Late April means it’s crunch time for high school baseball, and three Gainesville teams are ready for the bright lights and big moments. Buchholz, Oak Hall and Saint Francis commence play in the regional quarterfinals this week. The Eagles and Wolves will square off in the Class 1A bracket after …

It was a strong year in 2024 for Ja’Kobi Jackson. The Pensacola native tallied nearly 600 yards of total offense and seven touchdowns while splitting carries with Montrell Johnson Jr. and Jadan Baugh. With Johnson now NFL-bound, all eyes were on Jackson and Baugh for this year’s spring game to …

Still licking their wounds after a three-game sweep in Arlington over the weekend, the Tampa Bay Rays (4-5) return to the comforts of home to start a two-week homestand. This week, they’ll host the Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves at George M. Steinbrenner Field, where they look to get …

While most thoughts in Gainesville throughout the week will be centered around Florida’s Final Four matchup with Auburn, it’s worth looking across to the other side of the bracket. In the second national semifinal matchup Saturday in San Antonio, Duke is taking on Houston. The game will be a rematch …

The Tampa Bay Lightning (40-25-5, 3rd in Atlantic) fell into a three-goal hole in the first period Sunday night to the Vegas Golden Knights (42-20-8, 1st in Pacific). The Lightning fought their way back into the game, but the deficit proved too deep to overcome as they fell 4-2. A …

This year’s SEC men’s basketball tournament is sure to be one for the history books. It has been a historically deep year for the conference and every team in the bracket will head to Nashville, Tenn., more battle-tested than in any other league in the NCAA. When all 16 teams hit …

The good times are still rolling at Hawthorne High School. When the final buzzer sounded inside RP Funding Center in Lakeland on Friday night, the Hawthorne boy’s basketball team was crowned FHSAA state champions for the third time in program history. YOUR 2025 CLASS 1R STATE CHAMPIONS pic.twitter.com/iwXQFxXTLI — Hawthorne …

Time to party like it’s 1987! The Gainesville High School girls’ basketball team traveled to Pensacola last Friday and took down top seed Booker T. Washington, 64-57, in the Class 5A Regional final to advance to the state final four for the first time in 38 years. How They Got …

With the FHSAA soccer playoff brackets now reaching the regional finals, the P.K. Yonge girls are the final Gainesville-area team with a shot at a state title. Blue Wave Rolling Coach Rebecca Schackow’s squad has been dominant all season. Led by prolific senior forward Faith Hardy, a Palm Beach Atlantic …

The FHSAA boys basketball regional state tournaments get underway tonight for a handful of Gainesville-area teams. Fort White vs. Madison County After a nail-biting district championship win against Trenton last Friday, the Fort White Indians (13-9) are set to host Madison County (19-6) in a Rural Class region semifinal matchup …