High School Sports

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 …

The Buchholz Bobcats will travel to Jacksonville to take on the Jacksonville Lee Generals in the Class 8A Regional Quarterfinals of the FHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament. The 14-12 Bobcats have lost four of their past six games, and are 3-6 overall on the road this season. This is the …

In the Region 2-6A quarterfinal state playoffs we have the Matanzas Pirates from Palm Coast(13-14) visiting the Santa Fe Raiders(17-10). The game will be starting at 7 p.m. tonight. This quarterfinal will be the first time that these two teams have faced each other. Matanzas last reached the playoffs in 2011. …

The No. 1 ranked Cowboys (21-4) will host the Panthers (13-15) in the Region 3- 1A semifinals tonight at 7. The Newberry Panthers have accepted their role as the underdogs and are looking for a bracket-breaking upset. The Panthers will be led by their dual-sport FSU defensive lineman signee Cory Durden, who …

Tonight the Bishop Snyder Cardinals (15-11) will travel to Gainesville to take on the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave (18-7). Tonight’s game is the 4A Regional Semifinal. The Cardinals are getting here off of a 78-63 win against Maclay. About the Cardinals For tonight’s matchup, Bishop Snyder only has nine players on …

The Hamilton County Trojans (16-9) will face off with the Hawthorne Hornets (22-5) tonight at 7 from Hawthorne.  This match-up marks the beginning of the Class 1A Florida State Championships. For the Hornets and Trojans this is nothing new as they have battled in this tournament in each of the …

The Jackson Tigers and Bradford Tornadoes will meet in a Class 5a regional quarterfinals match-up tonight in the 2017 FHSAA Boys Basketball State Championships. This is the first round of the tournament and the Tornadoes are hosting the game. Match-up The Tigers (15-10) are the favorites tonight against the Tornadoes (12-14) …

The Gainesville High School boys’ basketball team has made it into the FHSAA State Championship. The Gainesville Hurricanes finished the regular season with a 23-2 record that propelled them into the district and state championship bracket. In the district championship last week, Gainesville High School lost to Vanguard High School …

Great college players come from great high school programs. One such program is The Rock School in Gainesville, Florida. The Rock Lions are known for producing some of the best high school basketball players in the country including former Gator player Scottie Wilbekin and current Philadelphia 76ers rookie Joel Embiid. Right now, the program has six …