Tonight, the Friday night lights are back and will brighten up Columbia County for the first time this season. What better way to kick-off the new season than to have neighboring county rivals hit the field? This new season brings a new system. The FHSAA has implemented a new point …
Read More »High School Basketball: Girls High School Post Season Tournaments Tipoff Tonight
Girls High School basketball is in full swing tonight as many local teams begin their quest for a state championship. Gainesville High School (22-2) Vs. Nease High (22-4) 1-7A Regional Quarterfinals Gainesville High enters tonight’s game on a three game winning streak, including impressive wins over The Rock of Gainesville and …
Read More »Gainesville Defeats City Rival Buchholz in Boy’s Hoops Action
The Gainesville High School Hurricanes snagged a win on the road as they defeated Buchholz in Bobcat territory 66-55 Tuesday night in Gainesville. GHS is now 22-2 while Buchholz is 10-12. GHS head coach Kelly Beckham says his team is playing well as districts loom around the corner and adds the team …
Read More »Gainesville High Gets Key Boy’s Basketball Win
The Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes (19-2) hosted the Vanguard High School Knights (15-6) in a crucial 7A District 4 match in boy’s basketball on Thursday night. The Canes continued their 11-game win streak finding after beating Vanguard in a very scrappy game 51-48. With the win, Gainesville and Vanguard find themselves tied in …
Read More »FEATURE: Kelly Beckham, Gainesville High School Basketball Coach
High school basketball season is officially underway, as Kelly Beckham looks to take his Gainesville High School Hurricanes back to the postseason. Coach Beckham has been the head basketball coach at GHS for seven seasons, and took three of those teams to the Final Four in Lakeland. Beckham won Coach …
Read More »Preview: Buchholz Takes on Bartram Trail
The Buchholz Bobcats football team (3-2) goes on the road for a conference call against the Bartram Trail Bears (4-2) on Friday. The Bobcats are currently on a two game losing streak after losing in double overtime to the Gainesville Hurricanes 31-30 last week. Sophomore quarterback Camden Orth threw for two touchdowns in the loss. Meanwhile the Bartram Bears are coming …
Read More »Gainesville Hurricanes travel to undefeated Vanguard Ocala
The Gainesville Hurricanes (3-3) have undoubtedly their most important game of the season this Friday as they try to hand the undefeated Vanguard Knights (5-0) their first loss of the season. Gainesville Hurricanes Booster Stadium will be booming for kickoff at 7:30 for this conference game. Head coach Mark Latsko wants …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Gainesville Faces Ocala Forest
The Gainesville High School Purple Hurricanes will look to continue their turnaround against the Ocala Forest Wildcats this Friday night at Citizen’s Field in Gainesville. The Hurricanes are 2-2 and 1-0 in the district. They started the season 0-2 and have fought their way back to 2-2. The one district win came …
Read More »High School Football: Gainesville Hurricanes vs North Marion
The Gainesville High Purple Hurricanes will take on the North Marion Colts in a home non-conference game Friday night in Gainesville. The Hurricanes will look to continue their win streak and improve its 1-2 record. The Canes are coming off a 45-0 win over Lake Weir. Senior running back Ty Boyd was instrumental in the …
Read More »Gainesville High Travels to Lake Weir for District Football Game
Friday night lights will continue to shine with regular season action this week, but for Gainesville High (0-2) and Lake Weir (0-2), this game is the start of a playoff run. Yes, it is only the third game for both sides, but in this district game, both teams are eager to …
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