The Gainesville High School baseball team suffered a 15-5 run-rule loss in six innings against Newberry at Tiny Talbot Field on Friday night. The Panthers (5-3) got off to a strong start with four runs in the first inning. Newberry led the game 8-0 at the top of the second …
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The Gainesville High School Hurricanes girls basketball team secured its spot in the 5A State Championship after an upset win in the state semifinals. The Hurricanes (17-8) will compete for the title 5 p.m. Friday against New Smyrna Beach (26-5) at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland. Semifinal Fight On …
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When people hear about a state semifinal team, they imagine a team with a perfect record or multiple D1-commited players. That is not the story for the Gainesville High Hurricanes girls basketball team. Despite going 4-0 in their district, the ‘Canes faced their fair share of tribulations. In December, they …
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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 …
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The Gainesville area will continue to see some action as high school girls basketball regional play carries on. While most teams have now been eliminated, only Gainesville High School holds strong and will play in the 5A Regional Finals at 7 p.m. Friday. Gainesville Second-seeded Gainesville (15-8) dominated Beachside 61-38 …
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The Gainesville area is lighting up the boys basketball court with five teams advancing Wednesday to the regional semifinals. All four of the semifinal matchups will take place Monday. Newberry No. 2 seed Newberry (24-0) advanced in the 3A Regional Quarterfinals on Wednesday after defeating Jacksonville Bolles (13-13), 82-87. The …
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After five Gainesville area high school boys basketball teams made it to at least the regional semifinals, only the Hawthorne Hornets (18-3) won Monday to advance to the state tournament. The other four schools came up just short, with multiple of the losses coming in one-possession games. Hawthorne Hornets The …
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The Gainesville Hurricanes showed no love on Valentine’s Day by shutting out the visiting P.K. Yonge Blue Wave 8-0. Last season, P.K. Yonge (1-1) dominated Gainesville (2-0) with a pair of mercy-rule victories on Feb. 24 and March 22, but this time around, the Hurricanes flipped the script with a …
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Three Gainesville area high school girls basketball teams advanced Thursday night to the Tuesday round of regional playoffs. Gainesville Succeeding in dominating during the district championship against the Tallahassee Lincoln Trojans (15-10) 64-41 on Feb. 8, the Gainesville Hurricanes (14-8) took control once again in the Class 5A regional quarterfinals …
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The Gainesville High School Hurricanes defeated the Columbia High School Tigers 64-51 in the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 5A boys basketball regional quarterfinals on Wednesday. It was the third time these teams faced off this season. Gainesville had won both prior meetings, 50-41 and 60-50. Gainesville got off …
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