By Haylee Smith<\/a>
February 25, 2026
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NEWBERRY \u2014 Panthers baseball needed to maintain off the winless Dunnellon Tigers for a 10-9 win on a brisk Tuesday evening.\u00a0
The sport began out promising for the Tigers (0-8) with 5 hits and three runs. That was till junior shortstop Tavis Honeycutt stepped as much as the plate for the Panthers (5-2) and crushed a two-run homer, his sixth within the seven video games this season.\u00a0
\u201cClearly, hitting very nicely proper now. I\u2019m simply making an attempt to see ball, hit ball,\u201d Honeycutt, the College of Florida commit, mentioned.
A double down the third final analysis put Honeycutt on base within the third inning. He went on to steal third and was introduced residence off a wild pitch to tie the sport 3-3.
It went downhill within the fourth inning when Dunnellon scored three runs and Newberry couldn\u2019t collect a single hit.
Nonetheless, the fifth inning introduced a way of aid for cold Panthers followers. The ball-to-bat symphony was taking part in, as Newberry tallied seven runs off\u00a0 seven hits (4 doubles and three singles). It went via the complete batting order within the inning for a 10-6 lead.
\u201cWe discovered a option to win, and we had some massive hits and a few massive performs there late within the sport,\u201d Newberry coach Mike Spina mentioned.
Dunnellon introduced residence two runs within the sixth inning and one within the seventh, nevertheless it nonetheless wasn\u2019t sufficient to place out the hearth the Panthers lit within the fifth.
If solely the glove of the Tigers catcher may join with the ball in addition to Honeycutt\u2019s bat may \u2014 the sport might have ended otherwise.
Honeycutt led Newberry by going 3-for-3, scoring three runs and driving in two. Junior third baseman Koleby Benson and senior catcher Trey Priester joined Honeycutt in a number of hits, every going 2-for-4.\u00a0
Benson smashed a single within the second inning and bunted one within the fifth. Priester additionally hit two singles, one within the third inning the place he was left on base and one other within the fifth inning the place he made it residence.
The Tigers out hit the Panthers 12-11, however couldn\u2019t translate them into runs as effectively because the Panthers.
\u201cThey placed on the identical sneakers as we do. They placed on the identical garments as we do. We go on the market and we compete with anyone,\u201d Honeycutt mentioned.
Newberry will subsequent face the Lafayette Hornets (4-2) in one other residence sport Thursday at 7 p.m.
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