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 […]
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Bradford outruns Bell for district title
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 […]
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 […]
All Area: Hawthorne leads small school defense
Feb 8, 2022
For the second year in a row, the Hawthorne Hornets were the dominant story among small school football in North Central Florida. Hawthorne was undefeated all […]
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, […]
Hawthorne’s Jefferson leads All Area offense
Feb 7, 2022
This past fall the Hawthorne football team made another run all the way to the Class 1A state championship game. And one of its quarterbacks headlines […]
Olympics open amid boycotts, protests
Feb 5, 2022
A Uyghur skier helped carry the flame to the Olympic cauldron during Friday’s opening ceremony at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. The Chinese government’s decision […]
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 […]