High School Sports

Andrew Moten, a former point guard for the Gators, is the Head Basketball Coach at West Gadsden High School. When Moten was at Florida, he was a member of the first UF team to make the NCAA Tournament. The Gators advanced to the Sweet 16 his senior season. Moten says …

Palatka vs. Santa Fe In Tuesday’s matchup for the 2-6A semifinals, Palatka came up victorious against Santa Fe in the waning seconds of the game. Closing out with a buzzer beater, the Panthers overcame a 14 point second half deficit to seal a 58-56 win. Saints junior point guard Trey …

Many area high school boys basketball teams’ seasons came to an end Tuesday night in the Regional Finals. Dixie County vs. Wildwood Wildwood emerged the victor after beating Dixie County 85-69 on Tuesday. By joining the Wildwood girls and punching their ticket to the state final four, it will be …

Going into the Hawthorne Hornets regional final game against the Madison County Cowboys, Hornets head coach Greg Bowie knew his team had to shoot the ball well in order to have success. The Hornets shows that capability, led by junior guard Devin Lawrence, who had a game-high 23 points on …

On Tuesday night, two familiar foes will face off in the 1-3A regional finals. St. Francis(18-7, 4-2) is coming off of a 76-60 victory over Pensacola Christian in the regional semi-finals, while Deltona Trinity Christian (20-8, 5-0) took down Tallahassee Florida A&M in their respective regional semi-finals match-up, 94-69. The …

In the boys basketball 1-4A regional finals No. 7 P.K. Yonge will travel to take on No. 3 Jacksonville Providence tonight. P.K. Yonge is 19-7 on the season and Jacksonville Providence’s record is 23-5. Blue Wave Head Coach Billy Blackmon says they can’t go into Providence knowing that they are …

Gainesville High School (25-3) will face Ocala-Vanguard (22-6) in the 7A regional semifinals Tuesday night.  This will be the fourth meeting between the two teams this season, with Vanguard winning two of the first three. Fourth Meeting Vanguard seems to have the slight scoring advantage over GHS, averaging just over …

2016 ended with a one-point loss in the Regional Finals for Hawthorne High School and head coach Greg Bowie. The team they lost to? Hamilton County. The Hawthorne Hornets came out last week against Hamilton County in the Regional Semifinals and defeated the Trojans 56-43. Now coach Bowie must find a …

The Palatka Panthers and the Santa Fe Raiders will face off Tuesday night for a spot in the 2017 FHSAA Boy’s Basketball 5A Regional Championship. How they got here Palatka reached the semi-final round by eliminating Eastside in a competitive 57-53 quarterfinal game. Santa Fe advanced  to the regional semi-final more …

Several area high school boy’s basketball teams picked up victories Thursday night to advance in regional play. Hawthorne vs. Hamilton County Hawthorne had a big  56-43 win against rival Hamilton County Thursday night sending them to the regional final.   The teams previously split their last four games with all the wins …