High School Sports

The Eastside Boys Basketball Team is coming off of a thrilling overtime victory against Buchholz, and they look to carry the momentum against their rivals, the Gainesville Hurricanes. Eastside has won an impressive four games in a row, with two of those victories on the road and two on neutral …

It wasn’t always pretty, but the Hawthorne boys’ basketball team pulled away in the second half to secure a 66-34 win over Chiefland to improve their winning streak to 15 games. Sluggish start Another slow start once again plagued the Hornets. In their previous game against P.K. Yonge, they fell …

The Chiefland Lady Indians were not able to secure the win against the Hawthorne Hornets Thursday night, falling 63-27. Game Recap Both teams were slow to start, with the final score of the first quarter only being 12-4. The Hornets quickly picked up the pace in the second quarter, racking …

The Chiefland Indians hoped to redeem themselves after suffering a loss against the Hawthorne Hornets earlier this season but fell 66-34. The loss put Chiefland at 2-12 and advanced Hawthorne to 16-1 with a 15 game win streak. Slow to Start At the beginning of the game, it looked like …

The Class 5A Gainesville Hurricanes (3-1-1, 0-0) women’s soccer team suffered their first loss on the young season Friday night to the Class 6A Buchholz Bobcats (2-2, 1-0), 8-1. First half highlights It didn’t take long for the Bobcats to settle into the game, as they were able to strike …

The Ocala Vanguard girl’s basketball team gets a big road win, beating PK Yonge 68-63 Thursday in Gainesville. In a second half where P.K. Yonge led by as many as 12, and Vanguard never led, the Knights made the clutch plays down the stretch to win. Late in the fourth …

The Buchholz Bobcats boy’s basketball team (0-1) kicked off their 2019-2020 season against the West Nassau Warriors (1-0) Wednesday night. The Bobcats gave up a 15-3 run to start the game and could never overcome the deficit on the way to a 66-50 defeat. Star of the Game Warriors junior guard …

Pregame: Eastside High School’s Coach, Bryan Haytak, spoke about his team.   “We play different than any other team so my goal for this team is to make the other team try to adjust to our style of play. We’re a very young team but I couldn’t be happier with …

Defense was the story Tuesday night for the Hawthorne Hornets in the girl’s basketball season opener. Steals lead to points early The Hornets started the game with tenacious defense. On the first three Countryside Christian possessions, Hawthorne forced three turnovers. The Hornets kept the pressure on for the rest of …

After Friday night’s regional semifinals, only a couple of teams still remain alive in the Florida High School Football playoffs. Chiefland, Union County and Bradford all advance to the next round, while several other teams had their seasons come to an end. Hawthorne at Pahokee After defeating Wildwood in the …