Ridaught: Catching Fire
Feb 11, 2022
Who is the hottest team in Alachua County right now? Is it the Santa Fe College men’s basketball team? The Saints have won seven of their […]
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Ridaught: Catching Fire
Who is the hottest team in Alachua County right now? Is it the Santa Fe College men’s basketball team? The Saints have won seven of their […]
All Area: Ingram, Whittemore named top coaches
Feb 11, 2022
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, […]
Lafayette ends Fort White’s magical season
Feb 11, 2022
A week after winning their first district title in program history, Fort White’s magical season came to an end Thursday night in a 55-43 Class 1A-Region […]
GHS season ends
Feb 10, 2022
There are many adjectives to describe the St. Augustine girls basketball team. They are tall, fast, and skilled. All three were on display on Thursday night […]
Two area teams ranked in girls top 20 poll
Feb 10, 2022
There was a shakeup in The Prep Zone Power Poll following last week’s district tournaments, including a new No. 1 team. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), which won […]
Eastside, GHS advance to regional semifinals
Feb 10, 2022
The only local boys soccer teams to survive the regional quarterfinal round played at Gainesville’s Citizens Field on Wednesday. No. 2 seed Eastside (Gainesville) opened the […]
All Area: Buchholz capitalizes on successful year
Feb 9, 2022
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 […]
Area teams advance in district playoffs
Feb 9, 2022
P.K. Yonge outscored visiting Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville) in every frame en route to a 66-47 home Class 3A-District 2 playoff win on Tuesday. Patton Pinkins […]
Buchholz, P.K. Yonge girls advance in playoffs
Feb 8, 2022
Heading into Tuesday night’s Class 6A-Region 1 Quarterfinal, Buchholz coach Bryan Hantak knew that visiting Niceville was fast. That was evidenced when the Eagles scored its […]
Ridaught: Big week for boys basketball
Feb 7, 2022
The second season begins today for boys high school basketball. As was the case with the girls basketball state playoffs, district tournament champions automatically qualify. However, […]
GHS edges Columbia for district title
Feb 5, 2022
In a battle of two star players, Gainesville withstood a late Columba rally to pull out a 70-62 win to take the 6A District 3 Tournament […]
Trenton wins 7th straight district title
Feb 4, 2022
The streaks continued for the Trenton girls basketball program on Friday night. The top seeded Lady Tigers raced out to a 13-0 lead at home and […]
Ridaught: Seasons on the line in girls hoops
Feb 4, 2022
This is it. For some area girls basketball teams, the 2021-22 season comes down to one game. It didn’t use to be that way. The FHSAA […]
GHS players sign with Mount Union, Stetson
Feb 3, 2022
Gainesville High School seniors Brandon Bowden and Andrew Tisher signed to play football at the college level on Wednesday. This past season the GHS football team […]
Hawthorne holds off P.K. Yonge
Feb 1, 2022
Tuesday night’s Alachua County showdown between Hawthorne and host P.K. Yonge was a tale of two quarters in the second half. The visiting Hornets built a […]
Ridaught: Winter sports heating up
Jan 31, 2022
With the turn of the calendar to February, the winter sports seasons begin to heat up with postseason play. The girls and boys soccer district tournaments […]
Buchholz escapes in overtime
Jan 29, 2022
For the second time this season the Buchholz-Gainesville boys basketball game came down to a final possession. Except this time, Buchholz found a way to win […]
Hawthorne eases past Eastside
Jan 29, 2022
Hawthorne raced to a fast start and maintained a double-digit lead the remainder of the contest en route to a 46-33 win at Eastside on Friday […]
Ridaught: Rivalry games are special
Jan 28, 2022
Tonight, in Gainesville there are two big boys basketball games involving Alachua County teams. Buchholz hosts Gainesville and Eastside is at home against Hawthorne. Ever since […]
Power poll: Santa Fe remains in top 20
Jan 25, 2022
The boys high school basketball regular season is down to the final two weeks. And although we don’t know who will be No. 1 in each […]
Ridaught: Hoops rule defined
Jan 24, 2022
On Dec. 9, the Trenton boys basketball team hosted Bronson in a Class 1A-District 7 game. However, the game was called with 9.8 seconds to play […]
Ridaught: NFL playoffs heating up
Jan 22, 2022
Week one of the NFL playoffs is in the books. I’m sure there was a lot of trash talking going on. I know I took heat for my Cowboys […]
Bronson finishes off Trenton
Jan 20, 2022
This time they finished the game. On Dec. 9, Trenton led Bronson by two, 51-49, when the game was called with 9.8 seconds to play. At […]
GHS rallies past visiting P.K. Yonge
Jan 19, 2022
P.K. Yonge started hot and led through three-plus quarters, but Gainesville went ahead in the final two minutes to pull out a 48-45 win on Wednesday […]