P.K. Yonge defeated Bradford 52-44 on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the 3A-District 2 girls basketball tournament. The two seed Blue Wave (13-7) advance to play at top seed Ocala Trinity Catholic (15-9) tonight for the district championship. Playoff Atmosphere Bradford (14-9) walked into the game on a strong …
Read More »PK Yonge Girls Basketball Continues their Tournament Run
The PK Yonge Blue Wave’s Girls Basketball team continues their tournament play on Tuesday, February 14, against Master’s Academy in the Class 3A regional semifinals. The Blue Wave advanced to this stage after a 57-28 win over Trinity Christian Academy on February 9. The Blue Wave, led by Head Coach …
Read More »Santa Fe Raiders Battle PK Yonge in Tuesday Night TipOff
By Madison Broach and Lauren Herinckx In the second game of the TipOff Classic, hosted at Eastside High School, the Santa Fe Raiders took on the PK Yonge Blue Wave. It was a nail-biting matchup, with the teams trading off the lead the entire game. Period 1 In the first …
Read More »Boys Highschool Basketball District Championships Preview.
The 2022 boys high school basketball season has provided a lot of great moments, but it’s time to look ahead to tonight’s district final matchups. District 7-1A, Newberry vs. Trenton Starting off in 1A, Newberry enters the district championship matchup with a 0.79 win percentage and just five losses all …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Bluewave Defeats the Buchholz Bobcats for the Second Time this Season
After a win against University Christian High School Friday night, P.K Yonge Bluewave came in with the same winning mindset the following day, dominating against the Buchholz Bobcats Saturday evening, 61-48. P.K. Yonge’s Boys Basketball team preparing to take on The Buchholz Bobcats tonight. @pkyongedrs @PKYBasketball pic.twitter.com/eBF3PNS0Dz — Bianca Papa …
Read More »High School Hoops Round-Up: Boys Regional Quarterfinals Begin
The playoffs are heating up for boys’ high school basketball. Thursday night, the regional quarterfinals begin for high school hoops. Here’s a list of all the teams in the area that will be on the hardwood tonight: Class 1A Bell v. Madison County Hamilton County v. Trenton Vanguard v. Hawthrone …
Read More »Gainesville Area Boys and Girls Basketball Weekend Outlook
It’s playoff basketball time in the Gainesville/Ocala area. Several schools in the area are looking to get to Lakeland. Girls basketball is in the state tournament while boys basketball is in districts. Girls basketball recap First, in class 1A, defending state champion Hawthorne defeated Fort Meade 66-13 Thursday night. The …
Read More »Local Boys Basketball Teams Prepare for District Tournament Semi-Finals
Local Gainesville-area boys basketball teams tip-off district semi-finals on Wednesday. The Eastside Rams take on the Bradford Tornadoes and Santa Fe takes on North Marion in the District 5 Class 4A semifinals. In District 3 Class 3A, PK Yonge takes on Father Lopez and Interlachen takes on St. Joseph. All …
Read More »P.K. Yonge boys’ basketball suffers heartbreaking loss, falling to Gainesville 66-64
The P.K. Yonge boys’ basketball team is starting to make a habit of losing close games, as Tuesday’s 66-64 loss to Gainesville became their eighth loss by single digits out of 12 total. It was also their second two-point loss to Gainesville of the season, having dropped the first 65-63 …
Read More »Hawthorne Boys’ Basketball Team Escapes P.K. Yonge with 63-62 win
It was a wild, back-and-forth game throughout this rivalry match-up between Hawthorne and P.K. Yonge boy’s basketball teams but Hornets pulled through in the end to win 63-62. Hectic final few minutes It looked like Hawthorne had wrapped up the win when they went up 62-56 with just under a …
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