Friday night’s regional semifinal matchup in Winter Garden between the Foundation Academy Lions and Oak Hall resulted in heartbreak for the Eagles. Oak Hall fell, 21-14. The Eagles’ attempt at an upset came up just shy. Oak Hall head coach RJ Fuhr applauded his team’s resilience. “We hung in there …
Read More »Regional Semifinals Heat Up in High School Playoffs
The Newberry Panthers and Chiefland Indians are gearing up for a post season match up. These two teams will face off tonight in the region four regional semifinals. The winner of this game will move onto the region finals and face the winner of Hawthorne and Pahokee. The Panthers received …
Read More »Oak Hall in Class 2A Regional Semifinal
The Oak Hall Eagles head into the Class 2A regional semifinal game against Foundation Academy this Friday at 7 p.m. Young Stars This year’s Oak Hall team is young. Over half of the team is made up of sophomores, including starting quarterback Cole Gonzales. Despite the relative inexperienced nature of …
Read More »Oak Hall earns first FHSAA playoff win in school history
History repeated itself Friday night as Oak Hall dismantled district rival Saint Francis for the second time this season. Oak Hall also managed to rewrite history. Its regional quarterfinal beat-down of Saint Francis marked the school’s first FHSAA playoff win in its history. The victory was RJ Fuhr’s first playoff …
Read More »Here Comes the First College Football Playoff Top Four of the Season
The College Football Playoff sets a four-team bracket to determine the playoff teams towards the national champion. Each football season, the committee gathers together and produces rankings throughout college football Top 25 teams. The College Football Playoff and the selection committee are in their sixth year. They announce at 9 …
Read More »Badgers have their hands full on the road against unbeaten Buckeyes
The Wisconsin Badgers were ranked 6th going into their match-up against unranked Illinois last week with a great bid to make the College Football Playoffs. But Illinois didn’t let them off easy. In fact, the Badgers came out ranked just 13th after the Fighting Illini upset them at home. But …
Read More »Braves looking for a tiebreaker at home against Cardinals
The Atlanta Braves will be hosting the St. Louis Cardinals in the final game of the National League Division Series. The series is tied at 2-2 with Wednesday’s winner advancing to the National League Division Championship Series. The winner will meet either the Nationals or Dodgers. If Atlanta were to …
Read More »Two pick-sixes lead to Oak Hall’s dismantling of district rival Saint Francis
It was a house call for Oak Hall senior Zhai Smith that set the tone for the Eagles’ 54-7 throttling of their district rival, the Saint Francis Catholic Academy Wolves. With four minutes left to play in the first quarter, Smith took an interception all the way for a touchdown …
Read More »Rays Ace Charlie Morton Struggles in Return to Houston
Tampa Bay Rays’ starting pitcher Charlie Morton returned to Houston for the first time since signing with the Rays in December. Although welcomed warmly by the fans, his former teammates weren’t so gracious. A Champion Returns Home The 35-year-old righty called Houston home for two full seasons. His most memorable …
Read More »Jazz Keeps Postseason Hopes Alive with Win Against Rockets
The Utah Jazz has held off elimination and forced a game 5 with their first win in the series. The game was close most of the way, but a late scoring run led by Donovan Mitchell really helped push the Jazz over the edge. Mitchell scored over half of his …
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