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 »Photo Gallery: Gainesville Advances To Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals
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. …
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 »Ocala Forest Ousts Gainesville From District Soccer Semifinals
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 …
Read More »Hawthorne Hornets Sting GHS Hurricanes In Girls Basketball
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) …
Read More »Gainesville Defeats P.K. Yonge In Overtime
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 …
Read More »St. Augustine Throttles Gainesville
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) …
Read More »City Rivalry: Top-ranked Buchholz faces struggling Gainesville in Week 6 Matchup
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 …
Read More »Santa Fe vs. Gainesville High School Football Preview
Week five of the high school football season kicks off at 7 tonight with Gainesville hosting Santa Fe at Citizens Field. The teams met in similar circumstances in week 5 of last year as well, with Santa Fe coming out on top 14-7 to take home its sole win of …
Read More »Leon Bests Gainesville High, 21-0
Gainesville High School welcomed Tallahassee Leon High to Citizens Field on Sept. 1 looking for its first win of the season, but the Lions’ defense smothered the Hurricanes’ every move for a 21-0 win. Hurricanes struggle with mistakes Gainesville quickly picked up a first down on the ground on its …
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