High School Sports

ORLANDO, Fla—Former Florida Gators’ quarterback Chris Leak is now coaching high school football. Leak was named the head coach of Edgewater High School on February 4th. Year 2003 through 2006, Chris Leak played quarterback for the Gators. Wearing the number 11, he led Florida to a victory in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game. Throughout his …

A few local boy’s high school basketball teams will be on the hunt for a district finals win tonight. Ocala Vanguard (20-6) will travel to Gainesville high (22-4) for a District 4-6A match-up; Santa Fe will host Eastside in a District 6-5A match-up, PK Yonge (21-4) will welcome St. Francis (22-4) for a District …

Many girls basketball games will be played in the area tonight. In the regional semifinals, Madison County (24-5) will host Hawthorne (17-6), and Williston (16-8) will host Lafayette (15-12) in Region 3-1A. In Region 4-1A, Wildwood (19-7) will host Chiefland (15-3), and Trenton (26-0) will take on Fort Meade (16-6). Regional quarterfinal games will also …

The Buchholz Bobcats will travel to Jacksonville to take on the Mandarin Mustangs in 5A Regional semi-finals Tuesday in boy’s soccer action. The Bobcats are 12-7-4 on the season and 4-0-1 in district games. In the regional quarterfinals Buchholz defeated Port Orange Spruce Creek 3-0. Head coach Joseph Pobee says senior Paul …

The PK Yonge boy’s basketball team had a stellar performance in their opening District 3-3A game, routing the visiting St. Joseph Academy Flashes 100-24 on Tuesday night in Gainesville. The Blue Wave improve to 21-4 with the win. PK Yonge came out hot, going on a 22-0 run to start the …

Three Gainesville High School girls soccer teams Buchholz, Eastside, and Santa Fe will be looking for wins in the regional finals tonight. The Buchholz boys soccer team will also be looking for a win tonight in their regional quarterfinal that was canceled yesterday due to field conditions. For the girls, Buchholz (15-3) will …

Today in the local Gainesville area, we have four key match-ups in the regional quarterfinals in Boys high school soccer. Starting off the preview we will look at the Buchholz vs Spruce Creek matchup in the regional 1-5A bracket. The Buchholz Bobcats are in their first regional since 2013 when …

Their is a lot of action going on at high school courts in Gainesville tonight. The Gainesville high school Hurricanes, who have a 17 and 3 record will take on P.K. Yonge on the road at 7:30 p.m. in a big non-conference game. This will be the second time they …

The PK Yonge Blue Wave relied on a balanced team effort last night to win 49-35 on the road against Eastside. After an impressive defensive showing against the Rams (9-8), the PK Yonge Blue Wave are now 16-3. Sporting an impressive 6-0 record in district matchups, the Blue Wave remain the top team in the 3A District 3 Basketball …

The Santa Fe Raider football team upset the Dunnellon Tigers in a thrilling 15-14 victory on Friday night at Santa Fe.  Earlier in the week, Santa Fe head coach Bill Wiles stated that his game plan was to limit Dunnellon’s big plays, and they did just that.  The Tigers had a …