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High School Basketball

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

04
Mar
2018

Rickards Rises Over Ribault in Regional Finals

Tallahassee- The rise of Ribault in the post season has been fueled by the momentum of dramatic endings. In the first round of the playoffs, senior Devon Mathews hit an 65 foot game winning shot to defeat Orange Park. In the second round, Ribault played seven periods of basketball against Bishop Kenny besting them in...
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03
Mar
2018

LAKELAND BOUND: Creekside and Palatka moving on to Final Four

TALLAHASSEE-Creekside and Palatka both went on the road and pulled stunners enroute to punching their ticket to Lakeland next week, while Bolles came up short on the road as well. With back-to-back buzzer-beater losses to Lincoln the last two years still fresh on their minds and seeing a ten-point lead evaporate in the fourth quarter;...
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03
Mar
2018

Ponte Vedra Goes Down Fighting Against American Heritage in State Title Game

Lakeland- It was a classic tail of David and Goliath in the FHSAA Class 6A State Championship Game between Ponte Vedra and American Heritage. All year, the ladies from Ponte Vedra surprised everyone with their play on the court even when many did not give them a chance to return to the final four. But...
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02
Mar
2018

Spruce Creek Rallies Over Miami Senior High 44-43; Wins Class 9A Girls Basketball Championship

Lakeland- Spruce Creek trailed by as much as 11 points in the first half but mounted a comeback, winning in dramatic fashion 44-43 over Miami Senior High to claim the Class 9A championship. . You may remember Spruce Creek as the team that dealt Sandalwood their first loss of the season. Sandalwood would go on...
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02
Mar
2018

Four more look to join Impact and NFEI in Lakeland

Since the first day of conditioning the goal for every high school basketball team has been to get to Lakeland and compete for a state championship. For four area teams such as Creeskide, Ribault, Palatka and Bolles they all have a chance to achieve that goal with a win today in the regional final (Elite...
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01
Mar
2018

Ponte Vedra shoots the lights out on way to the state finals

LAKELAND – At 5-5, sophomore guard Channing Chappell is often the smallest player on the court the majority of times; however you wouldn’t know it. Chappell plays like a senior fluidly directing the offense on the court and consistently coming up with numerous big plays. None were bigger then her 25 point performance in a...
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28
Feb
2018

Rams run comes to abrupt hault in regional semifinal loss

SOUTHSIDE – Christian-Miller Cardwell reverse dunk with 3.4 seconds left was the exclamation point on visiting Gainesville 51-37 win over host Englewood last night in the Region I-7A semifinal game. Cardwell broke free down the court and sent the few Ram fans remaining packing with the thundering dunk while also drawing a technical foul for...
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28
Feb
2018

High School Boys Basketball Round 2 Scores & Recap

It was an exciting night of basketball as the boys battled it out in the second round of the playoffs. Some intriguing match ups highlighted the evening like Bolles vs Raines, Gainesvile vs Englewood, Providence vs P.K Young, North Florida Educational Institute vs Keystone Prep, Impact vs Crossroads, and Eastside vs Palatka. Check out the...
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21
Feb
2018

Bishop Kenny Survives Ribault Ending Lady Trojans 3-Peat Quest!

Jacksonville Fl- The class 6A girls basketball second round playoff match up revealed two teams very familiar with one another, yet found both teams in very unfamiliar positions. For Ribault, the Lady Trojans were the defending 6A state champions, and two time defending FHSAA state champions. As district champions, their second round playoff games are usually...
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19
Feb
2018

Playoffs dominate this week go catch a game

Things are heating up as teams begin their playoff push towards getting to Lakeland and playing for a possible state title in girls and boys basketball. Here is a quick rundown of area playoff games to watch this week. All games start at 7 p.m. Tuesday (2nd Round) Girls Basketball 9A: Spruce Creek at Palm...
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