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The third-ranked Florida gymnastics team used a perfect 10 score by Kennedy Baker to lead the Gators to a season-best score of 197.70
Read More »Kennedy Baker Earns Perfect Score and Rachel Gowey Leads the Beam As Gators Top Auburn In Gymnastics
Gainesville High Gets Key Boy’s Basketball Win
The Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes (19-2) hosted the Vanguard High School Knights (15-6) in a crucial 7A District 4 match in boy’s basketball on Thursday night. The Canes continued their 11-game win streak finding after beating Vanguard in a very scrappy game 51-48. With the win, Gainesville and Vanguard find themselves tied in …
Read More »Santa Fe High School Takes On Buchholz In Boy’s Hoops Action
THE BREAKDOWN Santa Fe High School and Buchholz have both had pretty decent seasons in boy’s basketball. Sitting at nearly the same record, these two schools make for a perfect match up. Santa Fe is 10-8 and Buchholz is 10-9. Both teams are preparing for districts, and want to see …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Girls Basketball Team Looks to Rebound Against Gainesville Hurricanes
The Gainesville Hurricanes (19-1) host P.K. Yonge (20-2) tonight for a non-conference game. Tip off is at 7:30 p.m. and it’ll be the second time this season the two face each other. The Hurricanes and Blue Wave had a close game back in November. Gainesville took home the “W” in Game 1 with …
Read More »Local Player Joel Embiid Shining in the NBA
The Philadelphia 76ers have taken on the motto of “Trust the Process.” The centerpiece of that process: Joel Embiid, an alum of The Rock School in Gainesville. Embiid’s Roots Before he made his way to the United States, Embiid was born and raised in Yaoundè, Cameroon. At 15, he picked up a basketball …
Read More »Surprised Gators Promote Randy Shannon To Defensive Coordinator? You Shouldn’t Be
Florida’s head coach, Jim McElwain, announced Friday morning that Randy Shannon would be making the move to defensive coordinator. The Miami-native coached the Gator linebackers for the past two seasons. Also during that time he was the associate head coach and co-defensive coordinator. He stepped in as the interim defensive coordinator …
Read More »FEATURE: The Man Behind the Microphone
An outsider looking in at the city of Gainesville will see a population enthralled with Florida Gator Sports. This is not a wrong assumption but, they are missing something very vital, high school sports. Towns around the Gainesville community close down on Friday nights for high school football, or weeknights for …
Read More »O’Dome Prep Comes Down to Wire
The Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center is nearing completion after nearly nine months of renovations. Crews are still hard at work trying to finish in time for Fall Commencement on Friday and Saturday. Exactech Arena renovation almost complete, prepping for @UF commencement. Also, @GatorsMBK finally back in …
Read More »FEATURE: Kelly Beckham, Gainesville High School Basketball Coach
High school basketball season is officially underway, as Kelly Beckham looks to take his Gainesville High School Hurricanes back to the postseason. Coach Beckham has been the head basketball coach at GHS for seven seasons, and took three of those teams to the Final Four in Lakeland. Beckham won Coach …
Read More »FEATURE: Flag Football – “Risky Business” Headed to Championship in The Swamp
GAINESVILLE – “Risky Business” defeated “Rife or Death” 26-6 Thursday night in the Mens Competitive Division Flag Football Semi-Finals. Risky Business came into the game as heavy favorites with an undefeated (7-0) record. “Rife or Death” however took a 6-0 lead midway through the 2nd Quarter on a 3 yard …
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