The FHSAA boys basketball regional state tournaments get underway tonight for a handful of Gainesville-area teams. Fort White vs. Madison County After a nail-biting district championship win against Trenton last Friday, the Fort White Indians (13-9) are set to host Madison County (19-6) in a Rural Class region semifinal matchup …
Read More »7 Gainesville-Area Schools Advance To Boys Basketball District Championships
The Gainesville area shines in boys basketball with seven teams advancing to their district tournament championship games. All five championship matchups take place Friday evening. P.K. Yonge vs. Saint Francis In the 2A-District 2 semifinals, P.K. Yonge (9-16) advanced against Saint Francis Catholic (14-9), 66-48 on Wednesday. Top-seeded P.K. Yonge …
Read More »Williston Boys Basketball Wins Back-To-Back State Titles
The Williston High boys basketball team won its second consecutive 1A state title Saturday by defeating Hilliard, 61-53, at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland. The Red Devils are the first Gainesville-area boys team to secure back-to-back title wins since GHS in 1999 and 2000. How The Devils Pulled it …
Read More »Williston Head Coach Talks About Upcoming Game and Path to Finals
This year’s boy’s basketball Class 1A State Semifinals will feature a rematch of last year’s championship game between the Williston Red Devils and Chipley Tigers. Last year Williston beat Chipley 58-49 to become state champions. Now they will meet again on March 1 at 9 a.m. and the winner will …
Read More »Patrick Green Previews Newberry’s Regional Semifinal
The Newberry Panthers (15-8) boy’s basketball team is headed to Hilliard to play the Red Flashes (22-2) in the Class 1A Regional Semifinals at 7 p.m. Panthers head coach Patrick Green joined Steve Russell on Sport Scene to talk about his team heading into the game. Previous Matchups These two …
Read More »Gainesville Boys Basketball Wins District Championship, To Host Regional
The Gainesville Hurricanes defeated the Buchholz Bobcats, 48-46, at the Bobcats’ Bud Seymour Gymnasium on Saturday to claim the 6A-District 2 tournament championship. The Hurricanes (17-11) had looked to avenge their loss to the Bobcats (17-10) earlier this season. The Hurricanes entered the boys basketball tournament as the third seed, …
Read More »Newberry Boys Basketball Advances To District Championship Game
The No. 1 seed Newberry Panthers defeated the No. 4 seed Union County Tigers, 69-39, in the semifinals of the 1A-District 6 tournament Thursday. Newberry Dominates First Half Newberry (15-7) showed why it’s the No.1 seed immediately, outscoring Union County, 23-8, in the first quarter. The Panthers remained hot in …
Read More »Hawthorne Boys Basketball Coach Previews Matchup Against Fort White
The Hawthorne Hornets (14-4) will play the Fort White Indians (16-5) in the boy’s basketball semifinal for the 1A District 6 Championship. This game will be a challenge for the Hornets because it’s at Fort White. The Indians are 7-0 at home, and all of Hawthorne’s four losses have been …
Read More »Gainesville Boys Basketball Cruises past Leon
By Heather Mckenzie and Sebastian Sabatino The Gainesville High school boys basketball team defeated the Tallahassee Leon Lions, 66-26, in the first round of the 6A-District 2 tournament Tuesday at the Hurricanes gym. The three-seeded Hurricanes (15-11) will play at two seed Tallahassee Lincoln (18-5) in the district semifinals Thursday. …
Read More »Senior Night loss for Buchholz Boys Basketball Against Fleming Island
By Jauntre’ Gray and Liz Fernandez The Buchholz High School boys basketball team lost against Fleming Island, 46-43, on Friday. Graduating Bobcats Buchholz began the game by honoring six seniors for their contributions to the team: Dylan Lloyd, Blake McClain, Nate Muchnick, Will Stanaland, Gabe Thompson and Palmer Walton. Tonight Buchholz …
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