High School Sports

The regional semifinals for high school girls’ basketball begin tonight. Two local teams will take the court tonight. Gainesville vs. Nease Gainesville High School is on the road tonight to face Nease. The Gainesville Hurricanes are 22-7 on the season. Gainesville beat St. Augustine in the regional quarterfinals with a …

Hawthorne looking to go to state The Hawthorne Hornets girls basketball team will travel to Lafayette high school to take on the Hornets in regional finals action for a chance to go to the state semifinals. Hawthorne is 13-8 on the season and looking to make it to the state …

No. 4 P.K. Yonge (19-7) will face No. 7 University Christian (20-7) for the third straight season in the playoffs on Tuesday at 7 p.m. At their last meeting, the Blue Wave defeated the Christians in the regional semifinals, 55-39. When it comes to the post season, Blue Waves head …

It started with a three-pointer, and they just kept coming. The PK Yonge Blue Wave looked like the Golden State Warriors Tuesday night, making a bunch of threes and playing suffocating defense against the Oak Hall Eagles. All of this culminated in a dominant 72-26 victory. Blue Wave hits six …

The Eastside Rams (21-5) hosted the Santa Fe Raiders (5-15) at a neutral site at North Marion High Tuesday night to play for a spot in the 6A-6 district championship game this upcoming Friday. Not only was this game an opportunity to play in the 6A-6 final, but it was …

The Gainesville Hurricanes boys’ basketball team defeated the Santa Fe Raiders by a score of 56-47 at Gainesville High School to move to 19-5 on the season. It also happened to be Senior Night for the Hurricanes. Congratulations to the Seniors on the Boys Basketball Team. Thanks to you and …

It was an exciting Senior Night at Buchholz High inside of Bud Seymour Gymnasium this past Tuesday night, when the visiting Eastside Rams (20-4) came to take on the Buchholz Bobcats (8-15) in a classic rivalry matchup. The Rams have been dominant in the past three weeks. They’ve won their …

Postseason play is fast approaching for boys’ and girls’ high school basketball. Here’s a look at the upcoming games for Friday and Saturday. Friday Games Boys’ basketball The Buchholz Bobcats will take on the visiting Gainesville Hurricanes at 7:30. The Bobcats are struggling with an 8-13 record and are 0-7 …

The next 48 hours will be filled with boys and girls taking the court all across North Central Florida. Some of Thursday night’s games include Union County at Lafayette and P.K. Yonge at Hawthorne. For the girls, matchup up between Trenton and at P.K. Yonge, Bronson at Oak Hall, Buchholz …

The Florida High School Athletic Association passed rules that will change the way high school football playoffs will work for schools classified from 1A-4A. These changes come after the FHSAA instituted a points system for high school football playoffs in the 2017 season. The FHSAA voted on 11 issues in …