Eastside High School

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 …

The Santa Fe Raiders will look to play spoiler to the Eastside Rams for a third time this season. This time, for the chance to play in the regional final and the opportunity to make the Class 4A Final Four of the FHSAA boys basketball state tournament. The Eastside Rams …

Eastside varsity baseball suffered a 10-0 run rule loss in five innings against Gainesville High School in their first home game of the season. Eastside’s Home Opener Gainesville High School started off the first inning strong, testing Eastside pitcher Yawuum Acaad. When Eastside got their chance to fight back, in …

The playoffs are heating up for boys’ high school basketball. Thursday night, the regional quarterfinals begin for high school hoops. Here’s a list of all the teams in the area that will be on the hardwood tonight: Class 1A Bell v. Madison County Hamilton County v. Trenton Vanguard v. Hawthrone …

A Tale of Two Halves The Santa Fe Boys Basketball team (15-5) went into Friday night’s Class 4A District 5 championship against a hot Eastside High team (20-1). The Rams were on a 17-game win streak with their last loss coming against the Raiders of Santa Fe in December. That …

It’s playoff basketball time in the Gainesville/Ocala area. Several schools in the area are looking to get to Lakeland. Girls basketball is in the state tournament while boys basketball is in districts. Girls basketball recap First, in class 1A, defending state champion Hawthorne defeated Fort Meade 66-13 Thursday night. The …

The Hurricanes missed victory by a two-point margin The final game of Gainesville’s regular season came down to the wire with a heartbreaking defeat at home 52-50 to Eastside on Friday. It’s their eleventh loss in twenty games this season. The night didn’t end in Canes’ favor, but the game …

Story by: Victoria Siwek and Chris Will An Evenly Matched Game Forest High School started the game out strong, testing Eastside’s defense, which proved to be resilient. The backline, led by senior defender, Riley Trax, had multiple clearances in the first half to keep the game even. However, the Forest …

The high school football regular season has come to an end. And tonight, numerous teams across the area will begin the chase for a state championship in what has been an unusual and challenging season for many. And while several schools will be in action, the coronavirus has forced some …

Story by Bennett Solomon and Kaitlyn Wadulack The Class 6A Hurricanes (2–3) crushed the Class 5A Rams (1–7)  37–7 Friday night. After playing for the first time in over a month last week, the Hurricanes looked to rebound after a loss to Lee High School (Jacksonville) 29–3. The Rams cruised …