To say 2016 was a banner year for high school football, is an understatement. A record four area teams made it to Orlando and two brought home state titles. Trinity Christian won its fourth state title in a row and University Christian won its second in a row (9th overall), while Bolles finished as state runner-up again....Read More
To say 2016 was a banner year for high school football, is an understatement. A record four area teams made it to Orlando and two brought home state titles. Trinity Christian won its fourth state title in a row and University Christian won its second in a row (9th overall), while Bolles finished as state runner-up again....Read More
We are proud to finally introduce the inaugural Duval Sports All-Area football teams. The first of its kind took 5 months to put together but well worth the time. Teams were divided into Big Schools (Class 5A-8A) and Small Schools (Independents to Class 4A) to make sure everybody got the attention they so deserved. After 16 weeks of covering...Read More
GAINESVILLE-Oak Hall went wire-to-wire winning its first ever North Florida Football Conference title easily in a 41-13 win over John Paul. Not surprisingly Oak Hall was well represented on the all-conference team which came out this week. Here is the 2016 All-Conference team as picked by the coaches within the conference. North Florida Football All-Conference...Read More
GAINESVILLE – It’s the usual suspects at the top of The Prep Zone Power Poll in the first regional basketball rankings of the season. Tradition-rich Ribault (Jacksonville), which has won four state titles and is third all-time with 20 consecutive postseason appearances, received one of the six first-place votes to edge No. 2 Creekside (St....Read More
ORLANDO-Carol City used a suffocating defense and just enough offense to win its first state title since 2003 and fifth overall in a 14-6 win over Lake Gibson at Camping World Stadium. Locked in a scoreless tie at the half, Nyquan Wright changed all of that. Wright rumbled 51 yards before being tackled at the 1-yard line. Wright followed that with...Read More
ORLANDO-Despite another district title and solid regular season, Trinity Christian heard the talk all year but ignored it. The gossip around town was what is wrong with Trinity. A loaded schedule featuring Cocoa (4A state champs), Columbia (7A playoff team), University Christian (Class 2A state champs), Tallahassee Lincoln (7A team), Tallahassee Godby (5A team), Fort Pierce Central (8A team), IMG...Read More
ORLANDO-Leon Huey took this game quite personally, literally putting it into his own hands. A year ago, Huey a starting middle linebacker at Ribault saw his state title hopes dashed in a second round 26-20 loss to Suwannee. He made sure it didn’t happen. Huey who transferred to University Christian in the off season helped lead...Read More
Orlando, FL- The Bolles Bulldogs fell to Cocoa 31-17 in the FHSAA Class 4A Championship. Cocoa’s Javian Hawkins started the game quick for the Tigers with a 70 yard touchdown run to put them up 7-0. The rushing attack for the Tigers dominated the game. Lasedrick King rushed the second touchdown for Cocoa to make...Read More
ORLANDO-Pahokee used a suffocating defense and just enough offense to claim its seventh overall state title in a 34-21 win over Baker in the 1A state championship game at Camping World Stadium. A pair of Rodney McKay touchdown runs (6, 10) gave the Blue Devils a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter. Baker (13-1) wouldn’t go away though as the...Read More