High School Sports

Thursday night’s varsity basketball matchup between Eastside High School and PK Yonge ended in favor of the Rams with a score of 67-58. The Blue Wave fell short to the Rams in a tight game where the Rams held the lead for the larger part of the game. Although the …

Oak Hall girls soccer came back from trailing 1-0 to win 4-2 in penalty kicks versus St. Francis. Coming into this game, Oak Hall were the favorites as the No. 3 seed in the District 1A playoffs, while St. Francis was the No. 6 seed. St. Francis came into this game …

The Saint Francis Wolves met Tuesday with the Santa Fe Raiders, both having a two-game losing streak. That streak was broken Tuesday night for the Raiders when they defeated the Wolves 66-54.  The Wolves were struggling on the defense side in the first half with a few missed rebounds and a …

The St. Francis Wolves faced the Ocoee Knights earlier this season, losing by only nine points. Before the game, we caught up with the varsity basketball head coach for the St. Francis Wolves, Issac Selva. This game had everyone in the audience on the edge of their seat with both …

Oak Hall boys basketball won their tournament semi-final game versus St. John’s Country Day, 59-55 in Overtime. St. Johns Country Day beat Oak Hall back on January 11th, 67-64; so this one was expected to go down to the wire from the get-go. Freshman forward Cole Gonzales of Oak Hall …

Football is king in Florida. That’s safe to say with 44 of ESPN’s class of 2019 top 300 football recruits residing in the sunshine state. Six more recruits than the state of Texas’, which is known as the high school football capital, 38 recruits. With that said, lacrosse is up …

In 1990, the legacy of the Whittemore family at Buchholz High School began. Then a wide receiver at BHS, Mark Whittemore helped lead the Bobcats to the 1990 4A Florida State Championship, defeating Dillard 24-7. The victory delivered Buchholz their first and only state title in football. Fast forward 28 …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The NFL and NCAA’s concussion crisis and player safety initiatives have been well-chronicled, praised, criticized and debated. However, the issue of player safety at the high school level has often been ignored, although that’s changing. “Youth exposure to repetitive head impacts in tackle football may reduce one’s …

The local area will have one more opportunity to catch high school football in 2018. On Friday at Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, The Prep Zone and FloridaHSFootball.com will host the North Central Florida All-Star Classic. The players, 35 local high school seniors, will hit the gridiron for one …