By Brooke Bastedo and Elizabeth Landen The Gainesville High School Hurricanes boys basketball team is looking to repeat last season’s district championship. GHS also hopes to extend its run in the state tournament. Last season star player Cornelius White hit the game-winning shot against Buchholz to win the district championship …
Read More »Heat Lose On Spoelstra Gaffe
Last night marked the start of the 2024 NBA Cup. The Miami Heat (4-6) faced the Detroit Pistons (5-7) in their East Group B matchup. This game had spectators on the edge of their seats with plenty of high scoring, all kinds of memorable moments and a costly mistake from …
Read More »Week 12 College Football Playoff Rankings: Top 5 Teams Unveiled
The Week 12 College Football Playoff rankings have been released, showcasing Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, and Indiana as the top five teams in the country. 1. Oregon (10-0) Oregon stands strong at the top of the rankings, entering Week 12 with an impressive 10-0 record. Last week, the …
Read More »Searcy: Florida Football Still Has Things To Correct Defensively Before LSU Game
The Florida Gators football team is coming off a 49-17 blowout loss to then-No. 5 Texas last Saturday in Austin. Longhorn quarterbacks, redshirt junior Quinn Ewers and freshman Arch Manning, were able to manage 352 passing yards and 210 rushing yards against the Gators defense. Florida was unable to hold …
Read More »Magic Playing Through Star Player’s Injury
The Orlando Magic have been average through the young NBA season. At 6-6, there’ve been highs and there’ve been lows. One of their lows is Paolo Banchero‘s injury — a right torn oblique — which at diagnosis was a 4-6 week injury. Such is life in sports, though. Injuries happen …
Read More »Gators Improve To 3-0 With Dominant Win Against Chicago State
The Florida women’s basketball team improved to 3-0 Tuesday after a 104-35 win against Chicago State at the O’Connell Center. Liv McGill and Jeriah Warren led the way with 21 and 19 points, respectively. Off To The Races The Gators started hot with an 11-0 run through the first few …
Read More »Hunter-led Newberry Boys Soccer Starts Season Strong
The Newberry Panthers opened their boys soccer season in a big way last Tuesday by routing the Saint Francis Catholic Wolves 8-0. The Panthers appeared in top form, especially in the attack and defensive midfield, to drop the host Wolves to 0-2. Scorefest Senior striker Eli Hunter kicked off the …
Read More »Saint Francis Catholic Girls Soccer Welcomes New Coach
After not having a coach last year, Saint Francis Catholic brings in Seay Stanford to lead the girls soccer team this year. As the first woman to receive an NCAA soccer scholarship in Alachua County and third leading scorer in NCAA Division 2, Stanford has plenty of experience under her …
Read More »MLB Announces Season Award Finalists
Major League Baseball announced the season awards for both the American and National leagues on Monday. Each award has three finalists for both the AL and NL and are selected by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. MLB Award The award winners will be announced throughout next week on MLB Network. …
Read More »New College Football Playoff Rankings will be Revealed Tuesday
The second 2024 College Football Playoff rankings will be unveiled Tuesday starting at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Recent Upsets The first weekend of November brought several top teams shocking upsets. One included a SEC and top 25 showdown as No. 3 Georgia traveled to No. 16 Ole Miss. Ole …
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