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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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Buchholz, Santa Fe bounce back at holiday tournaments
Dec 22, 2021
The Buchholz boys basketball team lost a tough one to Ribault (Jacksonville) on day one of the Battle on the Island tournament at Fleming Island (Orange […]
Buchholz to play in holiday tournament
Dec 21, 2021
The Buchholz boys basketball team looks to carry over the momentum of last week’s win against rival Eastside to this week’s Christmas holiday tournament at Fleming […]
Ridaught: Football dominates the holidays
Dec 20, 2021
For the next couple of weeks, there will be plenty of opportunities to watch football during the holiday break. And even though the NFL playoff race […]
Trenton boys finish third in Christmas tournament
Dec 18, 2021
The Tigers edged Taylor County (Perry) on Saturday night for third place at Trenton’s Christmas tournament. The Trenton boys basketball team struggled offensively on Day 3 […]
Ridaught: Buchholz legends honored
Dec 17, 2021
Lamar Thomas still remembers the game. During his senior year at Buchholz in 1988, Thomas had 43 points against Lake Weir (Ocala) when head coach Rick […]
Buchholz ends Eastside’s streak
Dec 16, 2021
Entering Thursday night’s city showdown against rival Eastside at Bud Seymour Gymnasium, the Buchholz boys basketball team had lost eight straight to the Rams. But in […]
Buchholz’s Quan Lee signs with UCF
Dec 15, 2021
On a day before Buchholz High School honors Bobcat greats Vernon Maxwell and Lamar Thomas, another soon to be alum is headed for greatness. Quan Lee, […]
Gainesville tops Vanguard in boys hoops
Dec 14, 2021
There’s no place like home. Gainesville High played five of its first six games on the road, but on Tuesday night the Hurricanes returned to the […]
Ridaught: High school basketball jumps into action
Dec 13, 2021
Well, it’s that time of year again for high school hoops. This month there will be plenty of opportunities to see multiple basketball games in a […]
Hawthorne comes up short in 1A title game
Dec 11, 2021
The Hawthorne football team was much closer to winning the school’s first state football title in school history. But on Saturday night at Gene Cox Stadium […]
Ridaught: HS football state championships underway
Dec 10, 2021
Last night at Gene Cox Stadium in Tallahassee, the Trinity Christian (Jacksonville) Conquerors defeated Champagnat Catholic (Hialeah), 41-23, to win the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 2A […]
Hawthorne to play for Class 1A state title
Dec 10, 2021
The Hawthorne football team is back in the state championship game, but so is Madison County. Last Friday the Hornets knocked off Chipley, 24-6 in the Class 1A […]
Bizarre ending helps Trenton sweep Bronson
Dec 9, 2021
Correction – Story has been edited to reflect the Trenton team did not leave its bench Trenton boys basketball coach Cedric Booth, who is in his […]
P.K. Yonge grinds out 44-40 win against GHS
Dec 7, 2021
The P.K. Yonge boys basketball team defeated rival Gainesville High for the third straight time on Tuesday night at home. However, it wasn’t easy as the […]
Santa Fe’s Stout, Marshall receive 4A top honors
Dec 7, 2021
Following the school’s first-ever state volleyball title, Santa Fe (Alachua) junior setter Jalyn Stout and head coach Eric Marshall have been named the Florida Dairy Farmers […]
Hawthorne, Chiefland one win from state final
Dec 2, 2021
The Hawthorne football team is one win away from a return trip to the Class 1A state championship game. Last Friday in the Region 4 Final, […]
Gainesville stuns Santa Fe in overtime
Nov 30, 2021
Prior to Gainesville High’s early season showdown on Tuesday night against visiting Class 4A state runner-up Santa Fe (Alachua), first-year coach Mike Barnes noted that one […]
High school hoops coverage starts tonight
Nov 30, 2021
Last year the Santa Fe (Alachua) boys basketball team made a run all the way to the Class 4A state championship game. It was a magical […]
Ridaught: Gator Nation enjoys a big week
Nov 29, 2021
What a week for Gator Nation. First it was the firing of Florida football coach Dan Mullen on Sunday, Nov. 21, following the overtime loss at Missouri. […]
Hawthorne routs Pahokee to advance to state semifinals
Nov 26, 2021
Last Friday in the Class 1A regional semifinals, the Hawthorne football team trailed early against visiting Wildwood but the Hornets hit another gear and blasted the […]
State semifinals at stake for Indians, Tigers
Nov 24, 2021
This Friday night it’s a small school showdown in Levy County. The Chiefland football team will host Union County (Lake Butler) for the right to go […]
Hawthorne one win away from state semifinals
Nov 23, 2021
Last Friday the Hawthorne football team found itself in a position they haven’t been accustomed to much this season—behind. Visiting Wildwood scored on a 2-yard quarterback […]
Ridaught: Looking back at the Dan Mullen era
Nov 22, 2021
It’s done, and over. Whether you felt like Florida football coach Dan Mullen should have been fired, or given another year based on his overall record […]
Turnovers, key injury ends P.K. Yonge season
Nov 19, 2021
The P.K. Yonge football team entered Friday’s Class 3A regional semifinal at Trinity Catholic (Ocala) with a lot of momentum. The Blue Wave, the No. 4 […]