Jacksonville Fl- What started as a dream season for the Mandarin Mustangs turned into a nightmare Friday night with their loss to the Oakleaf Knights 17-14. The Mustangs started the season as the favorite to win the Class 6A state championship, but could not overcome injury to one of their star players. Tramell Jones Jr...Read More
It was a great basketball season in Northeast Florida once again, as several teams made their way through the regular season to the post season. Four girls basketball teams from the area would battle their way to the FHSAA state championship series in Lakeland. Those teams were Ponte Vedra, University Christian, Providence, and Bishop Kenny....Read More
Jacksonville Fl- The Raines softball team won it’s fourth game in a row after defeating Terry Parker 15-5 Tuesday night at home. Erica Kilpatrick and Ty’Bresha Wright both hit in the park home runs in the game to lead the batting barrage for Raines. In total 8 different hitters were able to reach base for...Read More
National Signing Day came and went with lots of local kids realizing their dreams of the opportunity of playing collegiate football. For the Colleges and Universities in the southeast, many of them tapped into the talent of Northeast Florida to power their programs. We saw some big surprises on signing day, and none bigger was...Read More
While heading home after school on the activity bus one late afternoon, young Djuan Ballinger’s life would be changed forever. Then a tenth grader at Douglas Anderson High School of the Arts, Ballinger encountered students from William M. Raines High School at the bus stop where he noticed a young man doing something that intrigued...Read More
Atlantic Coast High School- Every football player must have it to be successful, and every football team must play with it to win. Passion isn’t something that your season record determines, passion is propelled from the heart. Both the Sandalwood Saints (5-5) and the Atlantic Coast Sting Rays (2-8) came into the last game of...Read More
Mandarin- In sports, a must win battle determines your season’s fate. In life, a must win battle determines your personal fate. Although both are extremely different in terms of importance, they do however share similarities in the attributes they illuminate. Toughness, concentration, and determination are just a few properties that a must win battle produces. So...Read More
Ribault HS- All the talk surrounding the game between Trinity Christian and Ribault centered around hype from a year ago. In 2016, the Trinity versus Ribault matchup was cancelled due to the onslaught of Hurricane Hermine on the Florida Peninsula. It was a must see affair that didn’t seem fair to miss, as both squads concluded their...Read More
Cartersville Ga- On one of the biggest stages for High School Football in 2017, the Bartram Trail Bears faced the Cartersville Cavs on national television. The game was billed as a battle of the border states (Florida vs Georgia); a battle of best teams (2016 records/ Cartersville 15-0, Bartram 8-5 playoff team); and a battle...Read More
Terry Parker High School – With one inning to play and his team down by four runs, Terry Parker fan Joe Jennings stopped me as I walked by and said ” Terry Parker is winning this game”. Odds were certainly against his team trailing 9-5 in the 7th inning of the FHSAA Class A Regional Semifinals....Read More