Congratulations to Coach Jamie Rogers, the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 5A Coach of the Year! Rogers led the Baker County Wildcats to a 13-2 record in 2017, leading Baker County to the Class 5A State title game. Baker County would lose to American Heritage 44-15 in the game. A season opening loss to St. Augustine...Read More
Congratulations to William M. Raines High School Quarterback Ivory Durham IV and Head Coach Deran Wiley for winning the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 4A Player and Coach of the year. Wiley and Durham IV led Raines to its second state championship, their first in exactly twenty years. The senior went 165 of 243 for 3,004...Read More
ORLANDO-Since the first day of practice back in August, the goal from day one for every team was to make it to the state championship game and compete for a state title. For two of those teams tonight, the dream will become a reality as the Class 4A state title is up for grabs tonight at...Read More
St. Johns Fl-It was evident from the moment Coach Darrel Sutherland saw his team at the beginning of fall practice, that this group of young men were special. Sutherland has had many great teams at Bartram Trail. There was the 2016 team that fell to Lee in the regional finals. The 2015 squad who couldn’t...Read More
WESTSIDE – Have you ever experienced small town ball in the big city? That’s exactly what Old Plank Christian Academy provided as they advanced to their first eight-man state title game in the programs history beating the Hernando Christian Academy Lions 26-12 at home Friday night. None the less, the rules for 8-man football are not...Read More
SEFFNER – For three quarters, St. Augustine went toe-to-toe with perennial state power Armwood before finally running out of gas in the fourth quarter. In the only statewide game featuring two undefeated teams; fans, players and coaches were treated to a thriller before Armwood put it away 30-6 with two late fourth quarter scores. Armwood...Read More
PENSACOLA – Seth Paige made his return trip to his hometown a memorable one to say the least. Paige, who attended middle school in Pensacola five years ago, accounted for four touchdowns and over 200 yards rushing in his first game back home leading visiting Baker County to a 48-28 win over host West Florida....Read More
Starke FL –Everyone knows the formula for having an elite championship team. You play elite offense, elite defense, and elite special teams in order to be a championship contender. The Raines Vikings have officially made their statement to the entire state, that they are indeed one of those elite teams. After a blow-out victory over...Read More
MACLENNY- Jamie Rodgers came back to Baker County for one thing and one thing only, to turn around a struggling program that had never been past the second round since opening in 1945. Rodgers, who graduated from Baker County in 1997 and spent several years later as the defensive coordinator, left Suwannee after guiding the...Read More
” Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things,” Psalm 107:8-9 reads. As we sit down to the table with our immediate family or our extended (football) family, let us give thanks for the...Read More