There are some strong area match ups this week as high school football comes down the stretch of the regular season. Class 1 Rural Showdown Friday night will be a big one in Union County. The Fighting Tigers come into the game with a 4-1 record. Their only loss came …
Read More »Newberry Panthers Suffer Devastating Shut Out at Home After 3-0 Start to the Season
By Shelby Hickman, Nathaniel Bilgoray and Brandon Hernandez After a great start to the season, the Newberry Panthers suffered a 45-0 loss at home against the Union County Fightin’ Tigers and will move to 3-1. For much of the first quarter, both teams put up a strong defensive front, beginning …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Week 5
Week 5 of high school football is set to kick off. Twelve games featuring schools around the Gainesville area are set to play Friday. Buchholz vs Vanguard One of the biggest matchups in the fifth week of high school football is between the Buchholz Bobcats and the Vanguard Knights. The …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Week 3
High school football is back for Week 3, and 14 games will kickoff tonight featuring schools from the Gainesville and Ocala area. Last night, Trinity Catholic took down Gainesville High 48-3. The Celtics are now 3-0 while the Hurricanes still look for their first win. https://twitter.com/CoachBrantleyTC/status/1568054747898200065 The Buchholz Bobcats vs …
Read More »Week One of High School Football Continues
The 2022 high school football season began Thursday and is in full swing with multiple games kicking off Friday. Buchholz Defeats Colombia in Season Opener Despite the rain, Buchholz had a hot start to their season Thursday night. Coming off a 12-2 record in 2021 and a trip to the …
Read More »Newberry Takes on Santa Fe in Season Opener
The Newberry Panthers open its season Friday night against cross-county rival Santa Fe High School with kickoff set for 7 p.m. Newberry looks to rebound this season after posting a record of 5-6 in 2021. Former Gators Join the Newberry Coaching Staff Following a subpar season, Newberry head coach Edward …
Read More »Newberry Baseball Downs Eastside 10-2
By: Cherie Chick, Hugh Green and Abby Ogier The Eastside Rams hosted the Newberry Panthers Thursday night in a battle between two 3-3 teams. Eastside was coming off a 17-2 loss to Bucholz on Monday. They had won the two prior games before losing to Bucholz. Newberry came into this …
Read More »Newberry Baseball Defeats Williston For First Win of the Season
By: Gabriela Vitale and Ellie Shreve The 1A defending state champion Newberry Panthers defeated the Williston Red Devils 12-7 on Tuesday night to pick up their first win of the season. Newberry opened this season on a slow 0-2 start but bounced back in conference play with this win. A …
Read More »Trenton Boy’s Hoops Defeats Newberry 45-35, Advances to Regional Finals
On Thursday night, the Trenton High School boys basketball team defeated Newberry High School in the 1A regional semifinals by a score of 45-35. This was the second consecutive match-up between these two teams after Trenton won last Friday’s 65-57 overtime thriller in the 1A District 7 Championship. Xavier Jones …
Read More »Boy’s Hoops Playoffs
Boy’s High School Basketball playoffs are in full swing. In the local area, regional tournaments are underway with many matchups Thursday night Class 1A and 3A. Class 1A In Class 1A, there are four regional semifinals matchups tonight. The first matchup is Hawthorne vs. Williston. Hawthorne comes in as the …
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