Some bad news for the Gator baseball team, lots of SEC men’s hoops action, boys high school basketball regionals begin for area teams and more in our Thursday Sports News and Notes… ** The Gator baseball team, set to open its season Friday against Duke, will have to do so without projected …

No. 5 Florida Gator softball (5-0) returns to the diamond tonight in Jacksonville to take on the Jacksonville University Dolphins (3-1). It will be the first of seven games for the Gators this week as they get set to host the Lipton Invitational this weekend. The Gators are coming off …

While the Gator men’s basketball team now leads the SEC, other teams in the conference will fight to improve their rankings tonight and get back on track. After dropping three of their last four games, the Ole Miss Rebels will travel to College Station to face Texas A&M in hopes of securing …

The Gainesville High School girl’s basketball team topped Leesburg for the fourth time this season on Tuesday night, though the stakes were a little higher in the final match up. After the 71-56 win at home, the Hurricanes will advance to the regional championship this Saturday against Orlando Edgewater for …

District tournaments begin tonight in boys high school basketball all throughout our area. Buchholz High School enters districts with an 8-12 record and is the fourth seed and faces top seed Ocala Forest tonight at 7.   Bobcats head coach Bob Hordowski talks about the upcoming matchup. Gainesville High School faces two seed …