P.K. Yonge earned win No. 16 Tuesday night with a 5-3 win over local rival Eastside. Senior captain Lane Sparkman starred, pitching six innings and giving up just three runs. He also would add two hits at the plate. Blue Wave Go Up Early After silencing the Eastside bats in …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Edges Out Wolves to Continue Recent Dominance
Looking to continue their all-around hot streak, the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave traveled to take on the Saint Francis Catholic Wolves Tuesday night. Winning five out of its last seven games, P.K. Yonge has demonstrated a great system both defensively and offensively. Saint Francis was also coming in with momentum …
Read More »Oak Hall’s Four-Game Winning Streak Snapped After Loss to P.K. Yonge
The Oak Hall baseball team lost to P.K. Yonge by a score of 3-2 on Friday. The Eagle’s four-game winning streak was snapped in their rematch with the Blue Wave. After tying the game in the 6th inning off of a balk, the Eagles looked to walk off P.K. Yonge …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Dominates Buchholz for Fourth Win in a Row
The P.K. Yonge boy’s basketball team defeated Buchholz by a score of 64-46 on Tuesday night. The Blue Wave looked to get revenge against their city rival, who defeated them in January. And they did just that, as they led Buchholz the entire game. Never a Doubt P.K. Yonge scored …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Falls at Home to Newberry, 42-14
By: Josiah Caswell and Nick Diaz Friday night was another tough one for the Blue Wave as they dropped their seventh game of the season to the Newberry Panthers, falling to 2-7 with two more games to go in the season. The game was filled with impactful plays, but ultimately …
Read More »A Family Affair: The Schackow Dynasty of P.K. Yonge
Five years ago, Rebecca Schackow stood on the sideline of P.K. Yonge High School’s Booster Field, watching intently as her three daughters practiced with the rest of the girl’s varsity soccer team. Sixth-grader Marleigh had just joined her older sisters Gracie, a sophomore and Sally, an eighth-grader, to continue their …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Girls Soccer takes down Williston on emotional senior night
By Bianca Papa, Madi Walker, and Ethan Eibe On a brisk Tuesday evening in Gainesville, the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave played host to the Williston Red Devils in a short-lived girls soccer contest that lasted just one regulation half. The Blue Wave made quick work of the Red Devils, scoring …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Starts New Tradition
The P.K. Yonge Blue Wave football program kicked off their 2020 season with a Friday night lights special that they are looking to make a tradition. The idea was collective among the players and coaching staff to emulate a combine and then follow it up with a blue versus white …
Read More »Austin Peay Hires P.K. Yongue Alum As Head Football Coach
Austin Peay State University has promoted their associate head football coach Marquase Lovings to the new interim head football coach for the 2020 season. Former Austin Peay State University Head Coach Mark Hudspeth resigned abruptly on Friday. https://twitter.com/letsgopeay/status/1280609186670403588 Gainesville Grown Lovings is a former P.K. Yongue student who grew up with …
Read More »Second Half Comeback Helps Vanguard Girls Basketball Defeat P.K. Yonge 68-63
The Ocala Vanguard girl’s basketball team gets a big road win, beating PK Yonge 68-63 Thursday in Gainesville. In a second half where P.K. Yonge led by as many as 12, and Vanguard never led, the Knights made the clutch plays down the stretch to win. Late in the fourth …
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