High School Sports

The Gainesville area will continue to see some action as high school girls basketball regional play carries on. While most teams have now been eliminated, only Gainesville High School holds strong and will play in the 5A Regional Finals at 7 p.m. Friday. Gainesville Second-seeded Gainesville (15-8) dominated Beachside 61-38 …

NEWBERRY – The Newberry Panthers’ undefeated season came to a heartbreaking end Monday night when the Florida State University High School Seminoles pulled off a gritty 56-51 win in the Region 1-3A boys basketball semifinals. The game was a defensive slugfest packed with high emotions, physicality and momentum swings that …

With the FHSAA soccer playoff brackets now reaching the regional finals, the P.K. Yonge girls are the final Gainesville-area team with a shot at a state title. Blue Wave Rolling Coach Rebecca Schackow’s squad has been dominant all season. Led by prolific senior forward Faith Hardy, a Palm Beach Atlantic …

The Gainesville area is lighting up the boys basketball court with five teams advancing Wednesday to the regional semifinals. All four of the semifinal matchups will take place Monday. Newberry No. 2 seed Newberry (24-0) advanced in the 3A Regional Quarterfinals on Wednesday after defeating Jacksonville Bolles (13-13), 82-87. The …

After five Gainesville area high school boys basketball teams made it to at least the regional semifinals, only the Hawthorne Hornets (18-3) won Monday to advance to the state tournament. The other four schools came up just short, with multiple of the losses coming in one-possession games. Hawthorne Hornets The …

The Gainesville Hurricanes showed no love on Valentine’s Day by shutting out the visiting P.K. Yonge Blue Wave 8-0. Last season, P.K. Yonge (1-1) dominated Gainesville (2-0) with a pair of mercy-rule victories on Feb. 24 and March 22, but this time around, the Hurricanes flipped the script with a …

Three Gainesville area high school girls basketball teams advanced Thursday night to the Tuesday round of regional playoffs. Gainesville Succeeding in dominating during the district championship against the Tallahassee Lincoln Trojans (15-10) 64-41 on Feb. 8, the Gainesville Hurricanes (14-8) took control once again in the Class 5A regional quarterfinals …

Four Gainesville area high schools got off to a strong start Tuesday in the Florida Soccer Regional Tournaments. P.K. Yonge, Williston and Newberry had both their boys and girls teams representing in their respective tournaments. Additionally, the boys teams from Santa Fe and Oak Hall qualified. Good luck to all …

The Gainesville High School Hurricanes defeated the Columbia High School Tigers 64-51 in the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 5A boys basketball regional quarterfinals on Wednesday. It was the third time these teams faced off this season. Gainesville had won both prior meetings, 50-41 and 60-50. Gainesville got off …

NEWBERRY — The Class 2A-District 3 champion Newberry High boys soccer team’s season came to a close Tuesday in a 2-1 loss to Ocala Trinity Catholic in the Florida Class 2A Region Tournament. The schools started slow in the first half of the quarterfinal. The pace picked up as the …