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Mike Ridaught is sports director for Mainstreet Daily News. Mike hosts a weekly high school sports show at Sonic Drive-In from August - May and does play-by-play for a Game-of-the Week on 106.9 FM “I Am Country" during football season. The fall of 2025 he completed his ninth year of teaching a play-by-play class at the University of Florida. He does play-by-play for the Cal Ripken World Series in Branson, Mo., in August. Mike is also founder of The Prep Zone.
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Ridaught: Girls, boys hoops district title games set
Feb 6, 2026
Girls battle on Friday and boys on Saturday.
P.K. Yonge advances, will play for fourth straight district title
Feb 5, 2026
Eastside, GHS, Buchholz move on to Saturday’s championship games.
GHS girls advance to district championship game
Feb 4, 2026
Hurricanes will host Lincoln (Tallahassee) on Friday for district title.
Buchholz celebrates National Signing Day with 3 D-I athletes
Feb 4, 2026
Bobcats add to November signing class.
7 Buchholz baseball players sign to play collegiately
Feb 4, 2026
Aidan Kastensmidt, Dion Wilburn and Reed Thomas will play D-I baseball.
Santa Fe edges Suwannee, advances to regional semifinals
Feb 4, 2026
Senior forward Dharma Rico had goal and assisted the game-winner for Raiders.
GHS advances in boys hoops district quarterfinals
Feb 3, 2026
On Tuesday night, the Gainesville boys basketball team won its 11th straight postseason home game. Senior AJ Hall scored 19 points and Willie Brooks added 12 as […]
Area girls hoops teams advance in district tournament play
Feb 3, 2026
Monday’s quarterfinal winners to play on Wednesday in district semifinals.
P.K. Yonge only area girls soccer team to advance
Feb 3, 2026
On Monday night, only one area girls soccer team advanced in the opening round of the state playoffs. P.K. Yonge defeated Taylor County (Perry), 3-0, in […]
Ridaught: Hawthorne helped open door for new Williston football coach
Feb 2, 2026
Cedderick Daniels last held head coach spot at Eastside High School.
The Rock sends seniors out with mercy rule win
Jan 30, 2026
The Rock sends seniors out with mercy rule win
Williston hires Cedderick Daniels as its next football coach
Jan 30, 2026
Daniels was previously the defensive coordinator at Hawthorne.
Ridaught: Girls, boys soccer enter final month of the season
Jan 30, 2026
Regional quarterfinals start on Monday for girls and Tuesday for boys.
Ingram, Whittemore earn All Area coaching honors
Jan 30, 2026
Hawthorne’s Cornelius Ingram repeats as small school coach of year, Buchholz’s Whittemore named big school COY.
Season-high 13 3s lifts Buchholz past Williston
Jan 29, 2026
Jacob Bromirski has five of Bobcats’ eight 3-pointers in first quarter.
FHSAA Board of Directors vote 11-1 to move Rural football to 1A
Jan 29, 2026
Unanimous vote to create independent league under FHSAA authority.
Buchholz, Eastside dominate All Area Big School Defense
Jan 29, 2026
Bobcats and Rams each placed four selections, followed by Columbia with two.
District champion P.K. Yonge boys soccer to be guests on “The Prep Zone Sports Show”
Jan 28, 2026
Williston hosts Buchholz in Thursday’s final hoops regular-season broadcast.
P.K. Yonge edges Williston to win 2A-District 3 title
Jan 28, 2026
Lady Blue Wave win seventh straight district title on Monday night.
Ridaught: Girls, Boys basketball enter final week of regular season
Jan 26, 2026
District playoffs run Feb. 2-7.
Hawthorne leads All Area Small School Offense team
Jan 26, 2026
Chiefland, Oak Hall and Williston each placed two apiece on All Area first team.
Newberry, Williston split hoops doubleheader
Jan 24, 2026
Williston girls win via mercy rule while Newberry boys pull away in second half.
Ridaught: P.K. Yonge girls, Santa Fe boys soccer aim to repeat
Jan 23, 2026
It’s a big weekend for girls and boys high school soccer as the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) district tournament semifinals and championships approach. The […]
Willison, Newberry girls ranked in top 6 in regional basketball power poll
Jan 21, 2026
Bolles closes in on No. 1 Bishop Kenny as head-to-head looms.