Lake City- Columbia defeated Trinity 38-7 Friday night in the rumble in the jungle. During last year’s momentous battle, the Tigers would sustain a close 31-30 loss to the Conquerors. That close loss stuck with the team as quarterback Jordan Smith, running back Kylen Callum, and wide receiver Marquez Bell remembered that feeling as juniors....Read More
Sandalwood- What was intended to be an away game for Sandalwood turned into a home game for the Saints as the contest between Terry Parker and Sandalwood was relocated from Parker to Sandalwood early Friday. How this would affect the players physically and psychologically remained to be seen, as Sandalwood dawned their white away jerseys...Read More
District 4-5A gets alot tougher with the addition of the two time state champion Raines Vikings now in the mix. Ribault won the district the last few years taking advantage of weak competition as Paxon, and Yulee, have struggled. On paper this district will come down to the Northwest Classic late in the season, adding...Read More
Mandarin’s parade of champions seemingly lasted forever as the team and the school were showered with praises and accolades for their 2018 High School football championship. Now that 2018 is behind us, 2019 is upon us, and the Mustang’s focus turns from playing the underdog role, to the big dog role. As defending champions they’ll...Read More
The big 7A teams don’t have time to waste any day as they are busy moving through the ranks. Creekside is fresh off of a kickoff classic win against State Champions Mandarin. Fletcher has been consistently rising through the years , how will they hang this year without Jeremiah Payton and Jaylen Mitchell? Buchholz is...Read More
Things look a lot different in Class 6A now, as state powers Columbia and Lee dropped down from 7A to 6A this season joining Middleburg and Gainesville, who remained in 6A. Despite losing several key starters, both Lee and Columbia are poised for another long playoff run. Or will Gainesville and Middleburg rain on the...Read More
Ribault HS-The Lady Wolfpack invaded the Lady Trojan’s home pulling off a 3-set win over Ribault on Wednesday evening. Head Coach Barksdale Pullen would go on to say, “we had an amazing game despite some of the challenges the team has recently faced. The girls and I are excited because we took home our first...Read More
Northeats Florida- The preseason officially came and went as many teams in Northeast Florida kicked-off football in prep sports. Several teams matched up making for intriguing games. Games which outcomes weren’t important in terms of regular season records, but were valuable in assessing the early makeup of teams and their readiness for the fall. We...Read More
Tallahassee- The preseason is officially underway as many teams in Northeast Florida kickoff football in prep sports. Sandalwood was one of the local teams that traveled out of town for their first game action. The three hour bus ride down I-10 was prolonged on arrival by several thunderstorm cells in the big bend area. The game,...Read More