High School Sports

The Hawthorne girls basketball team improved to 15-3 after beating P.K. Yonge 46-33 Wednesday night for its 12th consecutive win. The Hornets outscored the Blue Wave 19-5 in the fourth quarter to secure the win at the P.K. Yonge gym.  A Defensive Start The game started out as a defensive …

The Eastside High girls basketball team defeated the Santa Fe Raiders, 59-25, Tuesday to end its three-game losing streak and give it a spark heading into districts. Ahead From The Start The Rams (13-7) started off strong with their offensive performance. They gained an early lead in the first quarter, …

After an overtime win the previous night, the Oak Hall girls basketball team couldn’t maintain the momentum in a 49-32 loss Tuesday to the visiting Trenton Tigers. Starting Hot Oak Hall (11-3) scored seven consecutive points early in the first quarter. Senior Sri Lanka Richardson added a layup followed by …

By Victoria Riccobono and Heather Mckenzie The Ocala Forest Wildcats scored their goal in the first half Monday and made it stand up the rest of the way for a 1-0 win over the  Gainesville Hurricanes in the girls soccer 6A-District 4 tournament semifinal at Citizens Field. Gainesville (11-4-2) entered …

After a big loss to Fort White last season, the Oak Hall Eagles got some payback Jan. 23 with a decisive 50-32 boys basketball win against the visiting Indians. Eagles Snatch An Early Lead The game got off to a 5-5 start before Oak Hall (11-5) went on a 13-0 …

By Liz Fernandez and Jauntre’ Gray The Buchholz Bobcats defeated the Eastside Rams, 41-35, in a high school girls basketball game Wednesday. Honoring Senior ‘Cats Buchholz (10-7) started the evening by honoring its two seniors, Kaylynn Perry and Kamryn Harper, at the Bobcats gym. The team and families celebrated the …

The Hawthorne Hornets extended their win streak to seven games Friday after beating the Gainesville Hurricanes 33-32. Starting Slow The teams had a rough start to the girls basketball game at GHS with a combined seven bricks in the scoreless first two and a half minutes. Finally, the Hornets (10-3) …

Buchholz defeated P.K. Yonge 52-48 in a high school boys basketball game Thursday at the Bobcats’ gym. The Bobcats improved to 11-7 on the season and will play at Eastside (3-12) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The Blue Wave dropped to 8-10 and will also play at Eastside, but for a …

By Caroline King and TaylorAnn Eidam TALLAHASSEE — The Hawthorne Hornets won their second consecutive state football championship Thursday by beating the Madison County Cowboys 22-13 in the 1R title game at Bragg Memorial Stadium. The Hornets (13-0) avenged a 13-12 loss to the Cowboys in the 2021 state championship …

By Kathryn Ross and Emily Paraiso Harold Hoskins received the nickname “Gator” from his dad.  “Where he lives, he said that it means “go get ‘er,” Hoskins said. “He felt like when I was born I was gonna be a “go get ‘er.” Hoskins began his football career at Eastside …