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Sports beat: Trenton, Hawthorne boys hoops among area teams to play for a title

Mike Ridaught

Feb 9, 2021

There was plenty of boys’ district hoops action on Tuesday night. In Class 4A-District 5, North Marion (Citra) defeated Keystone Heights, 74-37, while Bradford (Starke) advanced […]

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GHS boys hoops advance to district semifinals

Mike Ridaught

Feb 9, 2021

The Gainesville boys’ basketball team kept its season alive with a 45-33 win against rival Buchholz in the Class 6A-District 2 quarterfinals at the Purple Palace […]

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Trenton boys’ basketball to host Class 1A-District 6 tournament

Mike Ridaught

Feb 8, 2021

The boys’ basketball regular season is officially finished, giving way to district tournaments starting this week. Trenton, which hosted the girls district tournament, will host the […]

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Former Gators represent UF in 19th straight Super Bowl

Mainstreet Daily News

Feb 7, 2021

Update: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers trounced the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 Sunday night, giving quarterback Tom Brady a record seventh Super Bowl title and the Bucs […]

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Eastside defends No. 1 ranking in boys power poll

Mike Ridaught

Feb 6, 2021

For the second consecutive week Eastside (Gainesville) remained on top of The Prep Zone Power Poll. The Rams (18-1) won at previous No. 15 Hawthorne and […]

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Eastside rallies late to beat GHS

Mike Ridaught

Feb 6, 2021

Senior Omar Brown scored a team-high 19 points and senior Qua Brodus added 15 as Eastside spoiled Gainesville’s Senior Night with a 52-50 win on Friday […]

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Sports beat: Buchholz girls win district title

Mike Ridaught

Feb 6, 2021

The Buchholz girls basketball team defeated Columbia in Lake City, 50-40, to win the Class 6A-District 2 title on Friday night. A 21-0 run helped the […]

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P.K. Yonge boys’ soccer enjoying best record in years

Mike Ridaught

Feb 5, 2021

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct stats and Tuesday’s match-up. It’s been quite the season for the P.K. Yonge boys’ soccer team. The […]

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Sports beat: Trenton girls hoops advance to district title game

Mike Ridaught

Feb 4, 2021

Tonight the top-seeded Trenton girls basketball team advanced to the Class 1A-District 6 championship game with a 63-32 win against No. 5 seed Hilliard. Three players […]

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GHS football hires former Gator star

Mike Ridaught

Feb 4, 2021

Gainesville head football coach Dock Pollard and the Hurricanes’ football program have announced the addition of a University of Florida football legend to the GHS football […]

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Newberry volleyball standouts ink letters of intent

Mike Ridaught

Feb 4, 2021

Two more Newberry High School volleyball players are getting an opportunity to play at the next level. On Wednesday, Nicole Everson and Paige Dinges signed letters […]

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Sports beat: Bell’s season ends, Gainesville teams win

Mike Ridaught

Feb 2, 2021

On Tuesday night the season came to an end for the Bell girls basketball team. The No. 4-seed Lady Bulldogs (15-9) lost to 5th-seeded Hilliard, 31-26, […]

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Trenton girls basketball to host Class 1A-District 6 tournament

Mike Ridaught

Feb 2, 2021

The girls basketball regular season is officially over, giving way to district tournaments this week. Trenton will host the Class 1A-District 6 tournament beginning on Tuesday. […]

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Sports beat: Newberry scores big in boys basketball

Mike Ridaught

Feb 2, 2021

Last night the Newberry boys basketball team cruised to an 80-46 win against visiting Dunnellon. The Panthers (12-6) had five players in double figures, led by […]

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Vanguard rallies past Gainesville

Mike Ridaught

Jan 31, 2021

On Saturday night at the Purple Palace, the Gainesville boys’ basketball team lost its fourth straight game with a 65-60 loss to visiting Vanguard (Ocala). It […]

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Eastside edges county rival Hawthorne in boys’ hoops

Mike Ridaught

Jan 30, 2021

Once again, the game lived up to its billing. Heading into Friday night’s showdown in the Hornets’ nest, six of the last seven games in the […]

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Ingram, Whittemore grab Coach of the Year honors

Mike Ridaught

Jan 29, 2021

It was quite the journey for the Hawthorne and Buchholz football teams. Hawthorne made a run all the way to the Class 1A state championship game, […]

All Area Teams

Columbia, Suwannee swamp All Area’s big school defensive unit

Marty Pallman

Jan 29, 2021

The big school defense for the inaugural Mainstreet Daily News/Prep Zone All Area Football Team has a distinctive Suwannee and Columbia feel to it. The two […]

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Sports beat: Columbia wins on the road

Mike Ridaught

Jan 28, 2021

The Lake City Columbia boys basketball team seems to be peaking at the right time. The Tigers defeated Forest High School in Ocala last night, 60-51, […]

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All Area Football: Buchholz, Suwannee lead big school offense

Marty Pallman

Jan 28, 2021

2020 was a big year for big schools offensively in North Central Florida, and none were better than the Buchholz Bobcats and Suwannee Bulldogs. The two […]

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Sports beat: Eastside wins on senior night

Mike Ridaught

Jan 27, 2021

On Tuesday night, the Eastside boys basketball team improved to 17-1 with a 68-49 win against visiting North Marion. On senior night, three seniors scored in […]

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Hawthorne, Union County dominate small school defense

Mike Ridaught

Jan 27, 2021

There’s an old adage that defense wins championships. While that wasn’t the case for two area teams, it was the defense that gave Hawthorne and Oak […]

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Sports beat: Buchholz wins another buzzer beater

Mike Ridaught

Jan 26, 2021

There was another buzzer beater at Buchholz High School. This time it was during the boys basketball game. On Monday night, with the host Bobcats down […]

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Hawthorne’s Mackey, Lawrence highlight inaugural All Area Football Team

Marty Pallman

Jan 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a historic year for all the wrong reasons, but the town of Hawthorne will remember it for a much different reason: […]

Sports beat: Trenton, Hawthorne boys hoops among area teams to play for a title

GHS boys hoops advance to district semifinals

Trenton boys’ basketball to host Class 1A-District 6 tournament

Former Gators represent UF in 19th straight Super Bowl

Eastside defends No. 1 ranking in boys power poll

Eastside rallies late to beat GHS

Sports beat: Buchholz girls win district title

P.K. Yonge boys’ soccer enjoying best record in years

Sports beat: Trenton girls hoops advance to district title game

GHS football hires former Gator star

Newberry volleyball standouts ink letters of intent

Sports beat: Bell’s season ends, Gainesville teams win

Trenton girls basketball to host Class 1A-District 6 tournament

Sports beat: Newberry scores big in boys basketball

Vanguard rallies past Gainesville

Eastside edges county rival Hawthorne in boys’ hoops

Ingram, Whittemore grab Coach of the Year honors

Columbia, Suwannee swamp All Area’s big school defensive unit

Sports beat: Columbia wins on the road

All Area Football: Buchholz, Suwannee lead big school offense

Sports beat: Eastside wins on senior night

Hawthorne, Union County dominate small school defense

Sports beat: Buchholz wins another buzzer beater

Hawthorne’s Mackey, Lawrence highlight inaugural All Area Football Team

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