High School Sports

WUFT Sports high school beat reporter Kaylee Glyder reports from Citizens Field after Buchholz’s 48 to 13 victory over the Eastside Rams.

The 2015 high school football season is here and features a flurry of notable week one matchups around the area. Here are the games to keep an eye on this evening: Eastside at Buchholz, 7:30 PM (Citizens Field) The battle for city bragging right begins right away as the Bobcats …

High school football begins tonight with several preseason games, better known as “Kick-Off Classics” around the area. Gainesville High School welcomes Class 8A, Flagler Palm Coast to Citizens Field for the first time. GHS head coach Mark Latsko says there are two ways to look at the game plan for the …

The Gainesville High School Hurricanes boys basketball team will face the Orlando Edgewater High School Eagles in the 6A state semifinals today at 2:30 in the Lakeland Civic Center. Gainesville High beat Wolfson (Jacksonville), 72-67, in the regional finals to advance to the semifinals. “We anticipated, based on the offseason, we had …

Sophomore Isaiah Wilson (#4) poses after electrifying the crowd with a one-handed poster dunk In front of a packed house at Santa Fe College, the Gainesville Hurricanes took care of business against the Eastside Rams with a 60-38 win on Friday night. Gainesville improves to 17-2 this season to solidify …

Trenton High School junior kicker Marcus Mannerstedt has been awarded the John Williams Award, given to the top kicker in the North Central Florida area. Mannerstedt finished the regular season 5-for-5 on field goal attempts, with a long of 37, and added two more field goals to his stat line …

The Gainesville Hurricanes (6-5, 4-0) look to survive and advance in the 2014 FHSAA football playoffs when they host the Sunlake Seahawks (9-2, 3-1)in the regional semifinals on tonight. The Seahawks hope to get some revenge at Citizen’s Field. The Canes eliminated Sunlake in the state playoffs last year in …

The Gainesville Hurricanes (5-5, 4-0) will host the New Port Richie Mitchell Mustangs (6-4, 3-1) in a 6A first round playoff game at Citizen’s Field tonight. The Canes hope to embark on a deep playoff run after falling in the regional semifinals to Springstead a year ago. “We excited about …

In Thursday night lights, the Buchholz Bobcats fell short to the Jacksonville Atlantic Coast Stingrays in a 31-28 loss. The Bobcats (3-6, 1-3) hope to end the season on a high note when they host the Fort White Indians next week. Meanwhile, the Oak Hall Eagles got blanked by John …

The Buchholz Bobcats (3-4, 1-1) look to move closer to securing a playoff spot tonight when they travel to Neptune Beach to battle the Fletcher Senators (4-3, 1-1). The Bobcats have an opportunity to have surpass their win total from last year with a victory but they’ll be challenged by …