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High School Basketball

High School Basketball News, Highlights, Photos in and around Jacksonville Florida

29
Sep
2024

Sports Counseling: How To Manage The Post-Competition Blues 

As the excitement and adrenaline fade away after a big game, many athletes find themselves dealing with an unexpected opponent: post-competition blues, or “post-competition depression.” In fact, it’s common for athletes to feel some emptiness or letdown after reaching the peak of intense training and competition (Hammond et al. 2013). If any of those symptoms...
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23
Sep
2024

First Annual SheCan Academy’s Coach Shelia Mock Media Day

This past Saturday, September 14, 2024, was the first annual SheCan Academy’s Coach Shelia Mock Media Day. SheCan Academy is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young women through programs and education. The event was held from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm and was jam packed with useful speakers and resources for the participants.  There were about...
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28
Jul
2024

Gold Medal Recovery: Navigating Emotional Challenges of Athletic Injuries

This past Friday the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics set into motion a set of global sporting events with countries around the world competing for those famous Olympic medals. The general public watches the events to witness the athletes’ miraculous feats, while the athletes strive to demonstrate their abilities and avoid injury. Whether...
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24
Jun
2024

Celebrating 10: The Top 10 Games of 2023-2024

If you’ve followed us from day one, you know that we were the first media outlet to bring you multiple game endings on the same night, from different parts of the city and state. It was the introduction of “Real Time” action to Northeast Florida, so fans didn’t miss the exciting moments of the best...
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23
Jun
2024

Inside Out 2: Hurdling Performance Anxiety In Sports

Playing sports competitively is inherently exciting, filled with highs and lows that affect you not only physically, but also mentally. Within the new Pixar film, Inside Out 2 the main character Riley has grown up experiencing the thrill of playing hockey. But throughout the movie Riley finds herself contending with some new emotions that are...
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22
Jun
2024

Celebrating 10: Celebrating The Champions From 2023-2024

Duval Sport continues to celebrate ten years of covering youth, middle school and high school sports in Northeast Florida. As we highlight some of the top achievements over the years, this time we are looking back over the last school year. We’re celebrating all the champions county and state champions that we covered this year....
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18
Jun
2024

Celebrating 10: Duval Sports Top 10 High School Players Of The Last Decade

We continue with our 10th anniversary, celebrating the decade of covering youth and preps sports with unique stories and multi-media content. This time we’re turning back the clock, highlighting the Top 10 High School players of the last decade. These players are some of the most decorated athletes that we’ve had the pleasure of covering....
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05
Jun
2024

10 Things Parents Of Student Athletes Should Do This Summer

The summer is here, school is out, and parents are looking for things for their student athletes to do over the summer. As a parent of a collegiate athlete, I can tell you first hand that summer months go quickly, so it’s important to get your child involved as soon as possible to give them...
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15
Mar
2024

Girls Basketball Forecast: Ribault And Bishop Kenny Front Runners To Make Run At Championship

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....
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12
Mar
2024

Basketball Recap: Great Season Sees Ponte Vedra Boys and Girls Go Down in Lakeland Again

Lakeland Fl- It was another great year for both of the Ponte Vedra Sharks Basketball teams. The boys returned to the Final 4 for the third consecutive year. They fell to Dweyer in the 2022-2023 state championship 51-40. They would fall to Martin County in the state championship the year before that 53-49. The Ponte...
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