Some of the top rivalries in the area will meet in the season opener this Friday. From Palm Coast to Ponte Vedra in other small communities in between, rivalries are what make high school football so much fun. Here is a run down of some of the top rivalries being played this week; including Ed...Read More
JACKSONVILLE – While Oakleaf and University Christian both get ready to open their season this week, the rest of the area will get to fine tune things before starting their season next week. Kickoff Classics begin Thursday with Lee at Bolles, Matanzas at Ed White, Atlantic Coast at Ribault and First Coast at Sandalwood; before the rest continue...Read More
MACLENNY-Four weeks ago, Clay left Memorial Stadium with a 28-14 loss and no answer for stopping the Baker County ground attack that accumulated over 250 yards on the ground. Fast forward four weeks later, they were well prepared for it in a Clay 48-14 win last night at Memorial Stadium. Clay defensive coordinator Jay Stilianou made it...Read More
MACLENNY-Four weeks ago, Clay traveled to Maclenny to take on the Baker County Wildcats for the District 5-5A title. They left without a trophy and having to win on the road in the playoffs if they wanted a rematch. They got it. Both Baker County and Clay won setting up Round 2 winner take all meeting...Read More
MACLENNY-After five straight weeks of running clocks and shortened games, everybody was curious how Baker County would respond with a close fourth quarter game. They responded well holding off visiting Clay 28-14 at Memorial Stadium last night to win the programs eighth overall district title since 1945. About the only one who wasn’t concerned at all about it was Baker...Read More
Oakleaf High School – Keshawn King ran for three touchdowns and caught another as the Oakleaf Knights ran away with their game against the Clay Blue Devils. Clay scored first thanks to a Jaylan Jenkins touchdown pass to Ajay Belanger. The extra point was blocked and the score was 6-0 early. Yet King would respond...Read More
GREEN COVE SPRINGS-All week long Clay head coach Josh Hoekstra had a funny feeling about his game with rival Orange Park Friday night. Fortunately for him and his Blue Devils football team they had just enough left in the tank to hold off the Raiders 35-27 at C.B Bowles Stadium in the District 5-5A opener for both teams. A...Read More
While Hurricane Hermine departed the coast of Florida Friday afternoon, lots of games began to take shape after being rescheduled from Friday evening. Saturday was the next best thing for some teams, and the programs competed under the Saturday Sun instead of the Friday Night Lights. Here’s a Rundown .. Episcopal -41 vs North Florida...Read More
It’s the weekend and you are trying to figure out where to go Friday night, look no further then the list of games for Week 2 to see. Mother Nature may play a huge part in whether or not games are played this weekend. One game was already moved to Saturday to avoid the bad...Read More
Despite losing to Cocoa on ESPN, Trinity Christian remains the No. 1 in Class 3A, joining arch-rival University Christian as the top ranked area teams in the AP football poll this week. Joining those two are area teams Bartram Trail, Columbia, Clay, Ribault, Sandalwood and Mandarin plus many others. The Associated Press Top 10 Florida high school football poll, with...Read More
