Charles W. Flanagan High School Baseball

The Falcons won their 5th straight District title making it 9 out of the last 11. They beat Everglades 12-1 in a 5 inning contest at Falcon field to bring their record to 22-1.

The offense got going in the bottom of the 1st inning. Trailing 1-0, David Sarmiento led off with a walk and Miguel Presno followed that up with a double off the center field fence to score Sarmiento. Presno was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. The next hitter, Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez, hit a lazer line drive past the shortstop and Ryan Dodge followed that up with a long 2 run homerun to right center field to make it 3-1. The Falcons proceeded to get 7 more runs on 4 hits, 3 BB's and 2 HBP's to put the game out of reach at 10-1 after just the 1st inning.  7 of 9 starters had hits with Miguel Presno leading the way with a 3-3 3 RBI performance. Presno had 2 doubles, scored 2 runs and stole a base as well. Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez added 2 hits, scored 2 runs and had 1 RBI. Eric Rivera had 3 RBI's on the evening as well.

With all of the offense the Falcons provided early, Gentry Fortuno was able to go about his business to gain his 8th win of the season and bring his career record to 25-0. After a 1st inning error that cost the Falcons an unearned run, Fortuno didn't allow another baserunner in his three innings of work. He gave up 1 hit on 5 strikeouts. Kharlin Sued came on to pitch the 4th inning and surrendered 1 hit and had 1 strikeout. Freshman Jeremy Cook got to pitch the 5th and final inning of the District Championship. Cook didn't give up a hit and struck out the final hitter of the game. 

The Falcons (22-1) will now move on to Regional play. They will face the Miami Beach Hi-Tides in a Regional Quarter-Final game at Falcon field onThursday, May 1st at 7pm.

The Falcons kicked off their playoff run with a convincing 11-0, 5inning game win against the McCarthur Mustangs in the District Semi Final.

David Sarmiento had a huge night going 3-3 with 2 doubles a 2-run homerun and scored 4 times. Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez went 2-2 with an RBI, scored 2 runs and had 2 stolen bases. Every starter reached base as 6 had at least one hit a piece.

Chris Rodriguez took the mound and made quick work of the Mustangs. He pitched 3 hitless innings, striking out 3 walking 1 with 1 HBP to gain the victory and improve his season record to 5-0. Kharlin Sued came in to pitch the 4th inning and had 1 strikeout and 1 HBP. Zach Finch found himself on the mound to close out the playoff game. He yielded 1 hit and struck out 1 to close it out.

 The Falcons (21-1, 8-0) move on to play Everglades in the District Championship at home on Thursday night at 7 pm.

The Falcons took care of the Park Vista Cobras very convincingly with a 9-1 victory at home. The Falcons had not beaten the Cobras in their previous 4 meetings, two of which were in the Regional Finals which kept the Falcons from reaching the State Final Four.

David Sarmiento, Oscar "Bui" Rodriguez, Eric Rivera, Mark Vientos and Luis Barranco each had 2 hits in the win. Barranco started the scoring off with a single in the bottom of the 2nd inning to drive in the first 2 runs of the game and put the Falcons ahead for good. The Cobras had trouble throwing strikes in the 5th and when they did they got hit. The Falcons  got 6 runs on 3 hits, 2 BB's and 2 HBP's to make the score 9-1 which was how the game ended.

Chris Rodriguez took the mound for the Falcons. C-Rod pitched 5 innings yielding 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 2 and walking 2. Kharlin Sued came on in relief to pitch the final 2 innings. Sued only gave up 1 hit while striking out 2.

The Falcons (20-1, 8-0) finished their regular season since the Senior night game against Douglas was cancelled due to weather.

They now move on to playoff baseball. The Falcons play in the  District Semi-Final against the McCarthur Mustangs on Tuesday, April 22nd at home at 7pm.

 Records

#1 - Flanagan - 8-0

#2 - West Broward - 6-2

#3 - Everglades - 3-5

#4 - McArthur - 2-6

Tuesday: 4/22

Game 1 - # 2 vs # 3 @ 4 pm

Game 2 - #1 vs # 4 @ 7 pm

Thursday: 4/24

Game 3 - Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2 @ 7 pm