Two Hawthorne fumbles set the stage for a Pahokee playoff win. The Pahokee Blue Devils scored twice early on after a fumble by the Hornets in their own territory. Then another recovery in the red zone resulted in a scoring drive with 12 seconds left in the quarter. 14-0 Pahokee …
Read More »Regional Semifinals Heat Up in High School Playoffs
The Newberry Panthers and Chiefland Indians are gearing up for a post season match up. These two teams will face off tonight in the region four regional semifinals. The winner of this game will move onto the region finals and face the winner of Hawthorne and Pahokee. The Panthers received …
Read More »Oak Hall in Class 2A Regional Semifinal
The Oak Hall Eagles head into the Class 2A regional semifinal game against Foundation Academy this Friday at 7 p.m. Young Stars This year’s Oak Hall team is young. Over half of the team is made up of sophomores, including starting quarterback Cole Gonzales. Despite the relative inexperienced nature of …
Read More »Hawthorne Prepares to Face Pahokee
After a 37-21 win against Wildwood, Cornelius Ingram and the Hawthorne Hornets will face off against the Pahokee Blue Devils in the regional semifinals. Developing a Solid Group This is the second year in a row that Hawthorne has won a playoff football game. Having lost a lot of seniors, …
Read More »P.K. Yonge Celebrates This Year’s Signees, Including a Future UF Female Swimmer
P.K. Yonge held their signing ceremony for two of their female athletes on Wednesday, November 13. University of Florida Swimming Lain Shahboz Lain Shahboz has spent most of her life in a pool. The senior committed to the University of Florida last Spring as a backstroker, but has been a …
Read More »Newberry Panthers Prepare for High School Football Playoffs
Newberry head coach Edward Johnson called the break in between games anything but a free ride. “This is not a vacation,” Johnson said, “we still have business to take care of.” Those were the words Johnson told his team after a double-overtime thriller over Fort White, two weeks ago. Looking …
Read More »Oak Hall earns first FHSAA playoff win in school history
History repeated itself Friday night as Oak Hall dismantled district rival Saint Francis for the second time this season. Oak Hall also managed to rewrite history. Its regional quarterfinal beat-down of Saint Francis marked the school’s first FHSAA playoff win in its history. The victory was RJ Fuhr’s first playoff …
Read More »Hawthorne Football Defeats Wildwood 37-21 in a Rainy Battle to Move on to the Regional Semi-Finals
For only the second year ever, the Hawthorne Hornets won a playoff game. All Tied Up At the first Hawthorne possession, offense took the lead. After almost five minutes of playing, Key’Shaun Williams for the Hornets ran in the first touchdown of the evening. However, this was immediately followed by …
Read More »Defense carries Columbia Football to first round victory over Ponte Vedra
By: Nicholas Anschultz and Jake Lehman The second half of the season hasn’t been great for Columbia football, dropping three out of four heading into the playoffs. They were eager to put that behind them heading into their first-round matchup against the Ponte Vedra Sharks on Friday night and won …
Read More »Oak Hall Routs Saint Francis in the First Round of the Class 2A Playoffs, 47-0
In a rainy first-round playoff matchup, the Oak Hall Eagles (7-3) defeated the Saint Francis Catholic Wolves (3-7) by a score of 47-0. First Quarter Oak Hall hopped out to an early 7-0 lead thanks to a 27 yard back shoulder pass from Cole Gonzales to Andrew Pickens, followed by …
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