- March 10, 2025
The Ormond Beach Spikes 9U baseball team won the Greater Orlando Baseball Spring Break Classic on Sunday, March 9, at the Dugout complex in Sanford.
The Ormond Beach team went 4-0 over the weekend, winning the final game against the Port Orange Baseball Club Crush 10-9 on Knox Deaton’s walk-off single. Of the 12 teams in the tournament, Ormond was the only one to go undefeated. The Spikes scored 61 runs while allowing 17.
The Spikes battled back from a four-run deficit against the Crush in the championship game. Carter Reardon started on the mound for Ormond with Bennett Gray relieving. Sam Marlatt, a former Ormond Beach Spikes player, is the team’s coach. Tom Reardon is the team’s administrator.