The Gainesville Hurricanes softball team secured a victory against the Bradford Tornadoes, 8-5, on Monday. The Hurricanes (17-3) will host the Hawthorne Hornets (5-9) at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Bradford (5-13) is set to compete at Interlachen on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Read More »Buchholz’s Lead Slips Away; Bradford’s Dramatic Comeback
By Jauntre’ Gray and Liz Fernandez With an electrifying start, the Buchholz Bobcats and the visiting Bradford Tornadoes began the high school softball game in a thrilling battle Monday. And it stayed that way until the Tornadoes pulled out a 16-12 win. In tight competition, the first inning ended in …
Read More »Bradford Looks To Advance in FHSAA Semifinals
The state semifinal round of the FSHAA Football State Championships is on Friday. As teams across the state of Florida compete to see who is the best of the best this season, a couple of teams, including Bradford, are rising to the top as favorites to make deep runs in …
Read More »Eastside’s Season Ends as Bradford Advances
STARKE — The Eastside Rams’ season came to an end Friday in the Class 2S Region 2 semifinal against top seed Bradford, 28-7. Bradford (12-0) had defeated the four-seeded Rams (8-4) earlier this season at home 34-7 on Sept. 17. The Tornadoes will next face three seed Baker County (8-3) …
Read More »P.K. Yonge’s Volleyball Team Sweeps Bradford
By Isabella Rivera and Kevin Perez In a match of last year’s district volleyball finalists, the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave swept the visiting Bradford Tornadoes 3-0 on Thursday night. The Blue Wave improved to 7-6, while the Tornadoes dropped to 3-6. Early PKY Domination P.K. Yonge started off the first …
Read More »Local High School Matchups in the Gainesville Area
As the FHSAA football playoffs are nearly two weeks away we have a few more games in the regular season. There are a few football matchups in the Gainesville area this Friday. Union County Fightin’ Tigers (4-2) vs. Hawthorne Hornets (4-1) The Hawthorne Hornets are coming off a 32-0 victory against …
Read More »Bradford Handles P.K. Yonge; Blue Wave Drop Third Straight
P.K. Yonge fans were given an optimistic start, with Yarnell McCray breaking open the scoring with an electric 30-yard pick-six. That would be the only time the Blue Wave found the end zone for the night. Class 4A Bradford (3-4) defeated PKY (2-5) 28-6 and continued their victory tour of …
Read More »Undefeated No More: Bradford First Team to Beat Hawthorne
Caleb Wiegandt also contributed to this story. The Hawthorne Hornets lost the battle against the Bradford Tornadoes in Thursday’s non-conference away game, giving the Hornets (3-1) their first loss of the season. After beating P.K. Yonge (2-3) last week 14-13 in a last-minute comeback, their winning streak has been halted. …
Read More »Bradford Tornadoes Softball Defeats Union County in Overtime Thriller
The Bradford Tornadoes varsity softball team defeated the Union County Fightin’ Tigers 7-6 in an overtime thriller. Talia Brown sealed the deal for the Tornadoes Monday night with a game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to win the game for Bradford. “It feels amazing,” Brown said. Back …
Read More »Bradford Girl’s Basketball rolls past Baldwin on Senior Night
The Bradford Tornados never looked back. The Bradford Girl’s Basketball team blew out the Baldwin Indians Tuesday night in a 50-14 victory on Senior Night. Meghan Harris led the team with 12 points and 5 steals, while Olyvia Griffin recorded a double-double with 10 points and 1o steals. Santee Blye …
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