Gainesville’s local boys basketball season is indeed in full swing. Thursday night will feature a non-conference rivalry game between the St. Francis Catholic Wolves (13-6) and the hosting Oak Hall Eagles (8-11). History The last meeting between these two teams saw the Wolves handle business at home, routing Oak Hall 70-35. …
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Head coach Jon Doles, leads the P.K. Yonge High School girls soccer team to the Regional Quarterfinals. In region 2, P.K. Yonge is heading to Montverde Academy for their regional quarterfinal game. The visiting Blue Waves are in their second straight playoffs since 2012 and are looking to advance to their second …
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The Eastside Rams (16-2-1) will be playing in the Regional Quarterfinals tonight as they host the Deltona Pine Ridge Panthers (15-4). This is the Rams second straight year in the playoffs after being in the playoffs for the first time just last year. This is the first time the Panthers will …
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It’s a cross town match-up as the P.K. Yonge and Eastside boys’ basketball teams face off tonight. The Rams (10-8) will host the Blue Wave (13-7) in non-district play. There’s a definite rivalry in this game as the two teams that share turf only see each other once every year. …
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Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer Monte Towe has returned to Gainesville as the head coach of the Oak Hall boy’s basketball team. Towe was the starting point guard on North Carolina State’s 1974 NCAA Championship team. He was then drafted to the Atlanta Hawks in the fourth round of the 1975 NBA draft. …
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THE BREAKDOWN Santa Fe High School and Buchholz have both had pretty decent seasons in boy’s basketball. Sitting at nearly the same record, these two schools make for a perfect match up. Santa Fe is 10-8 and Buchholz is 10-9. Both teams are preparing for districts, and want to see …
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The Gainesville Hurricanes (19-1) host P.K. Yonge (20-2) tonight for a non-conference game. Tip off is at 7:30 p.m. and it’ll be the second time this season the two face each other. The Hurricanes and Blue Wave had a close game back in November. Gainesville took home the “W” in Game 1 with …
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An outsider looking in at the city of Gainesville will see a population enthralled with Florida Gator Sports. This is not a wrong assumption but, they are missing something very vital, high school sports. Towns around the Gainesville community close down on Friday nights for high school football, or weeknights for …
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High school basketball season is officially underway, as Kelly Beckham looks to take his Gainesville High School Hurricanes back to the postseason. Coach Beckham has been the head basketball coach at GHS for seven seasons, and took three of those teams to the Final Four in Lakeland. Beckham won Coach …
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The Buchholz Bobcats (0-3) travel to Gainesville High School on Friday night to take on the Gainesville Hurricanes (2-0) in boy’s basketball action. Gainesville Hurricanes Perspective The Gainesville Hurricanes have started their season off strong. The team beat P.K. Yonge 57-52 and Ocala Forest 69-68. Gainesville plays Starke tonight and …
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