All Area: Santa Fe leads boys big school team
For the second straight year, Santa Fe (Alachua) played deep into the basketball postseason and was rewarded with two players selected to the All Area boys […]
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All Area: Santa Fe leads boys big school team
For the second straight year, Santa Fe (Alachua) played deep into the basketball postseason and was rewarded with two players selected to the All Area boys […]
All Area: 3 teams send pair in boys small school
Class 1A was loaded with talent this year in boys basketball. In fact, two teams from the area advanced to the state semifinals, and one team […]
All Area: GHS stars lead girls big school team
Most area big school girls basketball teams struggled during the 2021-22 season, but Gainesville High School (GHS) was not among them. The Hurricanes finished the year […]
Becker, Jackson pace All Area small school girls
The Final Four run ended for area girls basketball teams this year, but several players who were a part of a state championship during that span […]
All Area: Ingram, Whittemore named top coaches
It was a banner year for the Hawthorne and Buchholz (Gainesville) football teams this past fall. The Hornets advanced to their second straight state championship game, […]
All Area: Buchholz blankets big school defense
The Buchholz Bobcats ended their best year in nearly three decades with a 12-2 record and a trip to the state semifinals for the first time […]
All Area: Buchholz capitalizes on successful year
In 2021, the Buchholz football team enjoyed its best season since advancing to the final four in 1995. The Bobcats (12-2) finished one game shy of […]
All Area: Hawthorne leads small school defense
For the second year in a row, the Hawthorne Hornets were the dominant story among small school football in North Central Florida. Hawthorne was undefeated all […]
Hawthorne’s Jefferson leads All Area offense
This past fall the Hawthorne football team made another run all the way to the Class 1A state championship game. And one of its quarterbacks headlines […]
All Area: 4 Coaches of the Year boast 86 wins
The softball and baseball seasons ended with a flourish as the area produced state champions in both sports. Now, a panel of local sports writers and […]
Santa Fe aces lock down All Area pitching spots
The Santa Fe High School baseball team saw its season end with disappointment, when a five-run first inning led to a defeat at the hands of […]
Newberry headlines small school All Area Baseball Team
The 2021 season was historic for the Newberry baseball team. Coach Mike Spina’s Panthers lost only one game during the regular season, capturing a district and […]
GHS stars lead big school All Area Softball Team
When two-time Miracle Sports Class 7A Pitcher of the Year Alissa Humphrey graduated from Gainesville High last year, there was doubt in the area that the […]
All Area Softball Team stacked with talent
The last three years have something of a golden era for Trenton softball. The Tigers repeated as 1A state champions in 2021, going 20-1 after an […]
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: 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: […]