The Miami Hurricanes stole an overtime victory on the road and stretched the No. 18 Cavaliers’ losing streak to four straight in a 54-48 win at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Hurricanes freshmen guard Bruce Brown made a 3-pointer with 23.8 seconds left in overtime to secure the victory. Brown scored …
Read More »GHS Faces Ocala-Vanguard in Regional Semis
Gainesville High School (25-3) will face Ocala-Vanguard (22-6) in the 7A regional semifinals Tuesday night. This will be the fourth meeting between the two teams this season, with Vanguard winning two of the first three. Fourth Meeting Vanguard seems to have the slight scoring advantage over GHS, averaging just over …
Read More »Gainesville Hurricanes Boys’ Basketball State Championship Quarterfinal Preview
The Gainesville High School boys’ basketball team has made it into the FHSAA State Championship. The Gainesville Hurricanes finished the regular season with a 23-2 record that propelled them into the district and state championship bracket. In the district championship last week, Gainesville High School lost to Vanguard High School …
Read More »Gainesville Boy’s Basketball District Championship Preview
The Gainesville boys’ basketball team is preparing for the District Championship final against Vanguard. The winner of this game will advance to the Class 7A Regional Quarterfinals. Gainesville currently holds the better record at 24-2 and has home-court advantage, but Vanguard’s 20-6 record and high-point history will create a challenging …
Read More »Gainesville Hurricanes Prepare For The Vanguard Knights
The Gainesville Hurricanes boys basketball team will host a conference game against the Vanguard Knights tonight at 7:30 p.m. This rivalry game will determine who will be the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Class 7-A District 4 tournament. The top seed will host the district tournament and theref0re have …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Girls Basketball Team Looks to Rebound Against Gainesville Hurricanes
The Gainesville Hurricanes (19-1) host P.K. Yonge (20-2) tonight for a non-conference game. Tip off is at 7:30 p.m. and it’ll be the second time this season the two face each other. The Hurricanes and Blue Wave had a close game back in November. Gainesville took home the “W” in Game 1 with …
Read More »Florida Basketball faces Rival Miami
The Miami Hurricanes have beaten up on the Florida Gators for the past two seasons, and the Gators men’s basketball team hopes to snap that streak when they meet up in the AdvoCare Invitational consolation bracket Sunday night. After the Gators fell to No.11 Gonzaga Friday night they now face Miami …
Read More »New Job for Butch Davis
Every time Butch Davis’ coaching career seems to hit a roadblock he bounces back with new hope. Davis returns to Miami to coach, but he won’t be coaching the Hurricanes this time. He will be coaching the Florida International University Panthers. Tuesday Davis made it clear he’ll be investing in FIU. …
Read More »Seminoles Fall to UNC, Drop in Rankings
FSU started the season with national championship expectations but it’s taken only three weeks to realize they may not even make the playoffs. The No.23 Seminoles, now 3-2 and 0-2 in conference, are knocked from the top of the ACC, and the downfall is blamed on the team’s constant inconsistencies. A loss to …
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 …
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