Congratulations to the area basketball players and coaches who were nominated as the Florida Dairy Farmers players and coaches of the year for 2019-2020. Paxon’s Isaiah Adams was crowned Florida’s Mr. Basketball. Check out the area nominees for the best basketball players and coaches in the state. Girls Basketball:Class 7A:Amari Wright Sandalwood (Jacksonville) SR PG...Read More

Altamonte Springs Fl- If you watched him play, it was obvious who the best basketball player in Florida was in 2019-2020. He averaged 23.7 points per game, along with 11.1 rebounds per game. He led Paxon to the Gateway Conference Championship, and two consecutive FHSAA Final 4 appearances, their first in over 30 years. In...Read More

Sandalwood HS- The last champion to be crowned in the 2019-2020 Duval County Sports season was the Highlands Middle School Girls Basketball Team who defeated the previously undefeated Landon Lions in the Duval County Middle School championship . Highlands capped off their consecutive season as champs with a new team, made up of new players...Read More

Lakeland Fl- The Hilliard Flashes attempted to complete the seemingly improbable journey to the championship Friday night, when they faced Hawthorne in the Class 1A State Championship. This was the Red Flashes first appearance in the Final 4 since 1979 as Hilliard fell short in the Final 4 that year. 41 years since their last...Read More

Lakeland FL- It was another shot at a title for Andrew Jackson as they returned to the state championship game in consecutive years. A shot to redeem their loss from last year. A shot to bring a title back to Main Street for the first time since 1993. A shot to be the only school...Read More

Lakeland FL- Of the five teams to travel to the RP Funding Center from Northeast Florida, two undoubtedly had the toughest roads to hoe. Powerhouse programs in their own right Paxon (25-6) and Columbia (28-3) took on two former champions from south Florida, looking to return to Florida’s highest high school summit. It’s no secret...Read More

Sandalwood HS- The Kirby Smith Comets have successfully navigated their way to the county championship three times in three years. And for the second year in a row, the Comets hoisted the championship trophy as the Duval County Middle School Boys Basketball Champions.Kirby jumped out on Landmark creating turnovers with pressure and making easy layups....Read More

Lakeland FL- Community School of Naples came into the State Semifinals averaging 66.0 points per game. On Wednesday evening they were held to just 53 points by the Andrew Jackson defense, as Jackson defeated the Seahawks 65-53. Davin Daniels and Kevin Odom scored 10 points a piece, as Jackson received efforts from multiple players on...Read More

Lakeland FL- Six lead changes in the first quarter thought to set up an exciting game between Hilliard and Vernon. However Jacob Crews and company had other plans as the Red Flashes defeated Vernon 80-59 to advance to the Class 1A State Championship game. Crews finished the game with 29 points scoring 16 points in...Read More

Impact cut into an 11 point lead by School House Prep in the 4th quarter of the Class 2A State Championship game as Devean Knowles hit a big three pointer to cut the lead to 4-points with 3:52 to play. Impact’s full court pressure was the answer for the once poised and hot shooting of...Read More