High School Sports

The Gainesville Hurricanes defeated the Orange Park Oakleaf Knights, 47-46, at the 6A Region 1 quarterfinals Thursday at the Purple Palace. The sixth seed Hurricanes (18-11) will play at second seed Ponte Vedra Sharks (21-7) Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the regional semifinals. Oakleaf ends its season at 19-7.   …

By Wade Urtz and Jesse Bratman HAWTHORNE —The top seed Hawthorne High School girls basketball team advanced to the 1A regional final Wednesday after winning their 16th consecutive game. The Hornets (19-3) defeated Hilliard (12-14), 38-27, despite having leading scorer De’Mya Adams out with an ankle injury.  Hawthorne Leads After …

Regional play for girl’s basketball in the north central Florida area is heating up. Class 1A Results In the regional semi-finals, the Hawthorne Hornets are now 19-3 after beating Hilliard 38-27 at home. Newberry’s season has come to an end as they lost 60-56 at Madison County. Williston drops out …

After coming up short in the FHSAA girls soccer regional finals the past two years, P.K. Yonge defeated Episcopal School of Jacksonville 2-1 Wednesday to win the 3A regional title and advance to the program’s first state final four.  A Leading First Half This game was one of fierce competition …

The Gainesville Hurricanes beat the visiting Santa Fe Raiders, 14-7, in their high school girls lacrosse season-opener Tuesday. Quarter 1: An Energetic Start Both teams came out playing with energy. Within the first two minutes, the Hurricanes’ Rebecca Kim put the first goal on the board. Matching the Hurricanes’ efforts, …

The Hawthorne girls basketball team, riding a 15-game winning streak, is ready for regionals. The Road to Regionals The Hornets have had a great season so far and have a record of 18-3. It is clear that the team has been preparing well this season after dominating Bell High School …

The Newberry Panthers girls basketball team is set to tip-off the 2024 regionals after coming up short of the district title. Coach Hughes The Panthers (15-8) have had ample success this season partly due to the help of coach Dameon Hughes. While the team collectively was content with finishing the …

By Adam Edelin, Hannah Getman, Brooke Park The top seed Newberry Panthers lost in overtime to the two seed Hawthorne Hornets, 76-74, in the 1A-District 6 championship game Saturday. Playoff atmosphere was in full throttle at Fort White High School. An electric crowd watched their teams battle in a physical …

The Gainesville Hurricanes defeated the Buchholz Bobcats, 48-46, at the Bobcats’ Bud Seymour Gymnasium on Saturday to claim the 6A-District 2 tournament championship. The Hurricanes (17-11) had looked to avenge their loss to the Bobcats (17-10) earlier this season. The Hurricanes entered the boys basketball tournament as the third seed, …

The top seed Oak Hall Eagles trumped the Ocala Redeemer Christian Lions for the fourth time this season Saturday to win the 2A-District 4 boys basketball championship 50-36. Starting in a Hole After the tip-off was won by the visiting Lions they scored the first points of the game with …