High School Sports

After a week off of school and practice, the Williston Red Devils (2-0) faced the Bronson Eagles (1-1) on Monday night. The 2021-2022 basketball season only started just two weeks ago, so both teams were looking to keep their undefeated record clean and give their opponents their first upset. Despite …

The Hawthorne Hornets (9-0) defeated the Pahokee Blue Devils (8-2) Friday night in the Region 4-1A championship, with a final score of 51-12. Here are five of the top storylines from Hawthorne’s second playoff victory: 1) Slow Starts for the Hornets After going down early in last week’s regional semifinals …

The 2021 FHSAA Football Playoffs continue this week as area teams compete to advance to the state semifinal. In a Class 1A Regional Final this weekend, Chiefland (10-1) takes on Union County (12-0), and Hawthorne (8-0) hosts Pahokee (8-1). Also, in the Class 7A Regional Final, Buchholz (11-1) will host Nease …

The Hawthorne Hornets rolled through the Wildwood Wildcats 50-14 in the FL Class 1A Regional Semifinals Friday night. Wildwood’s Hot Start The Wildcats came into Hawthorne’s home field riding high, after a Round 1 home victory over Fort Meade. The Hornets, on the other hand, hadn’t played in nearly a …

The 2021 FHSAA Football Playoffs continue this week as several area teams compete to advance to the regional finals. Class 1A Regional Semifinals There are several local matchups in the Class 1A Regional Semifinals this weekend. Lafayette (8-3) takes on Chiefland (9-1), Union County (11-0) heads to Hilliard (9-1) and …

The Buchholz Bobcats (10-1) will hit the field Friday night looking to extend their season in the regional semifinal of the FHSAA football playoffs. The Bobcats will host University High School (7-2) from Orange City, FL Friday at 7:30 pm. Buchholz is coming off a dominating first round win over …

The No. 4 P.K. Yonge Blue Waves travels to Ocala on Friday to play the No. 1 Trinity Catholic Celtics in the 3A regional semifinals. Starting Off Strong Last week, P.K. Yonge defeated No. 5 Crescent City 56-7 in the regional quarterfinals at home.  Although coming into the game it …

Hawthorne prepares for the playoffs as Friday approaches. Hawthorne is set to play against Wildwood on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Looking at Hawthorne Hawthorne has had a strong season this year with seven wins and zero losses. The team’s first game was against Yulee where they beat them with a …

P.K. Yonge took down Crescent City 56-7 in their Class 3A Regional Quarterfinals matchup Friday night. The Scene Was Set The two-class 3A teams, both coming off of 7-3 seasons, met as the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds, respectively. 4-seed P.K. Yonge came into this one off of a …

Story by Nick Rubino and Kyle Lander The Gainesville Hurricanes (8-3) fell on Friday night to the Lincoln Trojans (9-2) in the first round of the 6A playoffs by a score of 34-7. Scoring Comes at a Premium in the First Half Both teams in the first half seemed to …