Manny Machado earned himself a nice payday yesterday after signing to the largest free agent contract in American sports history. The San Diego Padres once again are spending a lot during free agency. This offseason Machado signed to a 10- year $3oo million while Padres’ first-baseman, Eric Hosmer, signed last …
Read More »Gator Swimming and Diving: Both sides enter top half of SEC standings heading into Day 2
Florida’s swimming and diving teams began the SEC Championships in good fashion — especially on the women’s side. The Gators’ women’s team finished Day 1 action in Athens, Georgia at the top of the leaderboard. Meanwhile, the 800 Free Relay team on the men’s side collected the first SEC championship …
Read More »Lady Rams’ Basketball Season Ends At Home
In an action-packed girl’s basketball matchup between Eastside High School and Pedro Menendez High School, the Lady Rams fell short to the Lady Falcons 56-35 in regional semi-final play. The district champions weren’t able to stop the offensive power of the Lady Falcons and the Rams fell into an early …
Read More »Gator Baseball Falls To USF; Host UNF Next
The Florida Gator baseball team suffers its first loss of the season Tuesday night, falling at USF 6-1. Florida (3-1) Sophomore Hunter McMullen got the start on the mound for Florida and he ran into trouble in the first inning. Joe Genord drove in a run on a fielder’s choice …
Read More »Gator Baseball Recap: Florida’s first loss of 2019 comes at the hands of USF
The Florida Gators baseball team’s unbeaten run to start the 2019 campaign is over. No. 3 Florida exerted their dominance over a three-game series against Long Beach State this weekend, but Tuesday night’s game was a struggle almost from the get-go. The Gators fell 6-1 to the University of South …
Read More »Blue Wave Softball Defeats Fort White
The PK Yonge Softball team played against Fort White, defeating them 8-5 in a close game. The Indians were trying to strategically catch up to the Blue Wave in the fifth inning by being aggressive on the base pads. Catcher Shelby Sparkman was able to spot these attempts quickly and was …
Read More »Gainesville Wins Season Opener Behind No-Hitter
By Brad Freedman and Zach Cohen The Gainesville Lady Hurricanes’ softball team won their season opener 9-1 against the Forest High Wildcats at home on Tuesday. Pitcher Alissa Humphrey tossed a no-hitter behind a 16-strikeout performance. Humphrey started off on the mound for the Hurricanes by striking out the side. Following the …
Read More »Kentucky Basketball Travels to Missouri for SEC Contest
After an 86-69 statement win against the then No.1 Tennessee Vols, the Kentucky Wildcats proved they are a top contender. The W over the Vols allowed the ‘Cats to jump to No.4 in NCAA rankings. Now, Kentucky (21-4, 10-2 SEC) will enter Columbia, MO, to take on the Missouri Tigers (12-12, …
Read More »SEC Match Up In State Showdown as Tennessee Host Vanderbilt
The Tennessee Volunteers host the Vanderbilt Commodores in a home SEC match up. The Volunteers Tennessee (11-2 SEC) – (23-2 overall): Tennessee is one of the top contending teams in college basketball hosting Vanderbilt tonight. Tennessee comes into this game with a tough lost to ranked No.4 Kentucky 86-69. Could …
Read More »Girl’s High School Basketball Regional Finals
There are four Gainesville-based high school girl’s basketball teams competing in the regional semifinals or regional finals on Tuesday night. What to Look For? The first matchup is between P.K. Yonge and Jacksonville University Christian. The Blue Wave are 27-1 on the season, with their only loss coming at the …
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