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View all postsMike 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.
Ridaught: District tournament play begins Tuesday
Jan 30, 2023
Area girls basketball teams prepare for postseason.
GHS girls move into power poll top 20
Jan 30, 2023
Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) unanimous No. 1 heading into postseason.
Ridaught: Eight is enough
Jan 27, 2023
P.K. Yonge’s girls basketball team churns out the wins with only 8 varsity players.
All Area: Ingram, Whittemore return as top coaches
Jan 27, 2023
Hawthorne’s Ingram led Hornets to their first football state title, while Whittemore led Buchholz back to state semifinals.
Mr. Football headlines big school All Area offense
Jan 25, 2023
Creed Whittemore of Buchholz was one of six Bobcat players named first team.
Williston stuns GHS, sweeps series
Jan 25, 2023
Visiting Red Devils built early 11-0 lead and hit two free throws late to secure win.
All Area: Hawthorne defense leads the way
Jan 24, 2023
Class 1R state champions place four on All Area first team.
Ridaught: Futbol postseason begins this week
Jan 23, 2023
High school soccer district action kicks off on Wednesday.
Union County wins third straight
Jan 20, 2023
Lady Tigers rallied from 9-point first half deficit to win on basket with 18 seconds to play.
Ridaught: Oak Hall’s Ringdahl long in the tooth
Jan 20, 2023
Eagles’ girls basketball coach started with Oak Hall in 1990.
Oak Hall sweeps host St. Francis Catholic
Jan 20, 2023
Lady Eagles cruise after big halftime lead; St. Francis boys keep it close but fall late.
Hurricanes sweep Blue Wave
Jan 18, 2023
Late P.K. Yonge rally falls short in a 66-58 home loss to GHS.
Williston earns split with Newberry
Jan 14, 2023
Newberry girls win seventh straight; Greg Maxwell scores 25 to lead Williston boys.
Ridaught: Will the NIL take joy out of sports?
Jan 13, 2023
Weighing pros and cons of money in amateur sports.
Hurricanes survive at home
Jan 11, 2023
Gainesville rallied from a 13-point first quarter deficit to defeat visiting Columbia, 63-62.
GHS to host Columbia in top 10 showdown
Jan 10, 2023
Hurricanes edged Tigers by three points in December.
Ridaught: Florida partying like it’s 1999
Jan 9, 2023
First time in over two decades that all three Florida NFL teams advance to playoffs simultaneously.
Fast start lifts GHS past Buchholz
Jan 7, 2023
Visiting Hurricanes score 21 first quarter points in a 69-61 district win at rival Buchholz.
Buchholz’s Whittemore named Mr. Football
Jan 6, 2023
Hawthorne’s Cornelius Ingram finishes fourth overall for Coach of the Year.
Ridaught: Rivalries highlight hoops broadcasts
Jan 6, 2023
10 basketball games to air in under a month.
Bishop Kenny remains unanimous No. 1
Jan 5, 2023
P.K. Yonge girls remain in regional girls basketball top 20 power poll.
Buchholz routs P.K. Yonge in cross-town matchup
Jan 5, 2023
Senior Jacob Sterck scored a game-high 33 points to pace three Bobcats in double figures.
Ridaught: Alachua County seeks first Mr. Football
Dec 30, 2022
Buchholz’s Creed Whittemore, Hawthorne’s Jailen Ruth vie for state’s top player honor.
Santa Fe advances to Hitchcock’s title game
Dec 30, 2022
Don’trell Jenkins’ late 3-pointer lifts the Raiders past Nease in overtime.