The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

SEVERAL Bahamian baseball players have been active in high school baseball playoffs tournaments in the state of Florida.

Deshaughn Forbes and his Trinity Christian Warriors, out of Lake Worth, Florida, have advanced to the Regional title game and will face the Miami Christian Victors at 7pm on May 15.

The Warriors began the playoffs with an 8-4 win over No.7 ranked Seacrest Country Day in the Regional Quarterfinals. Forbes finished 2-3 and scored two runs.

The Jupiter Christian Eagles were forced to forfeit Wednesday’s Semifinal matchup and the Florida High School Athletic Association declared the Warriors the winners.

The Warriors concluded the regular season 16-7-2 and finished as runners-up to the Eagles in the District 2A-14 title game.

Forbes scored two runs.He was named an All-District (2A-14) by High School Baseball Network Florida.

The junior outfielder is hitting .311 with 10 RBI, eight stolen bases, and four triples.

He recovered from an injury early in the year and returned to the field with his best game of the season in a win over Highland Christian on March 16.

Forbes finished 3-4 with a home run, double, two RBI and scored two runs.

Laheim Bell and his Vero Beach Indians were eliminated in the Regional Quarterfinal the following week.

Bell, a junior catcher and utility player, finished 2-3, but Vero Beach was unable to generate much offence in their 3-0 loss to Palm Beach Central.

The previous week, the Indians won the FHSAA Class 7A District 9 title to earn their spot in the regionals.

Bell was 0-2 in the semifinal win over Centennial, but finished 1-2 with one run and one RBI in the District title game win over Treasure Coast.

In 23 games this season, Bell hit .419 with a 1.100 OPS, 26 hits, 18 RBI, a team-leading two runs and scored 16 runs. He began April with home-runs in back-to-back games as apart of the Indians’ 18-game winning streak.

Bell finished 2-4 with one home run, two RBI and a run scored against Centennial (April 2) and had identical numbers the following game against South Fork (April 6).

Both Forbes and Bell, products of the Freedom Farm Baseball League and International Elite Baseball Academy, are in the first year with their respective programmes.