The Santa Fe Saints’ baseball team kicks off its 2019 campaign on Friday when they play the Hillsborough Community College Hawks in Tampa. https://twitter.com/santafesaints/status/1088431334090067969 How Good Can The Saints Be? The Saints head into this season with an impressive amount of momentum. Last year, the team went 39-11 overall with …
Read More »Get Your Head Out of the Game? Player Safety Movement Makes Its Way to High Schools
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The NFL and NCAA’s concussion crisis and player safety initiatives have been well-chronicled, praised, criticized and debated. However, the issue of player safety at the high school level has often been ignored, although that’s changing. “Youth exposure to repetitive head impacts in tackle football may reduce one’s …
Read More »Regular Season Finale And Rivalry Matchup: Gainesville vs Eastside
High school regular season football is wrapping up this weekend. The Gainesville High School Hurricanes and the Eastside Rams will end their regular season with a big crosstown rivalry matchup Thursday night at Citizens Field. Eastside Rams The Rams are coming off a big second half win last week over …
Read More »Gainesville Hurricanes Travel to South Lake Friday Night
The Gainesville Hurricanes have an away conference game this Friday against the South Lake Eagles. The Hurricanes are currently 5-3 on the season and still have a post-season run in mind. Former University of Florida linebacker Patrick Miller became the Gainesville High School Head Football Coach back in March. Prior …
Read More »Patrick Miller Returns to Panhandle After Hurricane Michael
The Gainesville High School Football team is hosting the Leesburg Yellow Jackets in a conference home game tonight. The Hurricanes are coming off a two-game losing streak. Head coach Patrick Miller says, “I told them we have two games that we have to win out, so there’s no need to worry …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Gainesville vs. Buchholz City Rivalry
It’s a showdown at Citizen’s Field as the Gainesville Hurricanes face the Buchholz Bobcats for their annual city championship game. This out of conference rivalry game will be the 47th meeting of these two Gainesville teams. Bobcats are on the Hunt Buchholz was on a bye last week, so they …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Gainesville High Hosts Ocala Forest
The Gainesville High Hurricanes are back in action this week, hosting the Ocala Forest Wildcats in a Thursday night matchup. The Hurricanes look to continue their three-game win streak by taking care of business at home. The Wildcats, on the other hand, are looking to bounce back after a big …
Read More »Florida High School Area Football Teams Gear Up for Week 2
Gainesville vs Santa Fe, 7:30 p.m. The Hurricanes are at home for the second straight week as they try to rebound from a 23-point opening week loss to Columbia. The Raiders will look to build off the momentum generated by their 31-13 win over Newberry. But, Santa Fe Head Coach Dock …
Read More »Columbia Kicks off Season against Gainesville
After a long spring and summer season, local high school football is back. The last time Columbia High School played Gainesville High School, Columbia took home the win with a score of 52-34. Both football teams have spent the last five years starting their season playing each other and the Columbia …
Read More »Gainesville High Set to Kickoff 2018 Season Against Columbia
The Patrick Miller era at Gainesville High School begins Thursday night as the Hurricanes go up against the Columbia Tigers. Miller is stepping in for former head coach Mark Latsko who resigned in March. Miller, who played linebacker at the University of Florida, served as the Hurricanes defensive coordinator the …
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