Gainesville advances with win over New Smyrna; Santa Fe opens playoff campaign tonight

Oct 22, 2020 11:30 am

Last night the Gainesville volleyball team went on the road and kept its season alive with a 5-set win at New Smyrna Beach in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs. 

GHS lost the opening set 25-17 but won the next two to take a 2-1 lead.  After the Barracudas (16-8) tied it up, the Hurricanes (12-7) won the fifth set, 15-12. 

GHS will travel to Forest (Ocala) on Wednesday, Oct. 28, for the regional semifinals. The Wildcats (15-0), who defeated GHS in last week’s district championship, advanced with a sweep of South Lake (Groveland).

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Santa Fe will host Bay (Panama City) tonight at 7 in the first round of the 4A state playoffs.

For a complete list of district tournament results from this week’s action in north Florida, visit www.ThePrepZone.com.  Back with more right after this.

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Mike Ridaught is the founder and publisher of ThePrepZone.com, the foremost website for high school sports in northeast Florida.

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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 and does play-by-play for a Game-of-the Week on 106.9 FM “I Am Country.” He teaches a play-by-play class at the University of Florida. He is the FCSAA Athletics Webcast Coordinator and serves as PBP announcer and producer for state tournament events. Mike is also founder of The Prep Zone.

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