Baseball

RussMatt 2020 kicks off with Winter Haven NCAA D-I clash

Feb 11, 2020 | Baseball

WINTER HAVEN – Notching its ninth 30-plus win season in its 150-year history, two top NCAA Division I teams, the Boston College Eagles and Northern Illinois University Huskies, will compete at historic Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven to kick off the 2020 RussMatt...

Gators, USF to play in Lakeland

Oct 24, 2018 | Baseball, Other

Two top-ranked college baseball teams will play in Lakeland this Sunday. And one just happens to be the Florida Gators. Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium will play host to the University of Florida and University of South Florida baseball teams in an exhibition...

Tournament hopes to help strikeout childhood leukemia

Oct 3, 2018 | Baseball

A baseball tournament this weekend hopes to do more than showcase young talent, it hopes to help strikeout childhood leukemia as well. Named after Samson Corbeil, the son of Polk State College’s head baseball coach Al Corbeil, proceeds from the tournament will help...

JUCO Twin Classic kicks off full slate of fall baseball

Sep 20, 2018 | Baseball, Other

Teams from throughout Florida will descend on both TigerTown and Lake Myrtle Sports Park as the JUCO Twin Classic kicks off Friday, Sept. 21 and continues throughout the weekend. The 29 teams – 14 college teams and 15 high school showcase teams – will take the field...

Lake Myrtle’s busy summer

Jul 20, 2018 | Baseball, Newsletter

More than 140 baseball teams rotated through Auburndale’s Lake Myrtle Sports Park by the middle of July, thanks to Polk County Tourism and Sports Marketing’s relationship building with and tenacious recruiting of the Wilson Premier Championship West event. “This...