High School Sports

The Gainesville Hurricanes baseball team lost to visiting Oak Hall, 5-4, on Monday. Big Fly Puts Gainesville Ahead After an early RBI double by Oak Hall’s Gavin Jones, Gainesville (6-10) looked to gain some momentum at the plate to put the pressure on Oak Hall. The third was owned by …

The Oak Hall Eagles baseball team defeated the Gainesville Hurricanes Monday, 5-4, at Tiny Talbot Field to even their two-game season series. One In The First Oak Hall (8-3) struck first with one run in the bottom of the first inning. After a single and stolen base from Ethan Szlachetka, …

By Wade Urtz and Daniel Betancourt The P.K Yonge Blue Wave baseball team defeated Fort White 9-7 on Thursday to sweep the two-game season series. P.K. Yonge (11-2) defeated the Indians (8-8) in Fort White, 4-1, on Feb. 29, Blue Wave coach Rob Brunson’s 100th career win.  Fort White Strikes …

By Savannah Milner and Rhiannon Thomas The Buchholz Bobcats girls lacrosse team defeated the Santa Fe Raiders, 15-5, Friday on Senior Night. Dominant First Quarter The Bobcats (6-10) wasted no time getting the lead, when senior Leslie Sarmiento-Vasquez scored just 10 seconds into the game. The Bobcats scored five more …

The Oak Hall Eagles girls lacrosse team lost their last-regular season match at home, 12-9, against the Pensacola Catholic Crusaders on Thursday.  A Rough Start  From the onset, the Crusaders (16-2) demonstrated their dominance, firing eight shots and making two goals. The tight coordination and organization from the Crusaders resulted …

By Savannah Milner and Rhiannon Thomas ALACHUA — The Santa Fe Raiders flag football team lost their last regular-season game at home Thursday, 12-6, to the Keystone Heights Indians on Senior Night.  The game got off to an exciting start when the Indians (4-10) scored the first touchdown four minutes …

The Gainesville Hurricanes defeated the visiting Eastside Rams, 12-2, on Thursday night for their first run-rule win of the season. Jumping Ahead Early After holding the Rams (2-12) scoreless in the top of the first, Gainesville’s Broc Tucker and Zachary Kazlauskas hit back-to-back singles in the bottom half to apply …

By Jauntre’ Gray and Liz Fernandez Buchholz Bobcats High School boys lacrosse team lost to visiting Ocala Trinity Catholic, 9-5, on Wednesday night.  Electrifying Start The Bobcats (6-9) and Celtics (10-4) started with an intense first quarter. There were extreme face-offs and scores from both teams. Bobcats lead scorer Jace …

The Eastside Rams baseball team was run-ruled for the second time in two days Thursday, 12-2, in six inning against the host Gainesville Hurricanes. Hurricanes Ahead Eastside (2-12) threatened to score in the top of the first inning with one out and runners in scoring position. However, Gainesville (6-8) pitcher …

NEWBERRY — The Newberry High girls lacrosse team beat the Buchholz junior varsity 10-3 on Tuesday.  Whole New Team Nearly a month ago, Newberry (6-5) barely beat the Bobcat JV in the final seconds, 5-4. A minute into Tuesday’s action, it was already promising to be a very different game, …