High School Sports

As part of our 30 high schools in 30 days here on ESPN850-WRUF, we’ll look at local high schools and what they are doing in spring practice. First, we look at a team that’s got a big spring following a big year: the Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes.  

The Gainesville High Purple Hurricanes (21-9) are in Lakeland this afternoon as they play Miami Norland (24-5) in the Class 6A state semifinal game in boy’s basketball. The Canes have been on an incredible run since their loss in the district championship game, defeating Leesburg (who beat them in districts) …

As the basketball world readies itself for March Madness, the Februrary Frenzy of the high school game reaches its peak. Those still alive head to their state tournaments, hoping to be crowned champion. One of those teams is the Hawthorne Hornets boy’s basketball team (28-1, 10-0). This is Hawthorne’s second straight trip to the …

Gainesville v.s. Orlando Edgewater After losing its previous three games against Leesburg, the Gainesville High School boys basketball team finally topped them. With its 74-66 win, the Hurricanes(20-9) take on Orlando Edgewater (25-4) in regional finals play at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Gainesville coach Kelly Beckham said his team was able to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …