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Several high school boy’s basketball regional semifinals take place Tuesday night in our area. Class 6A, Region 2 The Gainesville Purple Hurricanes (19-9) will be traveling to take on the Leesburg Yellow Jackets (26-4). Leesburg enters the game ranked No. 1 by MaxPreps.com. GHS head coach Kelly Beckham has high praise for …
Read More »Boys High School Basketball Districts Start Tonight
District tournaments begin tonight in boys high school basketball all throughout our area. Buchholz High School enters districts with an 8-12 record and is the fourth seed and faces top seed Ocala Forest tonight at 7. Bobcats head coach Bob Hordowski talks about the upcoming matchup. Gainesville High School faces two seed …
Read More »Regional Finals For Boys Soccer Tonight For Eastside, Buchholz
The Buchholz Bobcats welcome the Oviedo Lions Tuesday night to the Jonesville Complex for the Class 5A Region 1 regional final. Buchholz is competing in its first regional final since 2000, defeated Spruce Creek 2-0 in the regional quarterfinals and Mandarin out of Jacksonville 1-0 in the regional semifinals. In the regional quarterfinal, Oviedo beat …
Read More »Gainesville High’s Ralph Webb Commits to Vandy
Gainesville High School running back Ralph Webb committed to Vanderbilt this weekend via his Twitter account. The 5-foot-10 RB ran for 2,020 yards this season along with 28 touchdowns. Webb also scored two touchdowns in their loss to Central in the 6A championship game. Webb also received offers from Florida …
Read More »GHS Wins Season’s Second Match Up Against Eastside In Boy’s Hoops
The Gainesville High School boy’s basketball team dominated the Eastside Rams once again to give the Hurricanes’ their 16th win of the season on Friday night. The two city rivals faced off once in January, with GHS topping Eastside in a 73-53 blowout. While Friday’s final point difference was cut …
Read More »GHS Takes W In City Rivalry Hoops Game Against Eastside
http://vimeo.com/57759080 The Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes faced off against the Eastside High Rams Friday night at Sante Fe College in boy’s basketball. The Canes came out strong with a quick paced offense. GHS held a 13 But point lead early in the first half (21-8). Eastside responded with 11 …
Read More »GHS Boys Hoops Blows Away South Lake In Hurricane Territory
The Gainesville High School Hurricanes are now 12-7 after a nearly 40 point win over the South Lake Eagles at home last night. GHS put up 76 points to South Lake’s 39, though the Eagles only brought seven players due to injuries. GHS head coach Kelly Beckham says their opponent, …
Read More »Two High School Hoop Programs Meet Rivals Tonight
The Gainesville High School boys basketball is back in action tonight against South Lake. GHS is coming off a 76-59 win against Buchholz on Thursday night. Junior Isaiah Jackson, averaging 13.4 ppg and 9.3 rebounds, leads the way for the Purple Hurricanes, who have two games on tap every week. Head coach …
Read More »Preview: Gainesville High vs. Miami Central – 6A State Championship Game
The Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes have accomplished many things this season. They won a district title, they beat every team put in front of them, and they made it to the state championship. Now only one goal remains…to be crowned the best class 6A prep football team in Florida …
Read More »Newberry High School Loses State Semifinals In OT
The Newberry High School Panthers were defeated at home by the top ranked and undefeated Trenton High School Tigers 36-35 in overtime in the Class 1A state semifinals Friday night. Trenton moves on to play for the state championship on December 7th. The teams kept a tight scoreboard the entire game. They had tied scores …
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