A Little Bit of Everything The fight for the Class 4A State Championship will certainly go down as one of the wildest basketball games in high school basketball. The Santa Fe Raiders (20-5) entered the title game for the first time in the school’s history. Their opponent, the Pine Crest …
Read More »West Nassau Warriors vs. Santa Fe Raiders in State Semifinals
The West Nassau Warriors will take on the Santa Fe Raiders in the State Semifinals in the FHSAA tournament in Lakeland, Florida at 10 a.m for class 4A. Santa Fe Raiders (19-5) The Raiders defeated Lake Highland Prep 51-49 to advance to the final four. Senior small forward Ernest Ross scored a double-double …
Read More »Eastside Boys Basketball Falls Just Short of Regional Final After Loss to Santa Fe
Highly-Anticipated Rematch Six minutes. That’s how long it took for tickets to sell out for the regional semifinal between the Eastside Rams (20-2) and Santa Fe Raiders (17-5) in boy’s high school basketball. These two teams have met twice this season, once in the regular season and again for a …
Read More »Eastside Faces Santa Fe For Boy’s Basketball 3A Regional Semifinal
The Santa Fe Raiders will look to play spoiler to the Eastside Rams for a third time this season. This time, for the chance to play in the regional final and the opportunity to make the Class 4A Final Four of the FHSAA boys basketball state tournament. The Eastside Rams …
Read More »Santa Fe Boys Basketball Edges Past Eastside in District Championship
A Tale of Two Halves The Santa Fe Boys Basketball team (15-5) went into Friday night’s Class 4A District 5 championship against a hot Eastside High team (20-1). The Rams were on a 17-game win streak with their last loss coming against the Raiders of Santa Fe in December. That …
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 »Santa Fe Survives Late Push By Buchholz
Story by: Chris Will and Victoria Siwek Fight to the End The Santa Fe boys basketball team (13-4) came into Tuesday night’s matchup with Buchholz (6-9) on a seven-game win streak and an undefeated record at home (6-0). The Raiders extended that streak, squeezing past the Bobcats by a score …
Read More »Santa Fe Women’s Hoops Finally Start
The Santa Fe women’s basketball will start their season on Thursday, Jan. 21. Unusual Start Like most sports this year, the Santa Fe women’s basketball team did not start the season in a typical fashion. Head coach Chanda Stebbins said that the team has only had 14 days of practice …
Read More »Sante Fe Adjusting to NJCAA Moves
There is still a chance to catch a basketball game at Santa Fe College this year. However, the NJCAA announced these sports will be moved to the spring. So, everyone will have to wait until then. While on the Sportscene, Santa Fe’s Athletic Director Jim Keites commended the NJCAA for …
Read More »Eastside Faces Santa Fe in District Championship
Eastside Boys Basketball will face Santa Fe for the 4A District 5 Championship on Friday, February 14th. Without a doubt, both sides have worked hard to get to this point and will be looking to take home the title. Playoff Success After a bye in the quarter-finals, Eastside cruised past …
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