High school sports to the Gators to the pros, all in our Friday Sports Update…
** In Gator sports, the Florida men’s basketball team hosts Louisiana Monroe tonight while Gator volleyball is at Ole Miss and soccer hosts Cal in an NCAA Tournament game. The women’s basketball team lost last night at St. John’s 72-66.
** In high school football, playoff games tonight in the area include Gainesville High School hosting Land O’Lakes Sunlake in Class 6A and in Class 1A, Dixie County will host Union County while Trenton hosts Hamilton County.
** In the NFL last night, Oakland gets its first win of the year by beating Kansas City 24-20. On Sunday, all Florida teams are on the road; the Jags visit the Colts, the Dolphins travel to Denver and Tampa Bay visits Chicago.
** In college football last night, North Carolina becomes bowl eligible by knocking off Duke 45-20 and Kansas State nips West Virginia 26-20.
** And don’t forget the Florida football team has its last home game of the year tomorrow against Eastern Kentucky; ESPN 850 has all the live action starting with pregame coverage at 8 am.