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Tournaments  | Championship | 11/11/2026

Florida Offense Paces All State Crown

Florida National got off to a hot start in Monday’s championship game against Texas National. Scoring all their runs in the first and second inning, Florida National held off Texas National and won 5-3 for the 14U PG National All-State Select Championship title.

An electric and fun-filled weekend all led up to this final game on Field 3 at Premier Baseball of Texas. The players geared up under the lights for what would surely be another great meeting between stacked teams.



Texas National was up to bat first, but Florida’s pitcher, Lucas Diaz, struck out 2 batters in a row before fielding a ground ball for the third out.

Though the bottom of the first started with a strikeout for Florida National, Diaz reached first base on a dropped passed ball and Jayden Portes got on with a walk. With two on and only one out, Florida National was primed to pounce. Lucas Viera singled to right field to score Diaz and advance Portes to third, Angel Gomez walked to load the bases, and Bennett Hassel worked a walk to bring Portes across home plate. Another walk for Kian Madani led to one more run - the last of the inning - to put Florida National up early at an advantageous 3-0.

It was obvious the positive momentum was affecting Florida National as they executed a double play to retire the first two batters of that bottom frame. Another strikeout from Diaz sent the game to the bottom of the second.

Both swinging at the first pitches they saw, Cristian Lobaina and Connor Baldocchi doubled and singled respectively to, once again, give their team a head start in the inning. Lobaina advanced home on a throw, which also got Baldocchi to third and in prime position to score on an error, which he did during Portes’s at-bat.

Diaz said it takes a special team to score runs in the way his did in the championship game:

“Our baseball IQ is superior to other teams and that played and showed on the field.”

Florida National was up 5-0 to start the third inning - and thanks to two more strikeouts dealt by Diaz, Texas National stayed off the board. However, they showed their fight in the bottom frame, executing a double play to finish it off.

That turned the tide as Texas stepped up to the plate ready to show what they could do. Two walks put two on with one out when Dylan French came up to bat. With the count at 1-2, French swung for a 3-run home run to put his team back in the game.

Another strikeout dealt by Diaz would end his day and send the game into the bottom of the fourth. He struck out 7 batters over his 4 innings and 79 pitches of work in the ‘ship.

Diaz said he had a streak to uphold.

“I’ve pitched against Texas many times before…I’ve beat Texas, like, three times.” Diaz said. “So I tried to use stuff that I used last year, trying to get ahead in the counts and just win every at-bat…I just put myself in a position where it’s a ‘win or win.’ Losing isn’t an option...Eventually, you just enter a flow state and then you’re not really thinking.”

Diaz said his teammates were respectful during his outing.

“They were kind of leaving me alone, just letting me do what I do and just letting me pitch. But they were all super uplifting and encouraging me.”

From this point on, it was a defensive battle between these two talented teams. Texas National executed quick, 1-2-3 innings in the fourth and fifth. When they were up to bat, they were able to get runners in scoring position, but Florida National’s defense kept them at bay. Neither team was able to capitalize on the small windows of opportunity they were given - but Florida National’s defense ultimately outlasted Texas National - getting under a final fly ball to seal the deal.

Through the whole tournament, Diaz said he thought there was one aspect that gave Florida National the edge:

“I think our pitching really dominated. Although we had a stacked lineup, our pitching just mowed down everybody. We had standout pitching for sure.”

MVPitcher, Michael Wedgeworth, was a major contributor to that pitching staff. In 7.1 innings pitched, he struck out 6 batters and his fastball touched 88 miles per hour. Wedgeworth said a lot of preparation went into being ready for this high-caliber tournament:

“I’ve been working really hard in the weight room, just trying to build a lot of muscle and then obviously doing pitching drills and I mean, that’s just pretty much on the daily... I definitely want to be up to 90 by the spring for my high school season and try to lead them to a state championship.”

During the weekend, Wedgeworth detailed the main challenge he faced while playing in the November climate:

“Working through the cold weather really just takes a toll on your arm. I was just trying to keep it warm throughout every inning and there were some innings where my velo would go down because it would get cold, but then I would just ramp it back up.”

Despite the weather, Wedgeworth heard his name called for the prestigious MVPitcher award.

“I was definitely super excited. I was working towards that all fall. I was working towards this tournament, biggest tournament to me all fall because it just means the most. It was definitely amazing.”

Portes, the tournament’s MVP with 7 hits, 7 runners batted in, two doubles, a triple and a home run on the weekend, said he didn’t take the award lightly.

“I was so grateful to be the MVP of the whole tournament because I know all those kids wanted to be MVP.”

He said his experience playing high school ball has already helped him immensely for tournaments like this by getting to see good pitching and experience great coaching:

“Playing with all those big kids - giving me all the confidence in the world just to be seeing the high velocity from them and come back and see 85 - just staying myself as well - don’t try and get out of my swing, stay to the ball...just make sure I’m able to believe in myself because if you can’t, nobody will.”

“I just had a great time overall with my boys,” Diaz said. “I just tried to soak it all in - the last All-State that we have.”

“It’s all a brotherhood,” Portes said. “Everybody just sticking together as a team…I think being a big family just brought us a big championship win.”

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