Two state runner-up finishes highlight Coach of the Year winners
Taking a team to the first state title game in school history is quite a way to cap a career. So is going out as Coach […]
All Area Teams
All Area: Santa Fe’s Ross, Jenkins lead big school boys
The 2020-21 season was historic for the Santa Fe (Alachua) High School boys basketball team. The Raiders just missed out on their first state boys basketball […]
All Area: Trenton puts pair on boys small school quad
It was a banner year for the Trenton boys’ basketball team. The Tigers won the district title for the first time in 21 years thanks to […]
All Area: Columbia backcourt anchors big school girls
The Columbia (Lake City) girls basketball team won a district title this season thanks to the play of its two guards—Na’Haviya Paxton and Anzarria Jerkins. The […]
Hawthorne, Trenton stars lead small school All Area Girls Basketball Team
Two local girls basketball teams advanced to the FHSAA 1A state semifinals in Lakeland this season: Hawthorne and Trenton. The Hornets beat Trenton in the semifinal […]
Ingram, Whittemore grab Coach of the Year honors
It was quite the journey for the Hawthorne and Buchholz football teams. Hawthorne made a run all the way to the Class 1A state championship game, […]
Columbia, Suwannee swamp All Area’s big school defensive unit
The big school defense for the inaugural Mainstreet Daily News/Prep Zone All Area Football Team has a distinctive Suwannee and Columbia feel to it. The two […]
All Area Football: Buchholz, Suwannee lead big school offense
2020 was a big year for big schools offensively in North Central Florida, and none were better than the Buchholz Bobcats and Suwannee Bulldogs. The two […]
Hawthorne, Union County dominate small school defense
There’s an old adage that defense wins championships. While that wasn’t the case for two area teams, it was the defense that gave Hawthorne and Oak […]
Hawthorne’s Mackey, Lawrence highlight inaugural All Area Football Team
The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a historic year for all the wrong reasons, but the town of Hawthorne will remember it for a much different reason: […]