High School Sports

The Hawthorne Hornets boy’s basketball team will take on Chiefland Indians in Bronson, Florida today in the 1A District Semi-Finals matchup. Hawthorne is coming off of a 47-43 win against North Marion on Senior night last Wednesday. The Hornets have beaten the Indians twice this season. Triumphant Season The Hornets …

Eastside Boys Basketball will face Santa Fe for the 4A District 5 Championship on Friday, February 14th. Without a doubt, both sides have worked hard to get to this point and will be looking to take home the title. Playoff Success After a bye in the quarter-finals, Eastside cruised past …

Preview This Saturday, the Gainesville High School wrestling team will take on four of 11 other teams in the TD Talbott Duals. The Villages High School will be hosting the tournament. The following teams will be competing this Saturday: Gainesville, The Villages, Belleview, Masters Academy, Leesburg, Weeki Wachee, South Lake, …

With the Major League Baseball season right around the corner you can say the Buchholz High School Bobcats are ready. The Bobcats have won their first two games. They faced the Williston Red Devils who played their opening game of the season.  The Bobcats played their second game and in …

District tournaments wrapped up last week, and the state tournaments begin tonight in girl’s high school basketball. Multiple local teams participate in regional playoff action tonight, hoping to extend their seasons and reach the ultimate goal of a state title. PK Yonge-Providence PK Yonge girls basketball travels to Jacksonville for …

Local Gainesville-area boys basketball teams tip-off district semi-finals on Wednesday. The Eastside Rams take on the Bradford Tornadoes and Santa Fe takes on North Marion in the District 5 Class 4A semifinals. In District 3 Class 3A, PK Yonge takes on Father Lopez and Interlachen takes on St. Joseph. All …

With pitchers and catchers reporting to MLB Spring Training this week, baseball is in the air all around Florida. That, and the start of the season for high school baseball, it’s safe to say baseball season is upon us. Coming off a 17-9 season, the Buchholz baseball team is looking …

The Buchholz High School boy’s baseball team will begin its season against the Chiefland Indians. The Bobcats will look to improve on their 2019 season, where they went 17-9, but did not go anywhere in the postseason. As for the Indians, they finished 2019 with a record of just above …

Father Lopez senior guards James Coburn (22 points) and Lex Delgado (16 points) put on a show Monday night, combining for 38 points to send home standing Oak Hall down to defeat 56-42 in the first round of the district playoffs.  Forty seconds remained. Oak Hall’s senior forward Colin Ponton …

By: Michael Kennedy and Syltavius Kelley When you think of the best rivalries in sports a few that come to mind are the Celtics vs Lakers, Yankees vs Red Sox, Bears vs Packers, and Gators vs Bulldogs. One thing each of these rivalries has in common is that they’re built …