The Madison County Cowboys defeated the Hawthorne Hornets 13-12 Saturday night in the Florida Class 1A State Championship. High Stakes Coming In The general stakes of a game like this go without saying. It’s the state championship. Each program involved in this game had earned their place. Each group had …
Read More »Hornets Sting Wildcats, Hawthorne Advances to Regional Finals
The Hawthorne Hornets rolled through the Wildwood Wildcats 50-14 in the FL Class 1A Regional Semifinals Friday night. Wildwood’s Hot Start The Wildcats came into Hawthorne’s home field riding high, after a Round 1 home victory over Fort Meade. The Hornets, on the other hand, hadn’t played in nearly a …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Dominates Crescent City in Class 3A Regional Quarterfinals
P.K. Yonge took down Crescent City 56-7 in their Class 3A Regional Quarterfinals matchup Friday night. The Scene Was Set The two-class 3A teams, both coming off of 7-3 seasons, met as the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds, respectively. 4-seed P.K. Yonge came into this one off of a …
Read More »Things get chippy in Gainesville as P.K Yonge picks up big win versus Wildwood
The P.K Yonge Blue Wave took down the Wildwood Wildcats Friday night 34-26. First Three Up until the 0:24 mark of the third quarter, things had been normal—competitive, but normal. Wildwood struck first early on, getting off to a quick 6-0 lead. P.K strongly answered, though, to the tune of …
Read More »Hawthorne Obliterates Chiefland, Advances To Round 2 Of Playoffs
Keishla Espinal also contributed to this story. After a hectic early part of the week, Hawthorne left no doubts about what direction they are trending now that the playoffs are underway: up. The Hornets (7-2) easily took care of Chiefland (1-8) in the opening round of the FHSAA Class 1A …
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 »P.K. Yonge Overcomes Sloppy 2nd Half, Hangs On To Beat Santa Fe
Head Coach Marcus McDonald attributed his P.K. Yonge squad’s ability to win in a close game to their coachability. “…They’re very coachable…I tell my coaches all the time, if we don’t coach it, they don’t do it.” The visiting Blue Wave (2-2) came out victorious after a rough going last …
Read More »Blue Wave No Match For Electric Florida High Offense
Keishla Espinal also contributed to this story. The P.K. Yonge Blue Wave looked to turn their momentum from last week’s win over Eastside into a winning streak. Visiting Florida State University High had other ideas. MaxPreps’ Class 3A 4th-ranked Seminoles crushed the Blue Wave (1-2) on their home field Friday …
Read More »Newberry Overcomes Hawthorne in Overtime
It was a bizarre situation that forced overtime. Newberry High School senior quarterback Jaylen Zullo completed a deep pass to the Hawthorne Hornets’ red zone with 0:01 left on the clock that stopped due to a Hawthorne penalty. First-year head coach Edward Johnson could have either denied a penalty to …
Read More »High School Football: Newberry Runs Over Santa Fe 22-6 in Season Opener
ALACHUA, Fl–With each school sporting a new head coach, it was the Newberry Panthers that came out on top, beating Santa Fe High School 22-6 to open up the 2016 football season for both teams. These two cross-county teams met up for the annual rivalry season-opener; it’s a new season, …
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