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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: Football playoffs heating up, winding down
Jan 13, 2025
College, NFL playoffs featured five straight days of post-season action.
Williston cruises, Buchholz falls at Red Devil Classic
Jan 10, 2025
Host Lady Red Devils improve to 11-2.
Ridaught: P.K. Yonge girls believing in another final four run
Jan 10, 2025
Lady Blue Wave prepare for deep postseason run.
P.K. Yonge’s Emma Mansfield, Elliot Pancoast celebrate college signings
Jan 9, 2025
Mansfield signed to play softball, while Pancoast will play soccer.
A look at Alachua County’s top 10 athletes of all time
Jan 8, 2025
Reflecting on some of county’s all-time greats.
Hawthorne overcomes 9-0 deficit to beat GHS
Jan 8, 2025
Hornets gets lift from their bench, which outscores Gainesville’s bench, 11-1.
Three area teams in regional boys basketball top 10
Jan 7, 2025
Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville) is a unanimous No. 1 in the all-classification rankings.
Cocoa quarterback, Texas A&M signee Brady Hart named Mr. Football
Jan 7, 2025
Miami Northwestern’s Teddy Bridgewater was named the Florida Dairy Farmers Coach of the Year.
Ridaught: Basketball enters pivotal month
Jan 6, 2025
Local teams prepare for tough matchups to improve rankings for postseason seeding.
Williston turnovers costly in loss at Andrew Jackson
Jan 3, 2025
De’Andre Harvey scored 21 points, but Red Devils couldn’t overcome 19 turnovers in a 65-44 loss in Jacksonville.
Ridaught: 10 high school hoops games to be broadcast in January
Jan 3, 2025
Contests to feature top teams in area.
Ridaught: Hoops galore during holidays
Dec 30, 2024
Area basketball teams celebrate Christmas, New Year’s weeks at tournaments.
Ridaught: Top 10 local sports highlights of 2024
Dec 27, 2024
Year included star performances, state championships, near misses.
Former Gator, current Texas Ranger Wyatt Langford giving back
Dec 24, 2024
Trenton native hosts Wyatt Langford Baseball Camp in Newberry.
Former Gator Dan Cross moves basketball showcase to SF College
Dec 24, 2024
Florida Get Down Holiday Showcase this Friday and Saturday to feature 16 teams.
Buchholz’s Williams, Hawthorne’s Johnson are classification runners up
Dec 24, 2024
Justin Williams finished second Class 6A and Keenon Johnson was runner up in Rural classification.
Ridaught: Former players, administration show support for Eastside’s “Pop” Williams
Dec 23, 2024
Longtime Rams’ boys basketball coach honored with gym renaming.
“Pop” Williams honored, but Eastside rally falls short against Buchholz
Dec 21, 2024
Eastside High School dedicates its basketball gym to its boys basketball head coach.
Ridaught: Gators, College Football Playoffs kickoff busy weekend
Dec 20, 2024
New college playoff format starts Friday night.
Williston jumps into girls basketball regional top 10
Dec 20, 2024
Providence (Jacksonville) new No. 1 in The Prep Zone Power Poll.
Williston starts slow, pulls away from Eastside
Dec 20, 2024
Kaelynn Brown had team-high 13 points as the Lady Red Devils improved to 8-1.
Ridaught: Gators, North Carolina meet in 3rd annual Jumpman Invitational
Dec 16, 2024
I know the Southeastern Conference (SEC) schedule has not started for the University of Florida men’s basketball program, but isn’t it nice to see the Gators […]
Ridaught: A perfect 10
Dec 13, 2024
Perfection is something we strive for but rarely attain. So, the fact that a 10-year-old accomplished the feat is even more unimaginable. Last Saturday in Miami, […]
Gainesville Quarterback Club honors Alachua County’s best
Dec 11, 2024
Buchholz’s Justin Williams and Newberry’s Jarquez Carter named offensive and defensive players of year, respectively.