High School Sports

Local high school football rivalry is in full force on Friday night as the Eastside High Rams take on the undefeated Gainesville Hurricanes.  Hurricanes coach James Thomson led his team to the 6A state semifinals last year, and his team is currently the top ranked team in Class 6A.  Meanwhile the …

Week Three of the high school football season gets underway tonight as teams from around Marion and Alachua County continue their 2012 seasons. Here’s a look at some of the matchups going on tonight: Buchholz (1-1) vs. Columbia (1-1) The Tigers enter this game coming off a 17-14 loss to …

The Dunnellon Tigers face off against the Ocala Forest Wildcats tonight in high school football. Both teams are coming off of wins last week. Dunellon beat West Port, 37-28 and Forest beat Lake Weir 31-7. Dunnellon head coach Frank Beasley is optimistic about his teams’ chances even though Forest has …

This week marks not only the start of Gators football, but high school football throughout the state as well.  Last night the Gainesville Hurricanes and Yulee Hornets collided to kick their respective seasons off in style.  GHS won 51-28 behind a strong showing from University of Florida wide receiver commit Chris Thompson.  Thompson scored four touchdowns in …

Four catches for 73 yards, three touchdown receptions, and one interception return for touchdown. Those were the numbers put up by Gainesville High School’s senior wide receiver, and recent University of Florida commit, Chris Thompson in the first half of the Hurricanes’ 51-28 victory over the Yulee Hornets on Thursday …

The Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes begin their 2012 regular season campaign tonight as they host Yulee. The Hurricanes are on the heels of a regional finals appearance last season where they fell to Armwood High School. GHS won their preseason matchup 23-12 over Dr. Phillips High School back on August 24. …

Just one day after firing football coach Matt Kerstetter, the Buchholz Bobcats have a new coach today. Yesterday it was announced that former BHS assistant Mark Whittemore would be the new head man.   The  39 year old played for Buchholz and was an offensive assistant for the program for many …

The Lafayette Hornets softball team can be called state champions today after it downed Jay 12-9 Tuesday at the state tournament being played in Clermont.   The Hornets capture the Class 1A crown with the win. In area baseball regional semifinals, Willison beats Santa Fe for the fourth time this year …

The St. Francis Wolves will face the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave on Thursday in the high school baseball District 3-3A Championship held at P.K. Yonge. No. 2 seed St. Francis earned a spot in the title game with a 6-4 win over the No. 3 Oak Hall Eagles Tuesday afternoon. …

Two local schools, Union County and Hawthorne, will play each other this morning in a Class 1A state semifinal game in boys basketball.   The game will be played in Lakeland. You can catch live coverage of the game starting at 11am on WRUF Sports Radio 850. Union County is 15-13 …