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Bartow Manatee

Yellow Jackets

Hurricanes

The Manatee (Bradenton, FL) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Bartow (FL) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bartow	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Manatee	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Manatee (25-26)

Bartow

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.259	32	27	2	7	2
6	Luis Aguirre (Jr)		3	3
8	Kelan Elliott (Sr)	.333	4	3		1	2
10	Landon Thompson (Fr)	.333	4	3		1
12	Gianni Aviles (Sr)		3	2
14	Trillion Venz (Jr)	.750	4	4	1	3
15	Mason Rowe (So)	.333	3	3		1
16	Alex Maxwell (Jr)		4	4
23	Kendrick Stacey (Sr)		3	2
24	Drew Fenley (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1

Manatee

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.190	23	21	1	4	1	2
1	Peyton Hovda (So)	.500	2	2	0	1	1	1
5	Bam Gartman (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
6	Ashton Hovda (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
7	C. Richardson (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	1
8	Jordan Roberts (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	Xander Arias (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
12	Jayden McKenzie (Jr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0
14	Carson Clover (So)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0
17	Laurie Edwards (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
18	Matt Fonseca (Fr)	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0

Bartow

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	9	2	23	.375	.259	.634
6	Luis Aguirre (Jr)				2	.000	.000	.000
8	Kelan Elliott (Sr)	1	1		4	.500	.333	.833
10	Landon Thompson (Fr)	1			3	.500	.333	.833
12	Gianni Aviles (Sr)	1	1		2	.333	.000	.333
14	Trillion Venz (Jr)				2	.750	.750	1.500
15	Mason Rowe (So)		1		1	.333	.333	.666
16	Alex Maxwell (Jr)		3		6	.000	.000	.000
23	Kendrick Stacey (Sr)		2	1	1	.333	.000	.333
24	Drew Fenley (Sr)		1	1	2	.500	.333	.833

Manatee

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	7	1	.261	.286	.547
1	Peyton Hovda (So)	0	0	0	.500	1.000	1.500
5	Bam Gartman (Fr)	0	2	1	.333	.333	.666
6	Ashton Hovda (Sr)	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
7	C. Richardson (Sr)	0	1	0	.333	.667	1.000
12	Jayden McKenzie (Jr)	0	1	1	.500	.500	1.000
14	Carson Clover (So)	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
17	Laurie Edwards (Sr)	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
18	Matt Fonseca (Fr)	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500

Bartow

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	4	5
8	Kelan Elliott (Sr)	2	2
12	Gianni Aviles (Sr)	1	1
14	Trillion Venz (Jr)	1	2

Manatee

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
18	Matt Fonseca (Fr)	1

Bartow

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	SBA	SB	CS	CS%
	Team Totals	1.000	15	15	5	1	4	.800
5	Landon Davis (Sr)	1.000	1	1
6	Luis Aguirre (Jr)	1.000	1	1
8	Kelan Elliott (Sr)	1.000	2	2
14	Trillion Venz (Jr)	1.000	1	1
15	Mason Rowe (So)	1.000	7	7	5	1	4	.800
16	Alex Maxwell (Jr)	1.000	1	1
18	Laz Martinez (Sr)	1.000	1	1
23	Kendrick Stacey (Sr)	1.000	1	1

Manatee

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.885	26	21	2	3
1	Peyton Hovda (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
5	Bam Gartman (Fr)	.800	5	3	1	1
6	Ashton Hovda (Sr)	1.000	4	3	1	0
10	Xander Arias (Sr)	1.000	9	9	0	0
12	Jayden McKenzie (Jr)	.667	3	2	0	1
18	Matt Fonseca (Fr)	.750	4	3	0	1

Bartow

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	GS	SV
	Team Totals	1.00	1	1.000	2	1	1
5	Landon Davis (Sr)		1	1.000	1	1
18	Laz Martinez (Sr)	2.33			1		1

Manatee

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1	.000	1
0	Austin McKee (Jr)	0		1
6	Ashton Hovda (Sr)	1	.000	1
12	Jayden McKenzie (Jr)	0		1

Bartow

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	1	1	2	8	23	21
5	Landon Davis (Sr)	4	3				3	12	12
18	Laz Martinez (Sr)	3	1	1	1	2	5	11	9

Manatee

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	2	3	9	32	27
0	Austin McKee (Jr)	4	5	2	2	3	20	17
6	Ashton Hovda (Sr)	.2	1	0	0	2	3	3
12	Jayden McKenzie (Jr)	2.1	0	0	1	4	9	7

Bartow

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.190	.261	91	3	1
5	Landon Davis (Sr)	.250	.250	50	3
18	Laz Martinez (Sr)	.111	.273	41		1

Manatee

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.222	.344	2	2	118	1	2
0	Austin McKee (Jr)	.294	.400	1	1	67	0	1
6	Ashton Hovda (Sr)	.333	.333	1	0	17	0	0
12	Jayden McKenzie (Jr)	.000	.222	0	1	34	1	1

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Game Story

Florida High School Baseball - Manatee nudged by Bartow

February 14, 2026: Bradenton, FL 34205

In Saturday's non-league bout, the Bartow Yellow Jackets (Bartow, FL) baseball squad edged the host Manatee Hurricanes (Bradenton, FL), by a count of 2-1.

The Yellow Jackets now own a 3-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Auburndale for a non-league challenge on Tuesday, February 17. Bartow will clash with a Bloodhounds team coming off a 11-2 non-league loss to George Jenkins (Lakeland, FL). The Bloodhounds record now stands at 1-2.

With the defeat, Manatee drops to 1-2 on the year. The Hurricanes travel to Port Charlotte (Port Charlotte, FL) to face the Pirates in a non-league battle on Tuesday, February 17. The Pirates enter the battle with a record of 2-1. Port Charlotte won 20-5 in their recent non-league battle against Largo (Largo, FL)

Bartow @ Manatee Baseball Game Info

Sat., Feb. 14, 2026 @ 12p

The Manatee (Bradenton, FL) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Bartow (FL) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Bartow (25-26)

FL	Class
231	39

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
13-11	2-1	5-2	6-8	2-1	.542	.667	122	94

Manatee (25-26)

FL	Class
238	29

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
14-12	0-1	9-5	4-4	1-3	.538	.000	155	87

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Bartow	1.3	.7	.5	1.4	.4	.8	.6	-	-	-	-	-	5.1	5.8	1.0
Manatee	.8	1.3	2.0	.6	.4	.5	.5	0	1.0	0	0	3.0	6.0	6.8	1.5

Team Stat Comparison

Bartow		Manatee
.247	Batting Average	.274
.358	On Base Percentage	.409
.342	Slugging Percentage	.384
.930	Fielding Percentage	.944
.400	Win Loss Percentage	.619

Team Leaders

Bartow		Manatee	National Avg.
#24 Drew Fenley.342	Batting Average	#16 Brennan Gunter.500	.244
#8 Kelan Elliott.488	On Base Percentage	#16 Brennan Gunter.800	.386
#24 Drew Fenley.513	Slugging Percentage	#20 Chase Mundy.625	.313
#17 Patrick Boros1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Malachi Cleto1.000	.858
#5 Landon Davis.500	Win Loss Percentage	#0 Austin McKee1.000	.533

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Bartow	3-2		Manatee	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/19/26	Bartow	Winter Haven	(L) 4-1	2/21/26	Winter Haven	Manatee	(W) 3-2
3/12/26	Winter Haven	Bartow	(L) 10-4
2/26/26	Lake Gibson	Bartow	(W) 10-0	3/18/26	Lake Gibson	Manatee	(W) 19-3
3/10/26	Bartow	Lake Gibson	(W) 9-0
3/17/26	Bartow	Hardee	(W) 2-0	3/4/26	Manatee	Hardee	(W) 4-3

Record Breakdown

Bartow (25-26)		Manatee (25-26)
13-11	Overall	14-12
2-1	League	0-1
8-8	Non-League	12-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-2	Common Opponent	3-0
5-2	Home	9-5
6-8	Away	4-4
2-1	Neutral	1-3
0-1	Playoff	1-1
13-11	In-State	13-10
0-0	Out-of-State	1-2