High School Sports

High School football season has started and two local rivals will have their season opener Friday night. Santa Fe won’t have to travel far, as they will face their rivals right across the street. The Newberry Panthers will host the Raiders for their usual season opener rivalry game. The Panthers …

The visiting Vanguard Knights defeated the Gainesville Hurricanes 33-15 on a clear Thursday night at Citizens’ Field, as both schools opened their respective regular seasons. Offensive Onslaught After an early fumble recovery by Gainesville’s Jimmahray White, Rod Williams scored on a 46-yard catch-and-run.  Despite the early 7-0 hole, the Knights …

The St. Francis Catholic High School head football coach Scott McDaniel joined Sportscene with Steve Russell and talked about key player losses from 2018, players to look out for in 2019 and more. 2018 Season The St. Francis Wolves are coming off a season where they finished 5-6. The Wolves …

Coming off a Strong Year Last year, first year head coach Marcus McDonald led the Blue Wave to a 10-2 record in 2018. They finished 3-0 in their league, and tied for first. PK Yonge had a great year scoring the ball, as well as keeping the opponents out of …

The Columbia Tigers are coming off of a strong 2018 season and look to improve entering 2019. Tigers head coach Brian Allen joined Sportscene with Steve Russell to talk about key losses on the offensive line, their strong secondary and more. 2018 Season and Lee Rivalry The Columbia Tigers finished …

Last year, Patrick Miller’s Gainesville Hurricanes put up a 7-3 regular-season record before being eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs. This year, many districts have been redrawn giving the Hurricanes new opponents and new challenges. One of those challenges coming from inexperience with the schedule. Daunting District Last …

Big changes are coming to Buchholz High School football. Head coach Mark Whittemore doesn’t expect Bobcats’ winning ways to change, however. Whittemore unpacked expectations for the upcoming season on Sportscene with Steve Russell. His first addressed the loss of some of his superstar seniors. “We lost quite a bit; great …

It’s a new season with new challenges for Eastside football. Coming off last season’s 7-4 season and a first round exit playoffs, the Rams enter a new district. Eastside now belongs to 5A District 5. With the new district comes new opponents and the potential for new rivalries to emerge. …

Riley Green, Matthew Allan and Hunter Barco are three Gators prospects in the upcoming MLB draft happening next month. Outfielder Green and pitchers Allan and Barco all committed to the University of Florida this year. However, the trio each has the potential of not returning to University of Florida campus …

Playing at the collegiate level as a student-athlete is not easy. The increase in their workload does not compare to what they experienced in high school and it can be overwhelming. They have to balance the lifestyle of a student-athlete that includes two-a-day practices, games, traveling and going to class. …