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, […]
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Ridaught: Big week for boys basketball
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 […]
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 […]
GHS hosts red-hot P.K. Yonge
Jan 19, 2022
The P.K. Yonge boys basketball team has turned a corner. The Blue Wave, who like others have battled early season injuries, have gone from a losing […]
GHS softball players sign with Santa Fe, Mercer
Jan 18, 2022
The Gainesville softball program continues to send players to the next level. Last year, three Hurricanes signed to play college ball, including a pair this past summer. […]
GHS ends Eastside’s streak
Jan 14, 2022
Last month the Buchholz boys basketball team snapped an eight-game losing streak to Eastside. On Friday night at The Purple Palace, it was Gainesville High’s turn. […]
Ridaught: Let the trash talking begin
Jan 14, 2022
Let the trash talking begin. This weekend the NFL playoffs will start. I’m not sure what your office is like, but two of our Mainstreet Daily News […]
Three area teams ranked in girls power poll
Jan 14, 2022
The St. Augustine girls basketball team has yet to lose during the 2021-22 season. Following wins against previous No. 10 Ponte Vedra, 42-39, this past Tuesday, […]
Newberry new No. 1 in Class 1A
Jan 12, 2022
Newberry High School is back on top again. Last year the Panthers’ baseball team enjoyed a No. 1 ranking following the school’s first baseball state title in […]
Gainesville evens series against Newberry
Jan 10, 2022
Following an emotional win against Buchholz on Friday night, the Gainesville boys basketball team started slow against visiting Newberry on Monday night. However, the Hurricanes erased […]