Eastside High School battles the Palatka Panthers in a Tuesday night regional semifinal bout in the Florida Class 6A state boy’s basketball tournament. The Rams come in to the game winners of nine of their last 10 with the most recent victory being a 70-59 win over Ponte Vedra in …
Read More »Area High School Basketball Teams Perform Well in FHSAA Basketball Tournament
Several Florida high school basketball teams were in action Thursday to compete in regional quarterfinals and semifinals games in the 2018 Florida High School Athletic Association tournament. Among the victors were Gainesville, Eastside, P.K. Yonge, St. Francis, Englewood, Raines, Bolles, Hawthorne, Wildwood and Bell. Several more tournament games will be …
Read More »Weekend High School Basketball Preview
Postseason play is fast approaching for boys’ and girls’ high school basketball. Here’s a look at the upcoming games for Friday and Saturday. Friday Games Boys’ basketball The Buchholz Bobcats will take on the visiting Gainesville Hurricanes at 7:30. The Bobcats are struggling with an 8-13 record and are 0-7 …
Read More »Lorenzen Reaches 1,000 Points in Gator Women’s Basketball’s Win Over Delaware State
Before Wednesday afternoon, only 24 Florida Gator women’s basketball players have scored over one thousand points. Senior forward Haley Lorenzen became the 25th player to score to hit that mark in the Gators’ 85-51 win over Delaware State. The win wrapped up the non-conference part of the schedule for the …
Read More »Eastside Hosts District Foe Belleview
Eastside have been playing some exceptional football lately as they are riding a three game win streak heading into tonight’s game. The Rams opened up the season dropping three straight games, but has sense corrected their mistakes. Tonight is a pivotal game in the season that also has serious district …
Read More »High School Football: Santa Fe Rallies Late to Defeat Eastside, 24-20
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—There’s nothing like a Friday night fourth quarter rally to put your team in the winner’s bracket—and solidifying your team’s first win of the season. The Santa Fe Raider football team rallies to hold off Eastside 24-20 at Citizen’s Field on Friday night. First-year Raiders head coach Cliff Harrell called the right …
Read More »Eastside, Santa Fe Both Look For First Football Wins Friday
Eastside High School squares off against Santa Fe this Friday at Citizen’s Field in Gainesville as both teams look for their first wins of the year. The Eastside Rams start the season 0-2 after facing two large and very talented teams, Buchholz and Newberry. This is head coach Cedderick Daniels’ …
Read More »High School Football Preview: Buchholz vs Eastside
High school football is officially back in the Gainesville area. The season started off with a tightly contested game between Gainesville High and Columbia High Thursday evening. The Columbia Tigers got the edge on the Hurricanes in a 17-12 game at Citizens Field Thursday night. For the first Friday of high school football action, Citizens Field …
Read More »Preview: Boys District High School Basketball Finals
A few local boy’s high school basketball teams will be on the hunt for a district finals win tonight. Ocala Vanguard (20-6) will travel to Gainesville high (22-4) for a District 4-6A match-up; Santa Fe will host Eastside in a District 6-5A match-up, PK Yonge (21-4) will welcome St. Francis (22-4) for a District …
Read More »Local High School Soccer Teams to Play in Respective Regionals
Three Gainesville High School girls soccer teams Buchholz, Eastside, and Santa Fe will be looking for wins in the regional finals tonight. The Buchholz boys soccer team will also be looking for a win tonight in their regional quarterfinal that was canceled yesterday due to field conditions. For the girls, Buchholz (15-3) will …
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