FLEMING ISLAND – On a night, Fleming Island turned the lights on for the first time, the Eagles sub sequentially flipped the switch on Creekside as well. Opened in 2003, for 15 years Fleming Island had played all of their home softball games at 4 p.m. due to not having lights, until now.Playing at home...Read More
The 2019 high school softball season is underway starting today for area teams, here is a rundown of every district and what to expect from each team this season. Last year was a monumental year for the area with Oakleaf, Trinity, West Nassau, Keystone Heights and Clay all making the Final Four last season. What’s...Read More
The 2019 Trinity Christian varsity baseball team is preparing for another run at the state Final Four. The Conquerors reached the semifinal in Class 4A in 2018, and head coach Gil Morales says he is “ready to take his team even further” and repeat Trinity’s state championship from 2015. 2018 REVIEW The 2018 Conquerors had...Read More
GAINESVILLE-Perhaps no one is looking forward to the baseball playoff changes more than Sandalwood and Mandarin coaches. A year ago, the two teams were handcuffed in their first and second round playoff games after Orange City University ace pitcher Logan Allen threw back-to-back no hitters against them, they weren’t the only ones. Three years ago, the FHSAA made...Read More
FLEMING ISLAND – For eight innings, fans were treated to an old fashioned pitchers duel between starters senior Caleb Lanoux and sophomore Brent May and reliever Damien Torres as the threesome combined for 5 hits and 16 strikeouts in eight scoreless innings. With one swing of the bat, on Lanoux’s 106 pitch of the game,...Read More
Faced with multiple hours bus rides, they odds were totally against them. Yet Keystone Heights, West Nassau and Clay all underdogs found ways to knock out the favorite and pull off the upsets. As a result, all three will be joining both Oakleaf and Trinity Christian in Vero Beach next week at the Final Four....Read More
OAKLEAF -Should have wore white !!! It wouldn’t have mattered, if they would have wore pink or purple either. Despite having the same colors and mascot, East Ridge purposely decided to wear the same color uniform combination as host Oakleaf. Oakleaf was told East Ridge was wearing all black as well as “its white jerseys...Read More
ORANGE PARK -That old saying its hard to beat a team three times couldn’t be more true, but what if you play that same team four times, it gets even harder. For the fourth time this season, Clay and Ridgeview met on the softball diamond, only this time the stakes were even higher for both....Read More
WESTSIDE -Her huge smile said it all, as Bailey Cooley was finally enjoying this moment, her first playoff win of her high school career. Cooley dominated on the mound and at the plate helping her team pound Florida High 14-3 in 6 innings in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs. “This is my...Read More
ORANGE PARK -Realizing her offense was struggling and in need of a huge play, pitcher Brianna Enter took it into her own hands to help herself and her team out. Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning, seven outs from being eliminated, Enter stepped in the box and sent the first pitch from...Read More