The Gainesville area high school baseball regular season comes to a close this week and the teams look to advance to the state playoffs after positive results at next week’s district tournaments that begin Monday at various locations. Buchholz The Buchholz Bobcats (23-1) have earned the No. 1 seed in the …
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The Gainesville ‘Canes beat the Ocala Forest Wildcats 3-1 Tuesday night at Boulware Ballpark. The ‘Canes (4-5) have won four out of their last five and are starting to get back on track after falling short in the state final last season, whereas the Wildcats drop to 4-4 after a …
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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.
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The Gainesville Hurricanes defeated the Orange Park Oakleaf Knights, 47-46, at the 6A Region 1 quarterfinals Thursday at the Purple Palace. The sixth seed Hurricanes (18-11) will play at second seed Ponte Vedra Sharks (21-7) Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the regional semifinals. Oakleaf ends its season at 19-7. …
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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. …
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By Victoria Riccobono and Heather Mckenzie The Ocala Forest Wildcats scored their goal in the first half Monday and made it stand up the rest of the way for a 1-0 win over the Gainesville Hurricanes in the girls soccer 6A-District 4 tournament semifinal at Citizens Field. Gainesville (11-4-2) entered …
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The Hawthorne Hornets extended their win streak to seven games Friday after beating the Gainesville Hurricanes 33-32. Starting Slow The teams had a rough start to the girls basketball game at GHS with a combined seven bricks in the scoreless first two and a half minutes. Finally, the Hornets (10-3) …
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In an intense boys basketball game, P.K. Yonge and Gainesville were unable to separate themselves in regulation, needing an extra period Tuesday for Gainesville to come out on top, 61-51. Offenses Struggle Early Neither team could manage much in the first quarter, combining for only 18 points. The Blue Wave …
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The Gainesville Hurricanes were shut out 56-0 Friday night by the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets on senior night at Citizens Field. Quick St. Augustine Start Gainesville (1-8) began the game with the ball, but the Yellow Jackets defense quickly forced a three-and-out. With possession of the ball, St. Augustine (7-0) …
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In week six of the high school football season, Gainesville (1-5) will host Buchholz (5-0) Thursday night at 7:30. In last year’s matchup between the two, Buchholz shut out Gainesville 49-0. This season, undefeated Buchholz stands at No. 1 in its district and is on a five-game win streak. It’s …
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