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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.
Hawthorne cruises past West Port (Ocala), 52-20
Sep 24, 2021
It didn’t take long for the Hawthorne football team to flex its muscles on Friday night. On the first play of the game, Hornets’ quarterback Tyler […]
Gainesville routs Santa Fe (Alachua), 49-14
Sep 24, 2021
Last week the Gainesville football team had its best offensive output under second-year head coach Dock Pollard with 57 points at Matanzas (Palm Coast). On Friday […]
Buchholz drops, Union County enters state polls
Sep 23, 2021
Following a close 16-7 loss to defending 4A state champion Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), the Buchholz (Gainesville) football team only dropped one spot in the state […]
Bell HS hosts Lady Bulldog Invitational
Sep 22, 2021
On Tuesday night the Bell volleyball team won a key district game at Dixie County (Cross City) in five sets. The Bulldogs (6-4) dropped the opening […]
Hawthorne defense playing lights out
Sep 21, 2021
The Hawthorne defense has been stingy. This past Friday night the Hornets pitched a shutout defensively, allowing a kickoff return for a score on the first […]
Defending 4A champ Cardinal Gibbons tops Buchholz
Sep 17, 2021
On Friday night at Citizen’s Field, Buchholz hosted Cardinal Gibbons (Ft. Lauderdale) in a match-up of unbeaten ranked teams. The visiting Chiefs, the defending 4A state […]
Buchholz swimming back on top in the area
Sep 17, 2021
Buchholz High School swept the boys and girls swimming championships at the Rob Ramirez city championship meet Saturday at the Dwight H. Hunter Northeast pool. The […]
Santa Fe sweeps Gainesville on the road
Sep 17, 2021
The Purple Palace was rocking on Thursday night for an Alachua County volleyball showdown between host Gainesville and Santa Fe. The visiting Raiders won the opening […]
Oak Hall School football avoids first loss
Sep 14, 2021
The Oak Hall School football team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat this past Friday night. Eagles’ back-up quarterback Dakota Brower, who was getting his […]
Newberry falls to visiting Wakulla (Crawfordville) 36-17
Sep 10, 2021
On Wednesday, the Newberry football team had its scheduled game against P.K. Yonge canceled due to COVID-19 issues. Fortunately, the Class 1A Panthers were able to […]
Gainesville edges Trinity Catholic (Ocala) 7-3
Sep 10, 2021
For the second consecutive week, the Gainesville defense kept an opponent out of the end zone. Host Trinity Catholic (Ocala) took an early 3-0 but GHS […]
Area football teams have games affected by COVID
Sep 9, 2021
In a period of 24 hours, two area high school football teams had to cancel their game due to COVID-19 issues/protocols. P.K. Yonge canceled its game […]
Buchholz girls cross country team young, talented
Sep 9, 2021
Last year the Buchholz girls’ cross country team narrowly missed the state meet after the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) made changes to the number […]
Trenton at Dixie County game remains undecided
Sep 8, 2021
This past Friday night’s Trenton at Dixie County (Cross City) football game was canceled due to COVID-19 issues. It’s an annual rivalry that has gone back […]
Union County scrambles to find opponent—again
Sep 7, 2021
For the second time in three weeks the Union County football team was forced to look for a new opponent on short notice—but for two different […]
Gainesville rallies past visiting Bishop Moore (Orlando)
Sep 3, 2021
Prior to Gainesville’s home game against Bishop Moore (Orlando) on Friday night, Hurricanes’ coach Dock Pollard said that GHS had to eliminate mistakes and turnovers to […]
Newberry volleyball seeks return to state title game
Sep 2, 2021
Last year the Newberry volleyball team made a run all the way to the Class 1A state championship game, falling to seven-time state champion Sneads in […]
McCall named new Bronson boys basketball coach
Sep 1, 2021
Billy McCall, Jr., has been around the game of basketball for a long time. He has officiated for 10 years at the collegiate ranks and 15 […]
Rising Senior Spotlight: K.J. Williams of Trenton
Aug 30, 2021
Rising senior K.J. Williams of Trenton will participate in three sports for the Tigers in 2021-22. Williams plays running back and outside linebacker for the Tigers’ […]
P.K. Yonge pulls away from Eastside
Aug 27, 2021
Big things come in small packages. More specifically, out of the pistol and shotgun formation. Senior quarterback A.J. Small accounted for four touchdowns as the P.K. […]
Sports beat: GHS, Union County volleyball teams win
Aug 27, 2021
The Gainesville Hurricanes volleyball team picked up a road win over rival Buchholz in four sets Thursday with the final set being by a score of […]
Rams looking for consistency in 2021
Aug 26, 2021
Last year when Alex Deleon took over as the head coach of the Eastside football team, many of the Rams’ players had to meet him for […]
Buchholz preps for challenge with bullseye on back
Aug 25, 2021
Bobcats will play a tough schedule in 2021 to gear up for a run at a state title in Class 7A. Last year the Buchholz football […]
Rising Senior Spotlight: Ryan Braddock of Williston
Aug 24, 2021
Williston’s Ryan Braddock is looking to end his high school baseball career the way he began it as a freshman—with a state championship. In 2019, Williston […]