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3 Original Florida Pokers Compete in the National Championship Series

by Matt Rothman July 9, 2025

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3 Original Florida Pokers Compete For Team USA in the National Championship Series

Nico Sabatino, Jack Rostock and Jake Rizzo. {Original Florida Pokers}

The Original Florida Pokers’ had three baseball players compete in the National Championship Series in Omaha.

Jake Rizzo, who plays high school baseball at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, finished the weekend hitting .429 with six hits off SEC-committed arms. Rizzo is signed with Dayton University and hit .336 with three home runs and 21 RBIs for the top-ranked high school baseball team in the country.

Jack Rostock, a parkland native and member of the North Broward Prep baseball team, continued his strong summer, striking out six in three innings and hitting 91 on the radar gun. Rostock went 7-1 for NBP this season with a 1.86 era. He also struck out 53 hitters in 49 innings.

Nico Sabatino attends St. Thomas Aquinas, batting .417 with five hits. He is a University of Florida commit and won a State Championship earlier this year with the Raiders. Sabatino had eight home runs and drove in 31 runs while the team went 29-6-1.

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Matt Rothman

Matt Rothman is a 2018 graduate from Florida Gulf Coast University receiving his bachelor’s degree in journalism and then graduated from the University of Florida as a graduate student. He also works for the Mohave Valley Daily News in Bullhead City, Arizona covering high school sports.