St. Francis won 63-27 over the visiting Gainesville Christian Community School Tuesday night. St. Francis Wolves season scoring leader Tyler Dey was absent for the game, but it did not matter. After taking an early 18-7 first-quarter lead, the Wolves never looked back as they pulled away from GCC in …
Read More »Santa Fe Suffers a 40-0 Defeat to Suwannee
Santa Fe lost 40-0 against Suwannee last Friday. The Raiders are now 1-6 on the season and were dominated on both lines of scrimmage last week. Suwannee left the game on a three-game win streak and has outscored their opponents 88-7 in their past three games. It wasn’t all negative. Ethan …
Read More »Another Tough Second Half Dooms Santa Fe High Football
The Santa Fe High School Raiders looked to erase last week’s overtime loss out of their memory when they faced the Palatka Panthers on the road. Palatka came in undefeated and outscoring opponents 87-7 in their first two games. Not only did the Raiders travel an hour on the road, …
Read More »Santa Fe High Loses in Heartbreak
The atmosphere was palpable in Santa Fe High versus Lanier County game Friday. The Raiders came into their home opener looking for improvement from their seven-point loss against cross-county rival Newberry High last week. Their opponent? The out-of-state Lanier County Bulldogs. First Quarter Lanier County got the ball first in …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Newberry and Columbia
This weekend has a whole slate of high school football in Alachua County. Thursday Night Lights Newberry at Eastside Newberry High School is on a one-game losing streak and is 3-3 on the season. Eastside is 0-6 and looking to put up a win with only four more games left …
Read More »Former Gator Al Horford donates $500,000 in COVID-19 relief
A Gator great doing greater things Former Florida Gator basketball sensation Al Horford made an enormous contribution to the community to aid coronavirus relief efforts. The global pandemic that has put the world on pause these last few months has affected millions worldwide. While using Horford’s assistance, he made a …
Read More »Alachua County Cancels Sporting Events in Wake of COVID-19
Alachua County Public Schools is following in the footsteps of professional and collegiate athletics by officially halting all extra circular activities including sporting events and practices. Furthermore, sports leagues across the world are facing cancellations and postponements in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. The first cancellation of …
Read More »High School Basketball Recap: Four local Gainesville teams crash out of playoffs
The law of averages has evaded Alachua County’s men’s high school basketball this season. In one fell swoop, four of the region’s remaining basketball teams were eliminated from contention on Tuesday. In the regional semifinals stage (1-7A), Gainesville High School fell to Columbia 46-42. As for the 2-6A semifinal, Eastside …
Read More »Buchholz Football Season Preview
It’s that time of the year again, the smell of football season is in the air. High schools all around Florida, including around Alachua County, are officially underway with practices. Monday was the first day for teams to get to work and capitalizing on that opportunity is Buchholz coach Mark …
Read More »FEATURE: Florida Special Olympics’ Bocce Team
The Alachua County chapter of Special Olympics brought four unique athletes together to let them have fun while competing for a chance to make it to the next round of the Summer Games. The Florida Summer Games take place at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports in Disney. Athletes from all …
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