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View all postsMike Ridaught is sports director for Mainstreet Daily News. He 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. In December 2025, he completed his ninth year of teaching a play-by-play class at the University of Florida. In August 2025, the former "Voice of the UNF Ospreys" completed his fifth consecutive year of doing play-by-play for the Cal Ripken World Series in Branson, Mo. Mike is also founder of The Prep Zone.
Ridaught: Buchholz varsity, JV soccer teams finish unbeaten
Jan 16, 2026
Bobcats sport 14-0-1 record heading into district playoffs.
Cornelius Ingram resigns as Hawthorne football coach
Jan 15, 2026
Hawthorne alum won over 100 games and three state titles in 11 seasons.
Buchholz nets season-high 9 goals to win City Cup
Jan 15, 2026
Senior Teague McNeal had a hat trick as Buchholz finished unbeaten.
Rural, city showdowns highlight hoops broadcast coverage
Jan 14, 2026
Eastside girls weightlifting lift off first prep sports show of 2026.
Ridaught: Regular seasons end soon for high school soccer and basketball
Jan 12, 2026
District playoffs start next week for soccer and first week of February for basketball.
Girls draw, boys roll at P.K. Yonge soccer doubleheader
Jan 10, 2026
P.K. Yonge junior Cooper Schackow has hat trick in 9-1 win over Newberry.
Ridaught: End of an era for The Rock School’s boys hoops national team
Jan 9, 2026
Program has won Sunshine Independent Athletic Association state titles in four of past seven season.
Buchholz girls move into regional top 20 basketball rankings
Jan 7, 2026
Williston, Newberry remain in top 10.
Hawthorne holds on to edge GHS at The Purple Palace
Jan 6, 2026
Hornets make four free throws in final 38 seconds for 3-point road win.
Lake Mary quarterback, Notre Dame signee Noah Grubbs named Mr. Football
Jan 6, 2026
Hawthorne’s Cornelius Ingram finished fifth for Florida Dairy Farmers Coach of Year.
Ridaught: Florida hoops at a crossroads against Georgia
Jan 5, 2026
Gators hope to rebound after SEC-opening loss at Missouri.
Ridaught: Santa Fe Inferno closes out fall with best single season ever
Jan 2, 2026
Team posted 29-1-3 record that included national championship.
Hawthorne, Trenton boys finish 1-1 at Florida Get Down Showcase
Dec 30, 2025
Tigers had their 8-game winning streak snapped by Rickards (Tallahassee).
Williston girls, The Rock boys win holiday championships
Dec 29, 2025
Bradford (Starke) boys defeated Santa Fe in the gray bracket championship game.
Ridaught: Top 10 sports moments of 2025
Dec 29, 2025
Florida men’s basketball won a national championship plus area teams brought home state titles.
State champion highlights All Area golf teams
Dec 29, 2025
Suwannee boys, Columbia girls place multiple golfers on teams.
Ridaught: Union County’s Robby Pruitt almost didn’t end up in Lake Butler
Dec 22, 2025
Coaching legend returns to program he led to three state titles in 1990s.
Hawthorne’s Roundtree, Ingram top Rural vote getters
Dec 22, 2025
Justin Williams of Buchholz finished second again in voting for Class 6A Player of Year.
State champion Branford, Union County dominate small school All Area team
Dec 22, 2025
Buccaneers, Tigers placed nine of 14 players on first or second team.
Ridaught: Hoops tournaments aplenty during the Christmas holidays
Dec 19, 2025
Area basketball teams to participate at multiple tournaments over next week.
Former Trenton, Bronson coach Cameron Porch to lead Keystone Heights football
Dec 19, 2025
Cameron Porch, who served as Trenton High School’s football coach from 2022 to 2024, has been hired as the next head football coach at Keystone Heights […]
GHS wins opener at the Battle on the Island
Dec 18, 2025
Columbia (Lake City) falls to host Fleming Island on Day 1.
Robby Pruitt named new Union County football coach
Dec 17, 2025
Pruitt won three state titles in a row at Union County in 1990s.