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Tashyra Feazell
04
Mar
2019

Jones Overpowers Jeff Davis Sending Kernan to Championship

Southside-Kernan Middle’s Jada Jones stands at over six feet tall in the 8th grade, which literally puts her heads and shoulders over her competition. Jones and her Kernan basketball team dominated their semifinal opponent Jefferson Davis on Monday. The talented Center knocked down 28 points of her team’s 40 points for the home team, as...
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03
Mar
2019

Paxon Returns to Final 4 After 54 Year Absence

In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson was our president, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was marching in Selma, and one of the greatest musicals of all time, (Sound of Music) had just come out in theaters. Well 1965 was also the last time that the Paxon High School boys basketball team made the Final Four....
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02
Mar
2019

Roundup: Ain’t nothing but a First Coast party, party !

Since the first day of tryouts, many have dreams and aspirations of getting to Lakeland but only a few are actually able to make it to the Final Four.With University Christian and North Florida Educational Institute having already punched their tickets last Tuesday, Paxon, Jackson and Fleming Island, Columbia and Palatka were looking to join...
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02
Mar
2019

Comets Heat Up Early; Finish Strong Over Wildcats

Kirby Smith’s motto for the second half of the season has been to “finish strong”. Their Coach put in this motto after the young Comet’s losing focus in the final minutes of multiple games this season. It seemed as if history would repeat itself for the Comets, up big during the first and second quarters...
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26
Feb
2019

Final Four Bound: Bishop Kenny Takes Down Rickards and Nets to Make History

After a 26 year absence , Bishop Kenny will make an appearance in the State Championship Final Four. Less than two weeks ago Coach Charlsea Clark expressed to Duval Sports , “I want to get the girls to the Final Four, one game at a time”. Dreams are possible when you are willing to work...
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24
Feb
2019

Carswell Free Throw Caps Comeback; Sends Raines To First Final 4

Jacksonville Fl-Twenty-nine percent from the free throw line is usually not something to celebrate, but those misses will not define the legacy of Teyana Carswell Rather it was only one free throw she made that will. With 0.9 seconds remaining on the clock, Carswell knocked down the most important shot in her Raines career, to...
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24
Feb
2019

Mandarin season ends bitter sweet after a loss to Oviedo

MANDARIN- Mandarin (15-11) succumbed to Oviedo (22-7) 77-70 in the Class 9A Regional Quarterfinals on Thursday evening. The season caps a year which saw the Mustangs capture their first district title since 2007, defining the 2018-2019 season as a momentous one. Fourth year Mandarin head coach Coach George McCleod exclaimed , “We are not known as a...
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23
Feb
2019

Eagles Soar Over Buccaneers

Northside- Fleming Island learned that a slow start can impact a win or a loss in a big game. In the district championship, the Eagles lost to the Oakleaf Knights after beating them twice during the regular season. On Thursday evening in the boys regional quarterfinals, it appeared as if history was going to repeat itself...
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21
Feb
2019

Bishop Kenny Marches Past Ribault to Regional Finals

A mere 365 days ago, give or take a day or two, Bishop Kenny and Ribault were both competing against one another in the State Regional Semi-Finals. Fast forward to present day, both teams would push through a challenging season to find themselves in the same predicament once again in the 2019 Regional Semi-Finals. Game...
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21
Feb
2019

Bolles Can’t Stand the Raines

Coach Paden of the Raines Lady Vikings, knew the right strategy he would need to go out and beat Bolles on Tuesday. The Lady Vikings have already beaten Bolles twice and one of those victories came less than ten days prior in their District Championship. The game plan was simple, apply pressure to the guards...
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