Santa Fe, GHS open seasons tonight
Feb 22, 2022
The high school softball and baseball seasons officially began on Monday, but the Santa Fe (Alachua) and Gainesville baseball teams will play their season openers tonight. […]
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Santa Fe, GHS open seasons tonight
The high school softball and baseball seasons officially began on Monday, but the Santa Fe (Alachua) and Gainesville baseball teams will play their season openers tonight. […]
Area basketball teams look to stay alive
Feb 22, 2022
The dream season continues tonight for four area boys basketball teams, three of which will play for a spot in next week’s Florida High School Athletic […]
Ridaught: Baseball, softball in full swing
Feb 21, 2022
Today marks the start of the high school softball and baseball regular seasons after concluding preseason games last week. Last year the area won two state […]
Area football players named to All State rosters
Feb 20, 2022
Buchholz and Hawthorne continue to pile up honors for deep playoff runs and had 11 and 10 players selected to the Class 7A and 1A All […]
9 upcoming races to conquer
Feb 20, 2022
On your marks . . . get set . . . go have a great time racing at these nine races, from 5Ks to full marathons. […]
Ridaught: NCAA tournament hopes fade for Gators
Feb 18, 2022
The Florida basketball team will likely miss the NCAA tournament this season. The Gators are one of six teams with a win in each of the […]
Santa Fe dominates in wire-to-wire win
Feb 18, 2022
Santa Fe (Alachua) won the opening tip and never looked back in a 66-41 home win over Gadsden County (Havana) in the 4A Region 1 quarterfinals […]
Hawthorne survives, advances in regionals
Feb 17, 2022
The legacy continues in Hawthorne. C.J. Ingram, the son of Hornets’ great Cornelius Ingram, scored a game-high 20 points as Hawthorne held on for a 49-46 […]
Hawthorne ranked new Class 1A No. 1 on MaxPreps
Feb 17, 2022
The Hawthorne boys basketball team is back on top heading into the postseason. The Hornets are the new No. 1 in Class 1A according to MaxPreps […]
Hawthorne boys move into power poll
Feb 17, 2022
District champions highlight the top half of The Prep Zone Power Poll. All of the current top 10 teams won a district championship last Friday, so […]
GHS falls in regional finals
Feb 16, 2022
Two backside River Ridge (New Port Richey) goals doomed the Gainesville boys soccer team in the 5A Region 2 finals game at Citizens Field on Wednesday. […]
P.K. Yonge falls to Providence
Feb 16, 2022
P.K. Yonge’s second-half rally fell just short in a 3-2 loss to visiting Providence in the 3A Region 1 finals on Tuesday. The Region 1 top seeded […]
Hawthorne season ends in regional finals
Feb 15, 2022
On Tuesday night at the Woodshed, the Wildwood girls basketball team set the tone early against Hawthorne in a Class 1A-Region 4 Final. The Lady Wildcats […]
State Semifinals at stake for area teams
Feb 15, 2022
Tonight, the Hawthorne girls basketball team will travel to Wildwood for a Class 1A-Region 4 Final. The winner will advance to the FHSAA state tournament in […]
Ridaught: Super finish
Feb 14, 2022
Happy Valentine’s Day! Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony that the day after the biggest football game of the year for […]
Bradford outruns Bell for district title
Feb 11, 2022
Bradford (Starke) entered Friday night’s 1A-District 6 championship game with two goals – use its athleticism to outrun Bell and attempt to contain Bulldogs’ center Daniel […]
Santa Fe snags second straight district title
Feb 11, 2022
The Santa Fe (Alachua) boys basketball team’s bid for back-to-back district titles was in jeopardy at the end of the first half at North Marion. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
All Area: Buchholz blankets big school defense
Feb 10, 2022
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 […]
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 […]