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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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Ridaught: NCAA tournament hopes fade for Gators
Feb 18, 2022
The Florida basketball team will likely miss the NCAA tournament this season. The Gators are one of six teams with a win in each of the […]
Hawthorne survives, advances in regionals
Feb 17, 2022
The legacy continues in Hawthorne. C.J. Ingram, the son of Hornets’ great Cornelius Ingram, scored a game-high 20 points as Hawthorne held on for a 49-46 […]
Hawthorne ranked new Class 1A No. 1 on MaxPreps
Feb 17, 2022
The Hawthorne boys basketball team is back on top heading into the postseason. The Hornets are the new No. 1 in Class 1A according to MaxPreps […]
Hawthorne boys move into power poll
Feb 17, 2022
District champions highlight the top half of The Prep Zone Power Poll. All of the current top 10 teams won a district championship last Friday, so […]
Hawthorne season ends in regional finals
Feb 15, 2022
On Tuesday night at the Woodshed, the Wildwood girls basketball team set the tone early against Hawthorne in a Class 1A-Region 4 Final. The Lady Wildcats […]
State Semifinals at stake for area teams
Feb 15, 2022
Tonight, the Hawthorne girls basketball team will travel to Wildwood for a Class 1A-Region 4 Final. The winner will advance to the FHSAA state tournament in […]
Ridaught: Super finish
Feb 14, 2022
Happy Valentine’s Day! Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony that the day after the biggest football game of the year for […]
Santa Fe snags second straight district title
Feb 11, 2022
The Santa Fe (Alachua) boys basketball team’s bid for back-to-back district titles was in jeopardy at the end of the first half at North Marion. The […]
Ridaught: Catching Fire
Feb 11, 2022
Who is the hottest team in Alachua County right now? Is it the Santa Fe College men’s basketball team? The Saints have won seven of their […]
All Area: Ingram, Whittemore named top coaches
Feb 11, 2022
It was a banner year for the Hawthorne and Buchholz (Gainesville) football teams this past fall. The Hornets advanced to their second straight state championship game, […]
GHS season ends
Feb 10, 2022
There are many adjectives to describe the St. Augustine girls basketball team. They are tall, fast, and skilled. All three were on display on Thursday night […]
Two area teams ranked in girls top 20 poll
Feb 10, 2022
There was a shakeup in The Prep Zone Power Poll following last week’s district tournaments, including a new No. 1 team. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), which won […]
All Area: Buchholz capitalizes on successful year
Feb 9, 2022
In 2021, the Buchholz football team enjoyed its best season since advancing to the final four in 1995. The Bobcats (12-2) finished one game shy of […]
Buchholz, P.K. Yonge girls advance in playoffs
Feb 8, 2022
Heading into Tuesday night’s Class 6A-Region 1 Quarterfinal, Buchholz coach Bryan Hantak knew that visiting Niceville was fast. That was evidenced when the Eagles scored its […]
Ridaught: Big week for boys basketball
Feb 7, 2022
The second season begins today for boys high school basketball. As was the case with the girls basketball state playoffs, district tournament champions automatically qualify. However, […]
Hawthorne’s Jefferson leads All Area offense
Feb 7, 2022
This past fall the Hawthorne football team made another run all the way to the Class 1A state championship game. And one of its quarterbacks headlines […]
Trenton wins 7th straight district title
Feb 4, 2022
The streaks continued for the Trenton girls basketball program on Friday night. The top seeded Lady Tigers raced out to a 13-0 lead at home and […]
Ridaught: Seasons on the line in girls hoops
Feb 4, 2022
This is it. For some area girls basketball teams, the 2021-22 season comes down to one game. It didn’t use to be that way. The FHSAA […]
GHS players sign with Mount Union, Stetson
Feb 3, 2022
Gainesville High School seniors Brandon Bowden and Andrew Tisher signed to play football at the college level on Wednesday. This past season the GHS football team […]
Hawthorne holds off P.K. Yonge
Feb 1, 2022
Tuesday night’s Alachua County showdown between Hawthorne and host P.K. Yonge was a tale of two quarters in the second half. The visiting Hornets built a […]
Ridaught: Winter sports heating up
Jan 31, 2022
With the turn of the calendar to February, the winter sports seasons begin to heat up with postseason play. The girls and boys soccer district tournaments […]
Buchholz escapes in overtime
Jan 29, 2022
For the second time this season the Buchholz-Gainesville boys basketball game came down to a final possession. Except this time, Buchholz found a way to win […]
Ridaught: Rivalry games are special
Jan 28, 2022
Tonight, in Gainesville there are two big boys basketball games involving Alachua County teams. Buchholz hosts Gainesville and Eastside is at home against Hawthorne. Ever since […]
Power poll: Santa Fe remains in top 20
Jan 25, 2022
The boys high school basketball regular season is down to the final two weeks. And although we don’t know who will be No. 1 in each […]