Volleyball

By Caroline King and TaylorAnn Eidam WILLISTON — The Glades Day Gators swept the Hawthorne Hornets in Tuesday night’s Class 1A District 8 volleyball tournament semifinal match.  The Hornets finish their season at 4-11. The 8-12 Gators advance to the championship match game against the Williston Red Devils. District Tournament …

STARKE — The P.K. Yonge Blue Wave are on their way to a second straight volleyball district championship appearance after sweeping the Crescent City Raiders (25-6, 25-12, 25-13) in the semifinal matchup of the Class 3A District 3 tournament Tuesday night.  Hot Start  Fresh from their first-round bye Monday, the …

With a 10-9 regular season behind them, the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave are preparing to make a long journey in the volleyball postseason. A Season of Runs The Blue Wave, coming off a sweep (25-12, 25-19, 25-19) against Keystone Heights on Thursday, faced a series of runs this season, going …

NEWBERRY — A tiebreaker to determine a tiebreaker. That was what it took to separate the Newberry (11-14) and Lafayette (11-6) varsity volleyball teams in one of the wildest matches either team has experienced this season. On Thursday, Newberry’s senior night, the Panthers and Hornets each won two sets before …

NEWBERRY — The Newberry JV volleyball team defeated Lafayette 2-0 on Thursday, continuing the success that the squad has had all season. The Panthers (14-3) proved to be too much for the Hornets (0-1), as their experience and skill led them to victory. Newberry Wins First Set Relatively Comfortably The …

Florida’s volleyball team plays at Mississippi State starting at 7 tonight. https://twitter.com/GatorsVB/status/1712830680378527882?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Preview Florida has played extraordinarily well this season, posting a 12-3 record and currently sit No. 14 in the rankings. Most notably, Florida has particularly dominated on the road this year as they enter play with a  5-0 …

The P.K. Yonge Blue Wave overwhelmed the Keystone Heights Indians much of the volleyball match Thursday with organized and consistent hitting to secure the 3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-19) win.  New Match, Same Result  After completing the sweep in its first matchup at Keystone Heights (3-16) on Sept. 11, P.K. Yonge …

By Caroline King, Camden Nolde and Olivia Velardo HAWTHORNE — The Northside Christian Academy Eagles swept the Hawthorne High School Hornets 3-0 Tuesday night on the Hornets senior night. The Hornets dropped to 4-9, while the Eagles improved to 15-2, 10-0 in district volleyball play. Eagles Domination The first set …

The Buchholz Bobcats and the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave had some close sets Tuesday, but the host Bobcats came out on top for the three-set high school volleyball win. Quick win in the first set for the Bobcats It was a back-and-forth first set for Buchholz and P.K. Yonge. Ava …

Florida beat Alabama 3-0 at home Sunday, making it the 23rd consecutive sweep against the Crimson Tide (52-0 all time). Ninth-ranked Florida moves to 12-3 on the season and 4-2 in SEC play after the 25-22, 29-27, 25-19 win. Bama drops to 10-6 and 0-5. https://twitter.com/GatorsVB/status/1711091861778256169 Heavy Hitters Florida dominated …