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Missouri Tigers men’s head basketball coach Frank Haith had only one loss at Mizzou Arena heading into Tuesday night’s showdown with No. 5 Florida, and no losses this season. After the game Haith can still stake claim to the one loss. Despite having a double digit lead at several points …

The Florida Gators (3-1) took down the UCF Knights (2-2) 5-3 Tuesday night in front of a record crowd of over 3,600 in Orlando. Florida head coach Kevin O’Sullivan gave the starting pitching nod to junior right-hander Keenan Kish, who pitched two innings allowing two hits and a walk to …

Several high school boy’s basketball regional semifinals take place Tuesday night in our area. Class 6A, Region 2 The Gainesville Purple Hurricanes (19-9) will be traveling to take on the Leesburg Yellow Jackets (26-4). Leesburg enters the game ranked No. 1 by MaxPreps.com. GHS head coach Kelly Beckham has high praise for …

A bounce back win for Gator women’s tennis, Gator men’s hoops moves up and more in our Tuesday Sports News and Notes… ** After the No. 2 Florida women’s tennis team lost at Duke, it bounced back to defeat No. 1 North Carolina 4-2 Monday on the road. ** The …

Some bad news for the Gator baseball team, lots of SEC men’s hoops action, boys high school basketball regionals begin for area teams and more in our Thursday Sports News and Notes… ** The Gator baseball team, set to open its season Friday against Duke, will have to do so without projected …

No. 5 Florida Gator softball (5-0) returns to the diamond tonight in Jacksonville to take on the Jacksonville University Dolphins (3-1). It will be the first of seven games for the Gators this week as they get set to host the Lipton Invitational this weekend. The Gators are coming off …

While the Gator men’s basketball team now leads the SEC, other teams in the conference will fight to improve their rankings tonight and get back on track. After dropping three of their last four games, the Ole Miss Rebels will travel to College Station to face Texas A&M in hopes of securing …

The Gainesville High School girl’s basketball team topped Leesburg for the fourth time this season on Tuesday night, though the stakes were a little higher in the final match up. After the 71-56 win at home, the Hurricanes will advance to the regional championship this Saturday against Orlando Edgewater for …

District tournaments begin tonight in boys high school basketball all throughout our area. Buchholz High School enters districts with an 8-12 record and is the fourth seed and faces top seed Ocala Forest tonight at 7.   Bobcats head coach Bob Hordowski talks about the upcoming matchup. Gainesville High School faces two seed …

The Buchholz Bobcats welcome the Oviedo Lions Tuesday night to the Jonesville Complex for the Class 5A Region 1 regional final. Buchholz is competing in its first regional final since 2000, defeated Spruce Creek 2-0 in the regional quarterfinals and Mandarin out of Jacksonville 1-0 in the regional semifinals. In the regional quarterfinal, Oviedo beat …