Category Archives: Sports
The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week – Lain Shahboz (P.K. Yonge)
The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week for the week of November 4 is LAIN SHAHBOZ* of the P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) girls’ swim team. *The University of Florida signee won a second consecutive state title in the 100-backstroke and helped…
Three Alachua County, three Marion County teams left in FHSAA Football playoffs
We started with just four Alachua County teams last week and one has been eliminated (St. Francis Catholic Academy). Newberry is at home in Class 1A against Chiefland. Last year, Newberry was the only Alachua County team to not make…
Chiefland at Newberry – 1A Region 4 Semifinal Football
Friday, November 4 – High School Football Playoffs, – Chiefland at Newberry Join Mike Ridaught (Play-by-play), Tyler TenBieg (Color), and videographer Conlan Birdsall for this Class 1A-Region 4 Semifinal between the Indians and the Panthers in the second round of…
The Prep Zone Power Poll powered by Anytime Fitness of Gainesville – 2019 Football Poll #13
Bartram Trail (St. Johns) remains atop all-classification regional rankings after opening round FHSAA playoff shutout; Eight teams in top 20 see their seasons end GAINESVILLE — The high school football playoffs opened last week and the term win or go…
Joe Pinkos’ 2019 Regional Semifinals Playoff Forecast
JOE PINKOS POWER RATINGS Florida High School Football 2019 PLAYOFF FORECAST – Week #2 (Area teams in bold) Joe Pinkos’ Power Ratings are calculated by a formula based on strength of opposition and margin of victory with greater weight given…
Eastside boys’ soccer ‘different’ in 2019-20
By Declan Walsh Twitter – @dawalsh_UF GAINESVILLE – Change is in the air at Eastside High School, as the Rams boys’ soccer team enter the season as a markedly different squad than the 13-win regional semifinalists of last year. First-year…
Sonic Drive-In Player-of-the-Game for Nov. 8 – Cole Gonzales (Oak Hall)
The Sonic Drive-In Player-of-the-Game for Friday, Nov. 8, was Cole Gonzales of the Oak Hall School (Gainesville) football team. Gonzales accounted for five TDs as the Eagles defeated rival St. Francis Catholic Academy, 47-0, in a Class 2A-Region 2 Quarterfinal…
The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week – Austin Montini (Oak Hall)
The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week for the week of October 28 is AUSTIN MONTINI* of the Oak Hall School (Gainesville) cross country team. *The junior won his second regional title with a time of 16:24.77. He helped lead…