It’s the penultimate week of the season, with most district races already decided. However, a few matchups on Friday night still possess postseason implications as teams look to build momentum as they head into November. Keystone Heights (6-2) at Santa Fe (5-2) – 7:30 PM This one has the makings of …

Quite a few schools are idle this week, but there are still a few notable match ups on tap in area high school football. GHS (3-2) at Forest (4-1) – 7:30 PM The Wildcats will be looking for their second straight win over a Gainesville school, after taking down Eastside last Friday. …

Plenty of district match ups are on the slate this evening in area high school football match ups. Here are the notables: Buchholz (2-1) at Oakleaf (3-0) – 7 PM An early gutcheck game for the Bobcats as they hit the road again after coming off a tough loss to …

High school football begins tonight with several preseason games, better known as “Kick-Off Classics” around the area. Gainesville High School welcomes Class 8A, Flagler Palm Coast to Citizens Field for the first time. GHS head coach Mark Latsko says there are two ways to look at the game plan for the …

Former Oak Hall High School pitcher Brian Ellington has gotten the call; the Miami Marlins have called him to the big leagues in Major League Baseball.   He becomes the third Gainesville native (Andrew Miller, Tyler Holt) to currently be on a big league roster. In other news… ** Atlanta rallies …

In Thursday night lights, the Buchholz Bobcats fell short to the Jacksonville Atlantic Coast Stingrays in a 31-28 loss. The Bobcats (3-6, 1-3) hope to end the season on a high note when they host the Fort White Indians next week. Meanwhile, the Oak Hall Eagles got blanked by John …

FSU rallies for a football win, NFL action, high school football, Gator hoops, a Gator soccer win and more in our Halloween edition of our Friday Sports Update… ** FSU remains unbeaten in college football after rallying to beat Louisville 42-31 on the road Thursday night.   The Seminoles trailed 21-0 …

The San Francisco Giants win the World Series, Gator volleyball wins, Gator soccer ends its regular season, college football and more in our Thursday Sports Update… ** The San Francisco Giants are World Series champions again after beating the Kansas City Royals 3-2 Wednesday in Game 7.   Series MVP Madison …

The Gainesville Hurricanes (2-2, 1-0) will host the Ocala Forest Wildcats (1-3, 1-0) tonight at Citizen’s Field in a 6A district game. Gainesville junior quarterback Caelan Christian has been carving up defenses around the state. Christian has thrown for 827 yards and nine touchdowns heading into Friday. The Wildcats will …

Eastside High (1-3, 1-0) will travel to battle district 5A rival North Marion (2-2, 1-0) in Citra tonight in high school football action. The Rams are coming off a 41-22 trashing of Belleview last week at Citizen’s Field while the Colts hope to bounce back after a close 30-26 loss …