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
Southside- The Cuba Hunter Center would be the venue to decide the champions of Jacksonville, as the title holders of two leagues would go head to head in basketball battle. The Jax PAL league boasted three teams including the 10U Jax Pal Comets, 12U Jax Pal Comets, and the 14U Julian Woods Elite. Representing the Jacksonville...Read More
Westside-Trinity Christian Academy hosted the 2019 Ben Watkins Tournament of Champions this past weekend, and a few of the best teams in the state of Florida came to Jacksonville to take on the #1 team in many of the local media’s weekly polls. Trinity hosted perennial state contenders Trinity Catholic of Class 4A, District 3;...Read More
Southside-Coach Davis’ speech to his Atlantic Coast Stingrays was a simple one, “despite our record, we are still a good ball team, records don’t always reflect that, this ball club can beat anybody in this tournament and beyond”. His team bought into his speech and was able to capture a big 5-0 win over the...Read More
Traveling so much to start the season has not hurt TCA Conquerors Varsity Baseball in the least bit. After a preseason pair of games in Plant City a week before, the Conquerors have traveled to LaGrange in Georgia for four games and then to single games in three Florida cities: Ponte Vedre, Ocala, and Green...Read More
OCALA – St. Johns Country Day School senior forward Kamy Loustau and head coach Mike Pickett were selected the Class 1A Player and Coach of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers.Both are in the running now for the Miss Soccer and Coach of the Year Award, which will be announced after a final round...Read More
Highlands Middle School head coach Eddie Verrett has quite a legacy to live up to, filling the shoes of his predecessor Coach Carter, now the Athletic Director at Raines High School. The Highlands girls basketball program was one of the top, if not the top, girls program in the city of Jacksonville for years, and...Read More
NORTHSIDE – Taking on teams through out the North, South, East and West of Jacksonville, Kirby Smith would prove to the city that there are 59 reasons why they deserved to be crowned the 2018-2019 Boys Middle School Champions. After a third visit to the championship, the Comets would prevail over Stilwell on Wednesday night...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