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Gainesville crushes Leon in district quarterfinals

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The Hurricanes stormed through the visiting Leon Lions in the 6A-District 2 Quarterfinals on Tuesday.

The No. 3 seed Gainesville (15-11) raced to a 22-2 first-quarter lead and jumped ahead 44-9 at the half en route to a 62-22 win.

The Hurricanes will travel to No. 2 seed Lincoln on Thursday.

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Eastside 63, Suwannee 55

The No. 4 seeded Rams erased a 16-11 first-quarter deficit and outscored No. 5 Suwannee in each of the final three quarters for a 63-55 4A-District 5 Quarterfinals win.

Eastside (7-16) will face No. 1 seed Palatka on Thursday.

BOYS BASKETBALL – TUESDAY, FEB. 6
1A-District 6 Quarterfinals
4 Union County (Lake Butler) 74, 5 Bell 22

1A-District 7 Quarterfinals
4 Dixie County (Cross County) 58, 5 Wildwood 54
3 Trenton 53, 6 Bronson 48

2A-District 4 Quarterfinals
4 Meadowbrook Academy (Ocala) 72, 5 Countryside Christian 43

4A-District 5 Quarterfinals
4 Eastside 63, 5 Suwannee 55
3 North Marion (Citra) 77, 6 Keystone Heights 63

6A-District 2 Quarterfinals
3 Gainesville
62, 6 Leon (Tallahassee) 22

THURSDAY, FEB. 8
1A-District 5 Semifinals
3 Madison County vs. 2 Branford, TBA

1A-District 6 Semifinals
4 Union County vs. 1 Newberry, TBA
3 Fort White vs. 2 Hawthorne, TBA

1A-District 7 Semifinals
4 Dixie County winner vs. 1 Williston, TBA
3 Trenton vs. 2 Chiefland, TBA

2A-District 4 Semifinals
4 Countryside Christian vs. 1 Oak Hall, TBA
Cornerstone Academy/Redeemer Christian winner vs. 2 St. Francis Catholic, TBA

3A-District 2 Semifinals
4 Bradford (Starke)
vs. 1 P.K. Yonge, TBA

4A-District 5 Semifinals at Santa Fe (Alachua)
4 Eastside
vs.1 Palatka, TBA
3 North Marion at 2 Santa Fe (Alachua), TBA

6A-District 2 Semifinals
4 Mosley at 1 Buchholz, TBA
3 Gainesville
at 2 Lincoln (Tallahassee), TBA

Editor’s note: The scores will be updated.

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