Hurricane Irma forced St. Johns County to cancel school all last week and up till next Tuesday forcing all after school activities to be postponed; including all five middle school football games scheduled for September 13. St. Johns County Middle School Athletic Association football chairman Drew McClung confirmed via text that all five games consisting...Read More
FRUIT COVE – Despite their heads being somewhere else, you wouldn’t have known the Fruit Cove Flyers were a little distracted this week. When teammate Jacob Shedlin was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor, his teammates wanted to do something special for him to cheer him up. The players dedicated the Murray game to Shedlin...Read More
ORANGE PARK – A week ago, we witnessed a classic rematch between the defending North and South Division champions Oakleaf and Lake Asbury and it was speculated we would see them again seven weeks later in the North East Florida Athletic Conference championship game again. Unfortunately, a week later the highly anticipated rematch might have been...Read More
A showdown between No. 2 Fruit Cove and No. 5 Landrum set the tone for the season last week. Now we turn our attention to Week 3 and who has made the necessary adjustments. Our Week 3 Game of the Week features No. 6 Murray (1-1) taking on No. 2 Fruit Cove (2-0) in a...Read More
University Christian- “O’ what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”. This 16th century poem by Sir Walter Scott seemed to apply to the middle school contest between Trinity Christian and University Christian Tuesday night. It may have been the intent of the Trinity Christian coaching staff to deceive the University Christian...Read More
JULINTON CREEK – While Fruit Cove and Landrum was the Big Game of the Week, there was still plenty of other action going on around St. Johns County Wednesday and Thursday night. Among the other notable games were Liberty Pines vs Valley Ridge, Sebastian at Gamble Rogers, Murray vs Pacetti Bay and Swiss Point and...Read More
JULINGTON CREEK – Our second Game of the Week featured a show down between No. 2 Fruit Cove and No. 5 Landrum at Plantation Park. Only it was anything but a show down, as Fruit Cove turned a close first half into a running clock route in a 41-8 win at home. Ahead 14-8 in...Read More
LAKE ASBURY – They waited a long 10 months; but they finally got their revenge and in the process sent a message to everybody in the North East Florida Athletic Conference (NEFAC). Lake Asbury and head coach Tim Hamel clearly sent a message ‘Don’t forget about us’. In a rematch of the 2016 NEFAC title...Read More
University Christian- It was sweet revenge for the University Christian middle school football team as they avenged their 2016 loss to Fernandina Middle 44-12 Tuesday evening. UC relied on a balanced attack on offense featuring their many talented weapons. Coach Matt Thomas is excited about his team this year, and rightfully so. Their performance against the...Read More