ORLANDO-The Division I Pee Wee Sweetwater Hawks (ages 9-12) defeated the North Raleigh Bulldogs (NC) 25-0 to win the National Championship in the 60th annual Pop Warner Super Bowl at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World. Sweetwater came into their championship game having defeated the North Philly Aztecs in round one, and...Read More

JACKSONVILLE-“I’ve been waiting for this moment, all my life” was a great lyric Phil Collins sang about in the 1980’s. Perhaps the song was in the mind of longtime Fletcher athletic director Joe Reynolds, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, 17 plus years in fact. In one of the closest competitions in the...Read More

JACKSONVILLE-For nearly three plus hours last night both No. 2 Lake Shore (8-1) and No. 3 Fletcher (8-1) traded blows back and forth before Fletcher finally delivered the knockout punch. When Carlos Mendoza swept around the right corner of the end zone, it finally ended the marathon night as the Senators knocked off the Warriors 54-48...Read More

JACKSONVILLE-After a 30-0 victory over Fletcher by Mathew Gilbert in the first week of the season, not many expected these two teams to see each other at the end of the season playing for the Duval County Middle School Championship. Well, not many except the coaches from Gilbert and the coaches from Fletcher that is. These two...Read More

JACKSONVILLE-Revenge is a dish best served cold. So fittingly Matthew Gilbert would saved one of their finest performances of the season for the coldest night of the season, against the team that knocked them out of the playoffs a year ago and ended their record 71 game winning streak. The Panthers remembered their first round...Read More

SANDALWOOD-Not one, not two, but three, count em, three titles in three years for the Mathew Gilbert Panthers. Their third came tonight as they defeated the Twin Lakes Wolves to become the 2017 Duval County boys basketball middle school champions. The Panthers were led by Nyron Waters #3 who had a game high 22 points...Read More

SANDALWOOD-When the sixth graders from Highlands missed out on playing for a championship two years ago they didn’t lose focus of their goal. Instead they took it out on the competition by winning the 2016 city championship. But why stop there when you are one of the finest middle school girls basketball teams ever to...Read More

JULINGTON CREEK-With his team trailing 14-0 in the biggest game of the year, Switzerland Point turned to its go-to guy in tailback Aaron Jones and he delivered. Jones (231 yards on 24 carries) responded with two second half touchdowns, including the game winner with 2:10 remaining to help No. 3 Switzerland Point (7-2) stun No. 4 Landrum (7-2) 21-14 Thursday in the...Read More

JACKSONVILLE-We caught on to St. Johns Middle School football late in the season, but we didn’t miss one of the biggest upsets of the year. Heading into an open week, Gamble Rogers chose to keep its all of its momentum going by scheduling University Christian in a non conference game on the road in Jacksonville. The result was a surprising...Read More

PONTE VEDRA-Landrum Middle School out of Ponte Vedra has had quite a fall and winter season so far winning several St. Johns county titles, while finishing second in football. Here is a rundown of how Landrum fared in girls soccer, cross country, football and girls volleyball.   Girls Soccer Landrum finished a perfect 15-0 on the season winning the county title with...Read More