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Marty Pallman is a sports correspondent and broadcaster for Mainstreet Daily News. Marty has worked in play-by-play and as color commentator for high school and college sports for 15 years, as well as a writer. He currently works for the University of Florida and Santa Fe College as well as the "Voice of the Bishop Kenny Crusaders" on radio in Jacksonville. Marty has also assisted Mike Ridaught with The Prep Zone since 2008.
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Hawthorne, Trenton girls crack top 10 in final power poll
Mar 10, 2021
The 2020-21 girls basketball season has come to an end with some teams finishing in some familiar places. But it was a historic year for other […]
Suwannee baseball ranked sixth in first area power poll
Mar 5, 2021
After a 2020 season cut short by the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, high school baseball is back. And the first all-classification regional rankings of the […]
Eastside (Gainesville) drops to No. 2 in all-classification regional rankings
Feb 18, 2021
GAINESVILLE — The high school boys basketball season has made it into the state playoffs as the road to Lakeland and the RP Funding Center begins […]
Eastside boys climb to No. 1 in basketball power poll
Jan 29, 2021
With only two weeks left in the regular season for high school boys’ basketball, there’s a change at the top of The Prep Zone Power Poll […]
Columbia, Suwannee swamp All Area’s big school defensive unit
Jan 29, 2021
The big school defense for the inaugural Mainstreet Daily News/Prep Zone All Area Football Team has a distinctive Suwannee and Columbia feel to it. The two […]
All Area Football: Buchholz, Suwannee lead big school offense
Jan 28, 2021
2020 was a big year for big schools offensively in North Central Florida, and none were better than the Buchholz Bobcats and Suwannee Bulldogs. The two […]
Hawthorne’s Mackey, Lawrence highlight inaugural All Area Football Team
Jan 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a historic year for all the wrong reasons, but the town of Hawthorne will remember it for a much different reason: […]
Hawthorne girls up to No. 4 in regional all-classification rankings
Jan 23, 2021
The high school girls basketball season is moving into the home stretch with only a few weeks remaining until district tournament play. And as this week’s […]
Nease up, Hawthorne down in new girls basketball power poll
Jan 9, 2021
GAINESVILLE—There’s a new No. 1 team in The Prep Zone Power Poll for girls basketball we start 2021. The Nease (Ponte Vedra) Panthers were 6-0 over […]
The Prep Zone releases third boys basketball power poll
Jan 7, 2021
GAINESVILLE—The holiday season is usually vacation time for many folks or a time to visit friends and family. But for high school basketball players, the holidays […]