The school athletic season is over in Northeast Florida, but there are plenty of honors and accolades to acknowledge. The best and brightest in boys basketball shined all the way to Lakeland with several teams making it to the Final 4 and even to the championship game. Isiah Adams pictured with Head Coach Toby Frazier...Read More

The 2018-2019 girls basketball season could be described in one single word, “parity”.Just like in college, the days of seeing U-Conn rule the women’s game and hoist the national championship trophy every year are long gone; so are the days of seeing Ribault dominate the area every year.There are newcomers now who look to step...Read More

Congratulations to Nease’s Camille Hobby on being selected as the Florida Dairy Farmer’s Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Miss Basketball is indeed a tremendous honor and Hobby is indeed deserving of it.Hobby was named the Class 7A player of the year, averaging 18.2 p.p.g, and 10.4 r.p.g for the State Runner Up Nease Panthers....Read More

Lakeland- Andrew Jackson was a team appearing it’s first state title game in 26 years. University was appearing in it’s second title game in consecutive years. So the route to the Class 5A State championship was a familiar one for the Sharks from Ft. Lauterdale. While the route for the Tigers from Jacksonville would be unfamiliar...Read More

Lakeland- Possessing intestinal fortitude in basketball usually describes a team or a player’s endurance through pain and adversity on the court. However for the Jackson Tigers, the popular euphemism meant a lot more when their captain and leading scorer Joshua Knox fell ill before the biggest game of his life. Great hustle by Josh Knox...Read More

In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson was our president, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was marching in Selma, and one of the greatest musicals of all time, (Sound of Music) had just come out in theaters. Well 1965 was also the last time that the Paxon High School boys basketball team made the Final Four....Read More

Since the first day of tryouts, many have dreams and aspirations of getting to Lakeland but only a few are actually able to make it to the Final Four.With University Christian and North Florida Educational Institute having already punched their tickets last Tuesday, Paxon, Jackson and Fleming Island, Columbia and Palatka were looking to join...Read More

” I cant lose” is something everyone tells themselves on the basketball court; yet at some point in the game you have to prove this to you’re opponent. Well in the Class 5A Regional Semifinals, Jackson would prove this by halftime, building a 14-point lead and eventually engulfing Bolles in a 32-point inferno of defense...Read More

After a 26 year absence , Bishop Kenny will make an appearance in the State Championship Final Four. Less than two weeks ago Coach Charlsea Clark expressed to Duval Sports , “I want to get the girls to the Final Four, one game at a time”. Dreams are possible when you are willing to work...Read More

At 27-1 the Nease Panthers girls basketball team have been the best the area has seen all year. They took down Sandalwood by 16 points, Bartram Trail by 42 points, and along the way defeated state power Tampa Bay Tech. All of these teams have either made deep playoff runs or as in the case...Read More