Every game on a schedule matters, especially when it comes to SEC softball. The Southeastern Conference has proven to be especially competitive this season, with eight teams ranking in the D1Softball.com Top 25 standings for week nine. While teams continue to battle it out for the top spot in SEC …
Read More »Colin Castleton returning to Florida
Fifth-year senior Colin Castleton has announced on Twitter he is returning for the 2022-2023 season. pic.twitter.com/xQZrcQzkiz — Colin Castleton (@Castleton_) April 11, 2022 Colin Castleton’s impact The return of Castleton is huge for new head coach Todd Golden. Notably, the big man was named Second Team All-SEC in his second …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (April 11th)
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend of baseball and baseball and a lot of watching golf. And some real tragedy that didn’t involve winning or losing games. 10. I can’t start without talking about the terrible news of the death of Dwayne Haskins at 24, hit by …
Read More »Gator Softball Suffers 2-1 defeat to Alabama
The number seven Florida Gator softball team (30-9, 7-7 SEC) lost 2-1 against the fifth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (33-5, 10-4 SEC) at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Sunday in extra innings. It was a defensive game for the first five innings before the bats got hot in the sixth. However, …
Read More »Florida Gators Baseball Clinches Series Over Arkansas
Florida Gators Baseball takes the series over the Arkansas Razorbacks this afternoon with a 9-7 final score. The Gators topped the Razorbacks with 13 hits against their eight hits. Florida now moves to 5-7 in the SEC. https://twitter.com/GatorsBB/status/1512886849781436420 At the Plate The Gators got the scoring started in the third …
Read More »UF Men’s Basketball Forward Tuongthach Gatkek Enters Transfer Portal
Tuongthach Gatkek, the 6-foot-9, 172-pound Florida forward, entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal on Thursday, according to 24/7 Sports. #UF big Tuongthach Gatkek enters the NCAA transfer portal https://t.co/DownvX1bSP @247SportsPortal — Blake Alderman (@Blake_Alderman) April 7, 2022 Big Losses Joining the Gators in the 21-22 season Gatkek was …
Read More »Gator Baseball Loses To Razorbacks In Series Opener
The first go-around of the lineups was even. Florida star pitcher Hunter Barco allowed no base runners through the first three innings. The second (and third, fourth and fifth) time around, Arkansas (23-5, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) showed why it is the number two team in the country and why the …
Read More »Williston Hires Hall of Famer Robby Pruitt as Next Head Football Coach
There is a new era beginning in the Williston Middle High School football program. The school has announced the hiring of Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Hall of Famer James Robert “Robby” Pruitt. Coach Pruitt has a fantastic track record in coaching in both Florida and Georgia. The 2022 …
Read More »Gators Linebackers Coach Jay Bateman Talks Inside LBs
Back on Jan. 18, Florida head football head coach Billy Napier hired Jay Bateman – former co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – to coach the Florida Gators’ inside linebackers. Welcome to The Swamp, @CoachBateman! ➡️: https://t.co/vPCDcubCfR pic.twitter.com/8PhhBEST4F — Florida Gators Football …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (April 7th)
Earlier this week, I wrote a story for GatorsWire on Brenton Cox and Alex Brown. Cox wants to break Brown’s single-season sack record of 13 set in 1999. Brown wants him to get it because that will mean good things for the Gators. All Florida fans should hope for the …
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