ALACHUA — The Bradford High School Tornadoes stormed into Alachua on Friday to hand the Santa Fe High School Raiders a 44-0 loss on Senior Night. Bradford (8-1) set the tone early and never looked back, scoring touchdowns on six of its eight offensive possessions. The Tornadoes’ typical strong ground game got …
Read More »Santa Fe Drops 20th Straight Game In Loss To Fernandina Beach
ALACHUA – The Santa Fe High School football team’s losing streak reached the dubious 20-game mark Friday after a 16-0 loss to the Fernandina Beach Pirates. The game offered an interesting matchup under center, as junior wideout Tyler Gentry started his second straight game at quarterback for the Raiders (0-5), …
Read More »Gainesville Gashes Santa Fe En Route To Big Road Win
ALACHUA — Big plays were the name of the game Friday for the Gainesville High School football team in its 33-7 trouncing of Santa Fe. The Hurricanes, who moved to 2-0 for the first time since 2012, had scores of 46, 64 and 90 yards that kept the Raider defenders …
Read More »Gainesville Crushes Santa Fe for First Win
By Noah White, Robert Diaz and Alexander Vafeas Gainesville High School cruised to a 49-21 football win Thursday over Santa Fe at Citizens Field to notch its first win of the season and end a 15-game losing streak. Tight Game Early Although Gainesville (1-4) would pull away from Santa Fe …
Read More »Santa Fe’s Struggles Continue, falls to GHS
Gainesville and Santa Fe both entered Thursday night’s football game at Citizens Field winless, with records of 0-4. Coming off the heels of a 15-game losing streak, GHS was able to secure its first win since November 2021, beating the Raiders 49-21. Raiders’ Early Success Santa Fe found the end …
Read More »Santa Fe High Loses in Heartbreak
The atmosphere was palpable in Santa Fe High versus Lanier County game Friday. The Raiders came into their home opener looking for improvement from their seven-point loss against cross-county rival Newberry High last week. Their opponent? The out-of-state Lanier County Bulldogs. First Quarter Lanier County got the ball first in …
Read More »This week in local high school football
Local high school football sees a slew of action over the course of the next two days. Games begin Thursday night. Thursday Most notably, the Gainesville High School Hurricanes (4-1) take on the Buchholz High School Bobcats (4-1). T H I S • T H U R S D A …
Read More »Buchholz will take on Santa Fe
The Buchholz Bobcats (5-1) will host the Santa Fe Raiders (2-4) on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Citizens field as they look to advance to 6-1. The Raiders lost their last matchup 20–3 against the Eastside Rams, setting their record to 2-4. Last season the Bobcats defeated the Raiders …
Read More »Santa Fe Raiders Get Raided by the Wakulla War Eagles in a 35-10 High School Football Defeat.
By Jensen Young and Angel Wells Defense Wins Games Before kickoff, Santa Fe Raiders coach Dock Pollard predicted that defense would decide the game. Unfortunately for the Raiders, a different defense showed up than the one that forced a shutout just a week ago. Wakulla continued its impressive streak of …
Read More »Santa Fe High Football Takes On South Sumter in Regional Semifinals
The 4-5 Santa Fe High School football team takes on the 8-1 South Sumter Raiders Friday in a regional semifinal match up at South Sumter. Kick-off is set for 7:30 pm. Let’s Talk Stats Within the 2016 Football season, South Sumter has a better record than Santa Fe. Take a look: South …
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