Early Start Starting point guard, Don’trell Jenkins, has been lighting it up all season for the Raiders. He is no stranger to the spotlight though. Jenkins has been playing varsity basketball since his 7th-grade summer, evolving into one of Gainesville’s top players. Having such an opportunity at such a young …
Read More »Santa Fe Takes Care of Business Against Eastside
Written by: Kyle Curtis The Santa Fe Raiders (2-2) beat the Eastside Rams (1-1) 59-34 on Thursday night at Santa Fe high school. Defensive First Half In a packed Santa Fe gym, the stage was set for a cross-town rivalry between the Rams and Raiders. Right out of the gate, …
Read More »Hurricanes Inch Past the Raiders in OT
Story by: Nick Rubino & Kyle Lander The Gainesville Hurricanes (2-0) bested the Santa Fe Raiders (0-2) Tuesday night 62-61 at The Purple Palace. Defense Dominated the First Half The Gainesville Hurricanes and Santa Fe Raiders both wanted to start positively on each end of the floor. However, that meant …
Read More »Local high school football matchups this week
Local high school football sees an abundance of action this week over the course of the next two days. Games begin Thursday night. Thursday Football The Gainesville Hurricanes (5-2) will host the Ridgeview Panthers (1-6) for a district matchup. Last week, Gainesville beat Middleburg 36-27, while Ridgeview fell to Matanzas …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Newberry and Columbia
This weekend has a whole slate of high school football in Alachua County. Thursday Night Lights Newberry at Eastside Newberry High School is on a one-game losing streak and is 3-3 on the season. Eastside is 0-6 and looking to put up a win with only four more games left …
Read More »This week in local high school football
Local high school football sees a slew of action over the course of the next two days. Games begin Thursday night. Thursday Most notably, the Gainesville High School Hurricanes (4-1) take on the Buchholz High School Bobcats (4-1). T H I S • T H U R S D A …
Read More »Buchholz, Chiefland, P.K. Yonge host Friday High School Football Games
As the high school football season enters the meat of the schedule, there are plenty of marquee matchups each week. The highlights for the week include home games for Buchholz, Chiefland and P.K. Yonge. Buchholz welcomes Leon to Gainesville The Buchholz Bobcats were on a roll to start the season, …
Read More »Hurricanes Swept Again by the Raiders
The Gainesville Hurricanes (11-8) were swept by the Santa Fe Raiders (15-3) on Tuesday night when they traveled to Santa Fe. The Gainesville Hurricanes were without Gia McGrew who is one of their more integral parts of the team. Hurricane’s Head Coach Chancie Vice talked about how important she is …
Read More »Santa Fe Falls To A Well-Rounded Gainesville Squad
Santa Fe Raiders (0-4) fell short to the Gainesville Hurricanes (4-1) Friday night, 49-14. Sluggish First Quarter Puts Raiders in Hole The very first day of cool weather in Gainesville brought out all the football fans for the Gainesville-Santa Fe showdown. The opening drive resulted in a three-and-out for the …
Read More »Hurricanes Win in Impressive Fashion Over the Raiders
The Gainesville Hurricanes (4-1) had a strong performance against the Santa Fe Raiders (0-4) at Citizen Field on Friday night as they extended their win streak to four in a row with a 49-14 win. Hurricane’s Offense Leads the Way in the First Half The Hurricane’s offense came to play …
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