Stakes are high this week for high school basketball. In the 3A-District 2 tournament, the two seed P.K. Yonge Blue Wave girls team defeated the Bradford Tornadoes in the semifinals, 52-44, on Wednesday. However, their work will not stop here. Blue Wave Slam Tornadoes By the second quarter, P.K. Yonge …
Read More »Saint Francis Wolves Defeat P.K. Yonge Softball
Written by Jori Rzepecki and Andrea Castiblanco The Saint Francis Wolves softball used their home-field advantage to defeat the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave. The Wolves defeated the Blue Wave 7-3 Thursday night. Wolves Get Going Early Both teams kicked off the first inning with runs of their own. Saint Francis …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Baseball Comes Back to Outlast Eastside 5-3
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 …
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