances to tie or even take the lead. In the top of the 6th inning a walk to Luis Suarez and a throwing error resulted in a runner at 3rd base and 1 out.  Fondon would strike out Kevin Lopez attempting to squeeze home Suarez who would get tagged out at the plate to end the inning.  In the 7th the Gators would get 2 runners on at 2nd and 3rd base with 2 outs and RJ would make the defensive play he failed to make last season in the South Broward game. A slow roller down the 3rd base line by Tommy Padro was barehanded by Fondon, he turned and threw a perfect strike to Josh Gonzaga at 1st base for the final out.   

Monday, Feb. 11th Scores:

Game #1

St. Thomas Aquinas(1-0)...............6

Stoneman Douglas(0-1)..................4

Game #2

Flanagan(1-0)..................................11

Chaminade-Madonna(0-1)..............1

Thursday, Feb. 14th Scores:

Game #3

Miami-Sunset(1-0)...........................11

Chaminade-Madonna(0-2)..............10

Game #4

JP Taravella(1-0)...............................7

Stoneman Douglas(0-2).....................3

Friday, Feb. 15th Games:

JP Taravella(2-0)..............................14

St. Thomas Aquinas(1-1)....................6

Miami-Sunset(2-0)..............................5

Flanagan(1-1)........................................3

Saturday, Feb. 16th Games:

5th Place Game: 

Stoneman Douglas(1-2).......................8

Chaminade-Madonna(0-3)..................7 

3rd Place Game: 

Flanagan(2-1)......................................10

St. Thomas Aquinas(1-2)....................2 

Championship Game: 

JP Taravella(3-0)..............................6

Miami-Sunset(2-1)...............................4 

Congratulations Coach Jason Stein and the Taravella Trojans for winning the

2008 Falcons Earlybird Challenge

*Tournament MVP Willie Medina- SS-Taravella

*Offensive MVP Rony Rodriguez-3B-Sunset

 The Flanagan Falcons would like to thank Orlando Team Sports for sponsoring the 2008 Falcons Earlybird Challenge. We would also like to thank all the schools for making the tournament a huge success in it's 1st season. We look to expand the tournament by 2 to 6 more teams in the future. Teams will be invited from Palm Beach, Dade and Broward Counties to form the 2009 Falcons Tri-County OTS Challenge.  

The Flanagan Falcons started the 2008 season with a convincing 11-1 win over the Chaminade-Madonna Lions tonight in the Falcons Earlybird Challenge. Senior lefthander Corey Witkowski (1-0) pitched a complete game 2 hitter allowing just 1 unearned run and struck out 8 in the 5 inning game. Senior SS Rolando Gomez went 2 for 3 with a grand slam and 5 RBI. Sophomore CF Mike Carballo and Freshman Ricky Santiago added 2 hits each to lead the offense. Flanagan will be back in action on Wednesday at 7:00pm when they host Miami-Sunset.

The 2008 Season kicks off this afternoon February 11th at the Falcons Earlybird Challenge. The 6 team Tournament opens up with the Stoneman-Douglas Eagles squaring off against the Raiders of St. Thomas Aquinas at 4:00pm.

Flanagan opens up their regular season schedule when they host the Chaminade-Madonna Lions at 7:00pm.

The Tournament continues through Friday February 15th.

Tuesdays schedule:

4:00pm Miami-Sunset vs. Chaminade-Madonna

7:00pm  JP Taravella vs. Stoneman Douglas

Wednesday:

4:00pm St. Thomas Aquinas vs. JP Taravella

7:00pm Miami-Sunset vs. Flanagan

Thursday:

4:00pm 5th, 6th place game.

7:00pm  3rd, 4th place game.

Friday:

7:00pm Championship Game.

The Falcons Earlybird Challenge is sponsored by Orlando Team Sports the company ha s provided each team members with Tournament T-Shirts. They will also provide the Offensive MVP with a brand new bat and the Defensive MVP will recieve a new glove.

The Tournament will expand to 8 teams next season and will include teams from Broward, Palm Beach and Dade to form the "FALCONS TRI-COUNTY CHALLENGE".