High School Sports

The Hawthorne Hornets took down Madison County Monday night to move on to the state semifinals in girl’s basketball. Head coach, Cornelius Ingram, spoke with Steve Russell and discussed how the Hornets were able to defeat the Cowboys. Momentum for the Hornets Hawthorne have been incredible this season. Since the …

By Ellen Mulgrew and Wade Urtz HAWTHORNE — The Hawthorne High girls basketball team defeated Madison County, 55-42, Monday to win the region final and advance to the 1A state semifinals against the Wildwoods Wildcats on March 1 at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland. Madison Starts Strong Beginning in …

By Amanda Roman and Curan Ahern The Oak Hall Eagles started the high school baseball season strong with a 5-0 win over the Eastside Rams on Tuesday night. The Eagles (18-6) defeated the Rams (7-9) two times last season and continued the streak in their season opener at Eastside. Pitcher’s …

The Buchholz boys basketball team is getting ready to face off against Wiregrass Ranch Tuesday night at 7 in the regional semifinals. Tough Competition The Buchholz Bobcats have an 18-10 record this season. They are coming off a 59-48 win Thursday against the Forest Wildcats. Earlier in the season, the …

The Gainesville Hurricanes boy’s basketball team is marching to the regional semifinals after a thrilling victory over Oakleaf, 47-46. Canes go to 5-0 at home all-time vs. Oakleaf and 8-1 overall. Also GHS has now won 26 of their last 29 overall in The Purple Palace! — GHS Basketball (@CanesBKB) …

By Daniela Ortiz and Sebastian Sabatino The six seed Gainesville Hurricanes upset three seed Oakleaf at the Purple Palace in a thriller, 47-46, Thursday in the first round of the 6A boys basketball state tournament. Slow Paced First Half Although Oakleaf (19-7), out of Orange Park, started the game off …

Boys high school basketball in the North Central Florida featured multiple regional playoff games on Thursday. Hawthorne and Newberry Fall Hawthorne’s season came to an end after getting upset by Fort White. The Hornets, who made it to the state semifinals last year, fell short 56-51. Fort White dominated in …

The Gainesville Hurricanes defeated the Orange Park Oakleaf Knights, 47-46, at the 6A Region 1 quarterfinals Thursday at the Purple Palace. The sixth seed Hurricanes (18-11) will play at second seed Ponte Vedra Sharks (21-7) Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the regional semifinals. Oakleaf ends its season at 19-7.   …

By Wade Urtz and Jesse Bratman HAWTHORNE —The top seed Hawthorne High School girls basketball team advanced to the 1A regional final Wednesday after winning their 16th consecutive game. The Hornets (19-3) defeated Hilliard (12-14), 38-27, despite having leading scorer De’Mya Adams out with an ankle injury.  Hawthorne Leads After …

Regional play for girl’s basketball in the north central Florida area is heating up. Class 1A Results In the regional semi-finals, the Hawthorne Hornets are now 19-3 after beating Hilliard 38-27 at home. Newberry’s season has come to an end as they lost 60-56 at Madison County. Williston drops out …