High School Sports

With several local teams starting their football seasons on the traditional Fridays, the Gainesville High School Hurricanes and Columbia High School Fighting Tigers face off Thursday night in Gainesville’s very own Citizen’s field. The Tigers are a well seasoned team, as they are ranked fifth in the state in the 6A …

Conquered the week—now the calendar shows that it’s Friday. Get dressed, grab backpack, and leave the house earlier than any other day of the week. Drive to Adam’s Rib Company to order breakfast—the Meat Lover’s Omelet, a side of potato wedges with ketchup, and a biscuit with gravy, to be …

Every teenager can relate to having intentions of sleeping in late and not being disturbed by anything or anyone. On the flip side to that, every teenager can relate to being woken up at an unreasonably early time by their mother. However, when you were a teenager approaching your senior …

What a game it was to earn a spot in the regional final. With one out and a runner on, Gainesville doubled up Columbia to defeat the Tigers 2-1. The head coach of the Purple Hurricanes Pete Mariano knows how important the win was. The No.1 ranked team in 7A, …

GAINESVILLE, Fla—If you were to ask someone, “Who is Jordan Giberti?” That person would probably say, the son of Joey and Kimberly Giberti, Austin Giberti’s younger brother, and one of Morgan Giberti’s older brothers. Maybe that person would mention they remember seeing him compete on Westwood Middle School’s football and basketball …

Buchholz High School’s all time leader in passing yards and touchdowns is Jackson White and the 6’2 quarterback announced officially on Wednesday that he is heading to West Virginia to join Marshall and the Thundering Herd. White’s decision came down to Marshall or walking on as QB for the University of …

Regional semi-final action took place Tuesday for a number of area teams in boy’s basketball.   Santa Fe (12-11) tangled with Ponte Vedra for the first time this season and Santa Fe head coach Elliot Harris believed his team was ready to give the Sharks all they could handle.  But in the end, the Raiders lost …

Regional quarterfinal action in the area tonight: Jacksonville Ed White (14-11) at No.7 Gainesville (23-4) in the quarterfinals of Region 1-6A. The first meeting between the two teams since 2011. The Commanders from Jacksonville Ed White have won the last three over the Hurricanes. GHS defeated Ocala Vanguard 52-49 in …

We are quickly approaching the end of the college basketball season and that could only mean one thing: March Madness. There is still several weeks until the Big Dance, but there’s multiple girls’ high school basketball teams in playoff action tonight to treat the itch of postseason basketball. All games …