High School Sports

The Purple Hurricanes of Gainesville High School battled the Hernando Leopards Friday night in their first playoff game of the season.  Gainesville dominated from start to finish with a quick offense and aggressive defense, beating Hernando 60-3.  Gainesville head coach James Thomson said after the game that he’s pleased with his team’s …

There are several local high school football teams involved in state playoff games tonight. However, one team played last night.   Eastside High School defeated Anclote 37-0 in a Class 5A-Region 2 quarterfinal match up.  Eastside had a stingy defense, not allowing a point and forced numerous turnovers.  Eastside head coach Jeff …

The Eastside High School Rams football team finished tonight with a 37-0 victory against Anclote High School in the Class 5A-Region 2 quarterfinal.  Eastside’s defense shut out Anclote’s offense with several interceptions and forced fumbles.  The closest Anclote got to scoring a touchdown was late in the second quarter when Anclote had a first and goal …

The University of Georgia loses arguably its top wide receiver, there’s a college football, NFL and local high school football game and much more in our Thursday Sports News And Notes… ** The University of Georgia football team loses perhaps its top receiver when Michael Bennett goes down with a …

As the Gainesville Purple Hurricanes continued to rise in the polls, it seemed like their rivals from Eastside would be outmatched when they met up for their battle at Citizens Field.  Coming into the game it looked like Gainesville might run away with it, but Rams head coach Jeff Parker thought they …

Local high school football rivalry is in full force on Friday night as the Eastside High Rams take on the undefeated Gainesville Hurricanes.  Hurricanes coach James Thomson led his team to the 6A state semifinals last year, and his team is currently the top ranked team in Class 6A.  Meanwhile the …

Week Three of the high school football season gets underway tonight as teams from around Marion and Alachua County continue their 2012 seasons. Here’s a look at some of the matchups going on tonight: Buchholz (1-1) vs. Columbia (1-1) The Tigers enter this game coming off a 17-14 loss to …

The Dunnellon Tigers face off against the Ocala Forest Wildcats tonight in high school football. Both teams are coming off of wins last week. Dunellon beat West Port, 37-28 and Forest beat Lake Weir 31-7. Dunnellon head coach Frank Beasley is optimistic about his teams’ chances even though Forest has …

This week marks not only the start of Gators football, but high school football throughout the state as well.  Last night the Gainesville Hurricanes and Yulee Hornets collided to kick their respective seasons off in style.  GHS won 51-28 behind a strong showing from University of Florida wide receiver commit Chris Thompson.  Thompson scored four touchdowns in …

Four catches for 73 yards, three touchdown receptions, and one interception return for touchdown. Those were the numbers put up by Gainesville High School’s senior wide receiver, and recent University of Florida commit, Chris Thompson in the first half of the Hurricanes’ 51-28 victory over the Yulee Hornets on Thursday …