High School Sports

  Thursday night the Buchholz Bobcats boys’ basketball team hosted cross-town rival P.K. Yonge Blue Wave in their 2019 Senior Night game A tough matchup was expected of P.K. Yonge, their overall record of 21-3 and district record of 3-0 proved a challenge for the  9-15 Buchholz Bobcats. The Bobcats started …

The Bradford High School Tornadoes closed the regular season with a big 59-41 win against the Ed White Commanders of Jacksonville. The celebration started before the opening tip as nine seniors were recognized and the team really showed out. It’s Senior Night in Starke!!! Bradford is facing Ed White as …

On Wednesday, Kris Martin, offensive tackle for the PK Yonge football team, became the newest addition to the Benedictine College football program. Martin received three offers to play college football; Greensboro College, Trinity International University and Benedictine College were all interested in the Martin. He was able to visit all …

Four local high school girls teams ended the night with the same result. Eastside and Buchholz were just two of the four teams that advanced to the regional semifinals of the state tournament. However, both of these teams secured the wins in different fashions. While these two teams advanced, there …

Last Tuesday’s regional quarterfinal girl’s soccer matchup between the Eastside High School Rams and the Eustis High School Panthers ended in favor of the Lady Rams 4 – 0. The game started off at 6:23 p.m. and the first half ended after 40 minutes of no goals being scored on …

Friday nights matchup between the Dunnellon Tigers and the Eastside Rams resulted in the Rams winning 51-42. The Tigers went on a 17-6 run in the 4th quarter as they were down 43-25 at the end of the 3rd quarter, not allowing the Tigers to fully comeback against the Rams. …

The PK Yonge Blue Wave went head to head with the Williston Red Devils in a girl’s varsity basketball game on Thursday with the Blue Wave coming out on top 81-31. The Blue Wave girls kept a big lead throughout the whole game with an excellent performance on the court …

Thursday night the Hawthorne Hornet’s boy’s basketball team traveled to Newberry and faced the Panthers. Prior to tipoff, Newberry coach Edwin Johnson said he knows Hawthorne has a good team.  “Hawthorne is extremely talented and Coach Bowie has done a great job over there,” he said. Hawthorne entered the matchup …

The Bradford Tornadoes boy’s basketball team continued their push toward the 5A District 4 Tournament with a big win at home against their rival Keystone Heights Indians by a score of 70 to 39. The game had two distinctively different halves, with the first half ending with a score of 27-23 …