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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. He teaches 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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Local athlete wins prestigious award
Jun 7, 2022
One of the top student-athletes in the area has been recognized statewide for his efforts on and off the field of play. Monday night at the […]
Ridaught: Gators, Sooners in winner-take-all
Jun 6, 2022
This past weekend had it all in college baseball. There were top 10 plays, late rallies, plenty of offense, and well, just some things you don’t […]
Area nominees selected for Miss Softball
Jun 6, 2022
Who will be this year’s Miss Softball? This week the Florida Dairy Farmers will announce their classification winners, which will help determine this year’s Miss Softball […]
Ridaught: Billy Donovan talks NBA, college hoops
Jun 3, 2022
Last Friday, May 27, former Gainesville Sun sports columnist Pat Dooley interviewed former Gator basketball and current Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan on his podcast, […]
Area nominees named for Mr. Baseball
Jun 2, 2022
Who will be this year’s Mr. Baseball? Next week the Florida Dairy Farmers will announce their classification winners, which will help determine this year’s Mr. Baseball […]
Year-end Prep Zone show recaps live broadcasts
Jun 1, 2022
What a year for our high school sports coverage. Last week, I was in Clermont at Legends Way Ballfields broadcasting the Fort White vs. Dixie County […]
Former Gators join Newberry staff
May 31, 2022
The Newberry football program announced the hiring of a pair of former Gator football players to their staff for the upcoming season. Travis McGriff, who played […]
Ridaught: Gator offense key to spot in WCWS
May 27, 2022
The Florida softball team and head coach Tim Walton are just two wins away from advancing to its 11th Women’s College World Series appearance in program […]
Fort White advances to 1A Final
May 24, 2022
The Fort White softball team continues to make history. Thanks to a quick start, the Indians defeated Dixie County (Cross City), 7-5, in the FHSAA Class […]
Fort White, Dixie County to meet in 1A semis
May 24, 2022
This afternoon at 2 p.m. at Legends Way Ballfields in Clermont, the Dixie County (Cross City) softball team will play Fort White in the Class 1A […]
Suwannee’s season ends in 4A semifinals
May 23, 2022
The Island Coast (Cape Coral) baseball team has been working hard to prove everyone in Lee County wrong about their school and their program, which began […]
Holley steps down as Bronson coach
May 23, 2022
The Bronson football program will be looking for a new head football coach this fall. Following a brawl after last Thursday’s spring game loss to Chiefland, […]
Lowery named weightlifting Coach of the Year
May 23, 2022
The Florida Dairy Farmers recognized Keystone Heights head coach Lantz Lowery as the 2022 Boys Weightlifting Coach-of-the-Year. Lowery was selected as the top coach in the […]
Ridaught: COCF World Series bound
May 23, 2022
It wasn’t that long ago that the College of Central Florida in Ocala shut down its athletic programs for volleyball, and women’s and men’s basketball. According […]
Ridaught: Pruitt looks to turn Williston around
May 20, 2022
Robby Pruitt is back in Florida and that can be both good and bad news for the Sunshine State. Pruitt is to this area what Corky […]
Chiefland, Williston end spring with a win
May 19, 2022
Thursday’s Levy County spring games at Bronson marked the debut of new coaches Robby Pruitt (Williston) and James Corbin (Chiefland). Both schools won their opening 16-minute […]
Three area teams seek first state baseball title
May 18, 2022
A pair of area baseball teams are playing today in their first final four in school history, but it will take wins against the top two […]
Compton, Indians advance to first Final Four
May 18, 2022
In its biggest game in program history, a freshman made the difference for Fort White in Tuesday night’s Class 1A-Region 3 Final against visiting Union County […]
Regional play continues today
May 17, 2022
There’s plenty of softball and baseball postseason action tonight as a total of six teams in the Mainstreet coverage area are still alive for a state […]
Columbia baseball bound for Final Four
May 17, 2022
On Monday night in Lake City, the Columbia baseball team was one out away from its first state final four in program history. That changed with […]
Ridaught: Nothing like the first time
May 16, 2022
There’s always something special about the first time. You always remember your first kiss, or a first date. For the Fort White and Dixie County (Cross […]
Ridaught: Florida softball in SEC Semifinals
May 13, 2022
For the first time since 2005, the University of Florida softball team is hosting this year’s Southeastern Conference Tournament. The SEC softball tournament, which began in […]
Softball playoffs start tonight
May 11, 2022
A total of seven area teams in the Mainstreet Daily News coverage area are in action on Wednesday and Thursday in the FHSAA softball state playoffs. […]
Fort White stuns Union County
May 11, 2022
The Fort White baseball team lost 6-2 against Union County in last week’s Class 1A-District 6 semifinals. But on Tuesday night in Lake Butler with the […]