High School Sports

The Saint Francis Wolves head to Jacksonville for a non-conference battle against the Eagle’s View Warriors This Friday at 7 p.m. It is the third away game of the season for the Wolves and the home opener for the Warriors. Saint Francis The Wolves enter Friday’s contest on a two …

Oakleaf topped Gainesville 37-6 at home on Friday night, led by a driven group of talented upperclassmen. Early Slugfest While the end result wasn’t what they hoped for, Gainesville’s defense and special teams showed up to play early. Oakleaf’s first two drives ended in three-and-outs, including one punt block that …

The Buchholz Bobcats (2-1) gashed the Atlantic Coast Stingrays (0-3) on the ground to open district play 1-0. The Bobcats won Friday’s game 34-14. After their game last week was canceled because of Hurricane Dorian, the Bobcats had to overcome a slow start. They scored 27 unanswered points and only …

On the road, the Hawthorne Hornets took a four hour trip to Fort Myers Friday afternoon to play a non-conference game against the Evangelical Christian Sentinels and the Hornets came away with a 14-6 win to move them to 2-1 on the season. Turnover City In the first quarter alone, …

By Jensen Young and Angel Wells Defense Wins Games Before kickoff, Santa Fe Raiders coach Dock Pollard predicted that defense would decide the game. Unfortunately for the Raiders, a different defense showed up than the one that forced a shutout just a week ago. Wakulla continued its impressive streak of …

The Class 6A Columbia High Tigers improved to (4-0, 0-0) Friday night after defeating the Class 5A Pine Forest Eagles (1-2, 0-0), of Pensacola, 21-13 in high school football. It wasn’t the cleanest game offensively for the Tigers, who were looking to keep momentum going following a 67-12 win over …

First Quarter On the night of Friday the 13th in Williston, Florida, the Williston Red Devils hosted the Dixie County Bears in a non-conference high school football match up. While the Red Devils came into the game with a record of 0-2, the Bears entered the contest with an impressive …

They are small steps, but first-year head coach for the Newberry Panthers Edward Johnson is turning around a program that has been stuck in meritocracy for years. After his Panthers beat the Hawthorne Hornets in overtime and then held Trenton Tigers scoreless a week ago, Coach Johnson wanted to ensure …

Despite a Kobe Delima 63-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage to put the Newberry Panthers up 6-0, this was a defensive battle for both sides. Both teams were able to force errors and turnovers, but capitalizing on these issues was a struggle. Newberry Panthers head coach Edward …

With Week 3 of the high school football season looming, the Oak Hall Eagles are finally getting their long-awaited home opener. The team’s kickoff classic at Hawthorne was followed by two regular-season games on the road, so head coach RJ Fuhr knows that his players are excited about the home …