High School Sports

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 …

The Hawthorne Hornets and the Madison County Cowboys will face off in a Class 1A state semifinals matchup this Friday night. Kick off is set for 7:30 p.m. at Madison County. Madison County Madison County was the class 1A state champions last year and will look to defend their reign …

P.K. Yonge will face #1 seeded Villages Charter at The Villages tonight at 7:30. P.K. Yonge is coming off a 14 point victory over Bradford, their first playoff win in over a decade. The Villages enters this game undefeated and well-rested, as they are coming off a bye week. Despite …

Two Florida high schools that have had great seasons will go face to face tonight in a regional semifinal matchup. For the second time this season, Columbia High will face Jacksonville Lee. The teams faced off during the regular season in a non-conference matchup that ended in a 42-37 victory …

The Santa Fe Raiders will be facing the Dunnellon Tigers Friday night in the Region Semifinals. This is part of the 2018 FHSAA Football Class 4A tournament and the Raiders are hosting. Dunnellon goes into the game with a 6-5 record. Santa Fe enters the game with a 5-5 record. The …

It’s an exciting time here in Gainesville this fall. Finally the first week of playoffs is set to kickoff tonight. Gainesville High School will travel to Lake Wales to face a tough Lake Wales team. Gainesville High comes into the game with a record of 7-3 while 4-1 in the …

High school football playoffs have begun! The Pensacola Catholic Crusaders face the Fort White Indians for the FHSAA Class 3A quarterfinal game tonight (Nov. 9). Crusaders Need to Bounce Back At 5-5 for the regular season, the Pensacola Catholic Crusaders have had their fair share of hardships this season. With …

The Buchholz Bobcats football team is entering the post season against the Edgewater Eagles. The Bobcats are going into the game with a 7-3 regular season record. The Eagles enter the game with an impressive 9-1 record. Buchholz is coming off a win over Santa Fe 56-21 last week. While …

Four Gainesville area high school football teams are in the 2018 postseason for FHSAA Class 1A. Union County and Dixie County will be in their respective quarterfinal games for the Class 1A bracket while Chiefland and Hawthorne earned first-round byes. No. 5 Union County at No. 4 Lafayette The Fightin’ …