High School Sports

Newberry’s Champions Park will be hosting the country’s top fast-pitch high school softball tournament. The competition begins tomorrow, and it will feature top high school softball programs and recruits. About The Tournament The tournaments in Newberry first started last year. Programs from all over the country come in to show …

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has been through it all. While big-league players such as Anthony Rizzo, Jesus Luzardo, and Colton Welker have come out of that school, the same community saw 17 innocent lives taken away in the shooting on February 14. As the community continues to …

Neil Ruth may have one of the most fascinating nicknames of any high school athlete in Gainesville. Any time Ruth enters the batter’s box for Oak Hall, you can hear his teammates in the dugout calling him “Shaq”.  Ruth does have a couple of things in common with the NBA …

Andrew Tisher was like any other kid. Tisher grew up in Gainesville and spent time doing what most other young kids did—playing flag football, basketball, tee-ball, and soccer. However, he took a particular liking to football and soccer and kept playing throughout his childhood. Tisher started playing tackle football for …

Hamilton: An American Musical came out in 2015 and has established itself as one of Broadway’s most successful productions. The show tells the story of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. It features themes of resilience, boldness and believing in something bigger than one’s self. Additionally, during the show’s most popular song …

A stellar 2022 campaign for the Oak Hall Eagles ended in Tallahassee this past Wednesday. While Oak Hall initially hung in there with the North Florida Christian Eagles, a pair of tumultuous innings dashed Oak Hall’s hopes of pulling off the upset. After 6 2/3 innings, NFC clinched a double-digit …

By Shailey Klein & Scarlett Cooney The stellar play and remarkable leadership of Santa Fe High seniors Devan and Devante Mitchum have monumentally contributed to the success of the Raider baseball team this season. The twins have played baseball together since they were old enough to pick up a bat, …

For the first time since 2016, the Columbia Tigers have won a Regionals playoff game. On Tuesday night, the Tigers defeated the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets 4-0 to advance to the Class 1A Regional Semifinals. Having already faced the Yellow Jackets twice this season, the Tigers took care of business …

Baseball is a game of many emotions. Happiness. Excitement. Anticipation. Shock. Disappointment. Sorrow. A couple of big plays can cause a shift across this emotional spectrum in the blink of an eye. Moments like these make baseball a beautiful game. It can also make it a painful one. The Oak …

The Santa Fe Raiders baseball team secured back-to-back district titles Thursday night in a defensive battle against the Dunnellon Tigers. Santa Fe sophomore Conner Brown led the Raiders with elite pitching and by capitalizing in crucial moments at the plate. Brown tallied 8 strikeouts and 2 RBIs. Deviating from Normalcy …