Florida men’s golf team faces Vanderbilt on Saturday in the match play quarterfinals of the SEC Championship in St. Simon Islands, Georgia. It marks the third consecutive season the Gators and Commodores meet in match play at the championship. Both of the previous meetings were in the final with each …
Read More »Santa Fe College Baseball Looks To Finish Strong
The Santa Fe College Saints baseball team went 2-2 over the past week against St. Petersburg College and Hillsborough Community College. The Saints are 17-14 in the Citrus Conference and 29-20 overall with only two games remaining inn the regular season. Santa Fe vs. St. Petersburg College The Saints won the …
Read More »Gators Baseball Loses Pitching Duel Against No. 2 Razorbacks
The two starting pitchers entering Friday’s game in Fayetteville, Ark., were in different circumstances. Florida’s Pierce Coppola is still nursing an injury that sidelined him in 2023. Arkansas’ Hagen Smith is a projected top-15 pick in the upcoming MLB draft and has been nothing short of dominant for the Razorbacks. …
Read More »Gators Softball Travels to Georgia for Top 15 Clash
The No. 12 Florida softball team travels to Athens this weekend to face the No. 11 Georgia Bulldogs. The border-state rivals are set to play a three-game series starting Friday. https://twitter.com/GatorsSB/status/1783649428630319185 After losing six of their last 10 games, the Gators will look to get back on track starting Friday. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five: Gators’ Surprising NFL First-Round Draft Picks
It was an interesting Friday morning for us old folks who went to sleep well before the first round of the NFL draft concluded late Thursday night. I told my wife Florida receiver Ricky Pearsall was picked in the first round and her response was, “Really? I was told he …
Read More »Former Williston Standout Quinyon Mitchell Drafted by Eagles
Former Williston High School cornerback Quinyon Mitchell heads to the City of Brotherly Love after being selected 22nd overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, Thursday night. The born and raised Williston native had family and friends watching from home as he was …
Read More »Florida Baseball Starts Series Against Arkansas Tonight
Florida’s baseball team faces No. 2 Arkansas in Fayetteville tonight for the first game of a three-game series. The Gators (21-19) are coming off of a 13-3 win over the Stetson Hatters Tuesday. Florida pitcher Jac Caglianone hit two home runs during the game, and he had two of Florida’s …
Read More »Growing Up: The Turnaround of UF Freshman Pitcher Luke McNeillie
Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan had seen enough. It was a March 6 midweek game against UCF when O’Sullivan stepped out of the home dugout, walked slowly toward the mound and signaled to the bullpen for a pitcher. The Knights had roughed up right-handed starter Luke McNeillie by tagging the …
Read More »Florida’s Pearsall Selected By 49ers In First Round Of NFL Draft
Former Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall did not have to wait past Day 1 of the NFL draft to hear his name called. The San Francisco 49ers picked Pearsall with the No. 31 overall pick in the first round Thursday. The ‘Niners added to their already dangerous receiving core. Pearsall …
Read More »Lightning Fall Behind Panthers 3-0, End Looms
Desperation sweeps over Tampa as the Lightning fall behind the Florida Panthers 3-0 in the first round of the NHL playoffs after losing 5-3 Thursday in Amalie Arena. Lightning Find Success, Temporarily Tampa Bay found itself down 1-0 early in the first period. With a power play and a chance …
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