High School Sports

A pair of local high school baseball players officially have their chance to break out. Earlier this week, Gainesville’s Asher Akridge and Newberry’s Darmarquez Covey were invited to attend the 2018 Breakthrough Series in Bradenton fron June 25-27. The event — a joint-effort from USA Baseball and MLB — is …

The second day of the MLB Draft was a busy one for the Florida baseball program. Florida 1B/C JJ Schwarz and 2B Deacon Liput were both selected on day two of the 2018 MLB Draft. Liput and Schwarz bring the number of Florida players picked in this year’s draft up …

Booking a trip to Super Regionals wasn’t the only big event to happen to three Gator baseball players last night. Junior third baseman Jonathan India, and junior pitchers Brady Singer and Jackson Kowar all heard their name called on the first day of the MLB Draft. In addition to them, …

The Santa Fe Raiders baseball team moved to a game above .500 with a shellacking of the Eastside Rams, who continue to have growing pains throughout their young season. Rams pitcher David Rowe struggles early Right from the get go, Rowe struggled immensely. He threw several uncharacteristic pitches and hit …

It was a battle of the Cats on Wednesday as the Forest Wildcats visited the Buchholz Bobcats. Forest came in with 14 wins and just three losses while Buchholz had a solid 13-5 record. Pitching, pitching and more pitching The majority of the game was dominated by pitching and defense. …

Two teams. Two different stories. Entering the game, the PK Yonge Blue Wave baseball team had a winning record (13-5) while the Eastside Rams baseball team had a losing record (5-8). On Wednesday, the difference showed when the Blue Wave jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. …

For the first time in five years, Gainesville High School will have a new football coach. Following a two-year stint as the Hurricanes’ defensive coordinator, Patrick Miller was promoted to head coach. The former University of Florida linebacker succeeds Mark Latsko, who announced his intention to resign at the end …

Trinity Catholic’s Jud Fabian, who is a University of Florida commit, got things going at the top of the first inning with a home run to the side, and the Celtics never looked back, defeating the defending 1A state champion Trenton Tigers on their home field 11-5. Both teams entered …

There’s a new trend emerging in college hoops: former NBA greats are returning to their Alma mater to coach on the same court where they began their historic careers. We recently saw it when Chris Mullin took over St. John’s University in 2015, followed by Patrick Ewing reclaiming his former …

It’s been 16 years since the Choctawhatchee Indians boy’s basketball team advanced this far in the playoffs. After trailing the Gainesville Hurricanes for most of the game, the Indians found their rhythm and never looked back, stunning the Gainesville crowd by advancing to their first state semifinal appearance since 2002. …