Bishop Moore, Hagerty, Orangewood, Winter Springs in FHSAA state baseball

TL;DR

Four Orlando area baseball teams — Hagerty, Winter Springs, Bishop Moore, and Orangewood — are advancing to the FHSAA state baseball final four in Fort Myers, starting Thursday. Hagerty and Orangewood return after semifinal appearances last year.

Key points

Four Orlando area teams qualify for FHSAA state baseball final four
Teams include Hagerty, Winter Springs, Bishop Moore, and Orangewood
Hagerty has a record of 22-8, Orangewood 26-3
Final four play begins Thursday in Fort Myers
Hagerty and Orangewood return after last year's semifinals

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(Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

Four Orlando area baseball teams — 7A Hagerty, 5A Winter Springs, 4A Bishop Moore and 1A Orangewood Christian — are headed to the FHSAA state baseball final four in Fort Myers, with play starting Thursday.

Hagerty (22-8) and Orangewood (26-3) are familiar with hotel time in the City of Palms, having qualified for state semifinals last year. Hagerty lost to Jupiter 6-4 and Orangewood lost to a hometown Fort Myers school, Canterbury 3-2 in eight innings.

Coaches are hoping the previous trips will be beneficial for their squads.

Hagerty, Winter Springs, Bishop Moore, Orangewood head to baseball final 4

“This year, we go in and we’ve got a bunch of sophomores and juniors who got to experience it and I think once you kind of get a little taste of postseason you really want to get back down there,” Hagerty coach Mike Sindone said. “Hopefully we can be a little more successful this year.”

Isaias Torres is the Hagerty star. The big left-hander is 7-4 on the mound and has a big bat, with 9 doubles, 4 home runs and 23 RBI. Noah Adkins (6-2) is also solid on the mound and second baseman Carlos Cruz, the leadoff hitter, bats .327 with 29 runs scored.

Winter Springs (25-6) is in the state baseball final four for only the second time in school history. The first time was 2023, a 2-0 semifinal loss to Sickles in the semifinals. The Bears are the state’s No. 1-ranked team in 5A and it’s thanks in large part to a trio of senior, right-handed pitchers: Robbie Mungovan, Tyler Kenast and Tripp Rosenberger.

Kenast, who has signed with Texas Tech, is 7-1. Mungovan (6-0) signed with New College of Florida. Rosenberger (6-0) will play at Northwest Florida State College.

“I call them the three horsemen, my three seniors pitchers,” Winter Springs coach Mike Bradley said. “They’ve kept us in games against everybody really. With the exception of Saturday (a 12-2 loss to Wesley Chapel), the worst loss we had was by two runs.”

Kenast was instrumental in the Bears clinching a state slot, going 2-for-3 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI in Sunday’s third game of the Class 5A Region 2 series, in which the Bears defeated Wesley Chapel 10-7.