- The final 2025 episode of The Prep Zone Sports Show airs tonight from 6-7 p.m. featuring Gainesville High School girls weightlifting team.
- Gainesville High girls weightlifting team has a 139-4 regular season record with four straight city titles and strong senior leadership in 2025.
- Upcoming sports broadcasts include a boys basketball matinee on Dec. 22 and eight games in January, all available via Mainstreet Daily News online.
The Christmas holidays are right around the corner, and with Christmas Eve one week from today and New Year’s Eve two weeks away, tonight will be our final episode of “The Prep Zone Sports Show” for 2025.
The show, which will be broadcast ‘live’ and ‘archived’ online (audio only) at ThePrepZone.com and MainStreet Daily News, will air tonight from 6-7 p.m.
It will feature Gainesville High School girls weightlifting head coach Steve Bauer and members of the Lady Hurricanes’ weightlifting team.
Bauer said ‘Wow’ is a great way to describe this year’s GHS team.
“They are hardworking, coachable, and a great family,” said Bauer, who is joined on staff by Associate Head Coach and Lifting Coordinator, Deac Story, assistant head coach Katherine Martinez- Malo, assistant coach Tony Malo (technique coordinator), Joseph Thomas (assistant technique coach) and assistant coach Sonya Cardoso. “With a great staff to coach our team, we are continuing to maintain a winning record in the regular season (139-4) and look forward to the postseason.”
Special recognition goes out to the senior class.
“It’s been a great four-year run for our seniors with four straight city titles, three district titles, and two regional titles, with more to come,” Bauer said. “They bring the excitement to our home meets.”
Bauer added that senior three-year captain Ryan Black, and captains Kate Lundy, Daisy Engebretsen, and Emma Stripling “have great leadership skills.”
“They are what makes our team run,” he said. “Gainesville High School girls weightlifting is the hottest ticket in town. A strong woman is an empowered woman.”
“The Prep Zone Sports Show,” hosted weekly by Mainstreet Daily News Sports Director Mike Ridaught, will originate Wednesday from locally owned Sonic Drive-In on 39th Avenue in Gainesville.
On Thursday at 6 p.m., tune in to the Jacksonville Jaguars Coaches Show on 106.9 FM “I Am Country,” followed by this Sunday’s game at the Denver Broncos. The pregame show begins at 3 p.m., followed by the kickoff at 4:05 p.m.
Our next boys basketball broadcast was scheduled for Thursday night. However, the Newberry at The Rock game was canceled due to a surge in the flu, The Rock School canceled classes for the remainder of the week.
As a make-good, we will broadcast P.K. Yonge at Oak Hall School this Monday, Dec. 22, for a matinee game.
Join Marty Pallman (Play-by-play) and Mac McCray (Color) beginning at 12:45 p.m. for the pregame shows. The tip-off is at 1 p.m.
There are also a select number of games that will be broadcast during the upcoming holiday basketball tournaments after Christmas (TBA). Plus, a total of eight games will be broadcast during the month of January. You can listen to the games online at Mainstreet Daily News.