The Eastside Rams were run-ruled in four innings by the visiting P.K. Yonge Blue Wave, 26-5, on Tuesday. First-Inning Scoring The Blue Wave (9-2) grabbed a quick lead to start the first inning by scoring two runs. Micah Gratto hit a leadoff single and stole second and third base. Aidan …
Read More »Remembering ‘DaeDae’: Eastside Honors Fallen Football Player
A crowd of approximately 500 people filed into Eastside High School’s auditorium on Saturday to honor the life of Dabien White. White, better known as “DaeDae” was an offensive lineman on Eastside’s football team. White, 17, passed away in the early morning of Sept. 4. The cause of death was not …
Read More »Bradford Blanks Eastside 28-0
One week after weather suspended play against rivals Buchholz, the Eastside Rams were back at home, raring to take on the Bradford Tornadoes. Both squads entered the night 2-0, but it was the defensively dominant Tornadoes that left Citizens Field with a perfect record. The Rams put up a fight …
Read More »Eastside Baseball Battling Uncertainties Post-Covid
As the world battled through challenges and obstacles caused by the pandemic, the Eastside baseball team was hit significantly harder than some other programs. Head Coach Sean Dobbs was going into the 2021-2022 school year without even knowing whether or not he would have a complete team. Luckily, many new …
Read More »Newberry Baseball Downs Eastside 10-2
By: Cherie Chick, Hugh Green and Abby Ogier The Eastside Rams hosted the Newberry Panthers Thursday night in a battle between two 3-3 teams. Eastside was coming off a 17-2 loss to Bucholz on Monday. They had won the two prior games before losing to Bucholz. Newberry came into this …
Read More »Eastside Baseball Takes Their First Win of the Season at Home
Eastside’s baseball season kicked off on Tuesday night at their home field against the Bronson Eagles. Last season, the Rams had an overall record of 2-16. While the team looks to improve its record this year, the team roster experienced significant changes as the majority of the team graduated last …
Read More »Eastside Triumphs Over Palatka to Advance to the District Semi-finals
For the first matchup since 2012, the Eastside Rams varsity boys soccer team defeated the Palatka Panthers 3-0 in the 4A District 3 Tournament quarterfinals on Friday night. In this rare but exciting matchup, the Rams not only hoped to advance to the semi-finals but also to extend their two-game …
Read More »Oak Hall takes home the win against Eastside late in the game
The Oak Hall Eagles defeated the Eastside Rams in a rematch game Friday afternoon. The final score was 3-1. The game was paused in the first inning due to lightning. 1st Inning No. 6 Yawuum Acaad pops out in foul territory to left fielder No. 3 Neil Ruth. No. 31 …
Read More »Coming full circle with Oak Hall Baseball
An Optimistic Start to a Unique Season The first Oak Hall Eagles Varsity Boys Baseball team home game was supposed to start this Monday, March 8th. However, the game was canceled due to scheduling issues. The next game of the season will be this Wednesday night, March 10 at 6:30 …
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 …
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