Two blowouts in district openers

The district 15-7A baseball tournament kicked off on Monday with a pair of ten-point blowouts.

No. 1-ranked Pines Charter beat Boyd Anderson by a score of 12-2, while South Broward bested Northeast, 13-3.

Pines Charter’s Julian Barcelo went 2-4 with two RBIs, while Eric Hernandez had a 3-3 day with two doubles, three runs and an RBI. Antonio Peetoon went three innings with five strikeouts to get the win.

South Broward cruised past North East 13-3. Winning pitcher Noah Chang had five strikeouts through four innings and Salvatore Zaremba was 2-2 with four RBIs, while Riley Rosario was 3-4 with three RBIs and a double.

With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 15-10 on the season and will host Pines Charter in district finals on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. BASEBALL District 11-9A Monarch 9, Deerfield Beach 7 District 15-6A Stranahan 7, Coconut Creek 0 District 15-5A Pines Charter 12, Boyd Anderson 2 South Broward 13, Northeast 3 District 14-5A Cardinal Gibbons 3, Coral Springs Charter 1 North Broward Prep 4, Pine Crest 3 District 7-4A Calvary Christian 13, Miami Country Day 3 University School 15, Somerset Central 0 Drew Snow threw three innings, striking out five batters for University School, while Cole Standifer added a home run. *** District 6-4A quarterfinals Benjamin 10, St. Andrew’s 0 Matt Lopes threw a 55-pitch perfect game with six strikeouts for Benjamin. Isaiah Thomas knocked in three runs on 2-3 batting with a double and a home run in the Buccaneers’ hot start in the district tournament. Cardinal Newman 3, St. John Paul 2 District 7-3A Jupiter Christian 10, Berean Christian 0 Somerset Canyons 12, Coral Springs Christian 8 FLAG FOOTBALL District 10-2A Park Vista 20, Santaluces 0 Diana Dorzeme had two touchdown passes and contributed two interceptions on defense and freshman Savannah Herrin threw her first varsity touchdown pass, while Sandy Gonzalez had five receptions and one touchdown as well as one interception for Park Vista (11-1) in a win over Santaluces. *** District 9-2A Seminole Ridge 38, Wellington 6 Quarterback Emily Higgins threw five touchdown passes to lead undefeated Seminole Ridge (12-0), while Channing O’Brien and Ayanna Wiltshire each had two touchdown receptions. Seminole Ridge will advance to face Jupiter on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Jupiter 6, Dwyer 0