As we embark on another sports season, it’s important to reflect on the season that is concluding.
Our coverage of hoops isn’t completely over until next Tuesday, March 20, when the Alachua County & Marion County Basketball All-Star teams go head-to-head at Vanguard (Ocala). We will have ‘live’ radio coverage of the game on 92.1 FM & 1230 AM in Gainesville and 100.1 FM & 900 AM in Ocala.
Thanks to our partnership with The Rock and Eastside High School, plus tournaments in December and January, The Prep Zone will conclude its broadcast coverage for the Winter with a record 80 basketball broadcasts. To put things in perspective, we averaged 5.3 basketball broadcasts per week during our 15 weeks of coverage.
We began our spring broadcast schedule with ‘live’ and ‘archived’ video of Gainesville at Columbia (Lake City) softball – via the NFHS Network. The game, which featured nationally-ranked GHS against the team that eliminated them in last year’s Class 7A state semifinals, ended up going into extra innings, providing a great start to our regular season coverage.
Each week during the spring, two baseball and/or softball games will be broadcast on local radio and online. A minimum of 17 games will be broadcast, including the postseason (broadcast schedule listed below).
In addition to our ‘live’ sports broadcasts, tune in to our weekly high school show, “The Prep Zone,” featuring a different high school team every Monday from 7-8 p.m. at Sonic Drive-In of Gainesville, and every Wednesday from Sonic Drive-In of Ocala. Both shows air on The Goat FM (92.1 FM & 1230 AM in Gainesville and 100.1 FM & 900 AM in Ocala).
**For our Gainesville audience, tune in to ThePrepZone.com Sports Report presented by SunState Federal Credit Union every weekday morning around 7:50 a.m. on 106.9 FM in Gainesville. Those reports are archived here if you miss a report**
**For those in the Tri-County area, tune in to ThePrepZone.com Nature Coast Sports Report presented by SunState Federal Credit Union every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:28 a.m. and repeating at 5:28 p.m. on 93.1 FM & 940 AM in Chiefland/Trenton & 1240 AM in Cross City**
**Tune in to our weekly radio interviews talking high school sports on ThePrepZone.com Sports Report presented by SunState Federal Credit Union on WRUF-98.1 FM & 850 AM in Gainesville every Thursday at 4 p.m. on “The Tailgate” with Jeff Cardozo, Pat Dooley & Zach Abolverdi
2018 Spring Broadcast Schedule
Tuesday, March 20 – Alachua County vs. Marion County All-Star BKB Game, 7 p.m.^
Thursday, March 22 – Columbia (Lake City) at Gainesville High Softball, 7 p.m.*
Monday, March 26 – Columbia (Lake City) at Trenton Softball, 7 p.m. (Audio only)
Tuesday, March 27 – Trinity Catholic (Ocala) at Trenton Baseball, 7 p.m.^
Friday, March 30 – Belleview at North Marion (Citra) Baseball, 6:30 p.m.*
Tuesday, April 3 – Eastside (Gainesville) at North Marion (Citra) Baseball, 6:30 p.m.^
Friday, April 6 – Chiefland at Trenton Softball, 7 p.m. (Audio only)
Tuesday, April 10 – Forest (Ocala) at Buchholz (Gainesville) Baseball, 6:30 p.m.^
Friday, April 13 – Trenton at GHS Baseball*
Thursday, April 19 – GHS at Buchholz (Gainesville) Baseball, 7 p.m.^
Friday, April 20 – Buchholz at GHS Baseball, 7 p.m.*
Tuesday, April 24 – GHS at Forest (Ocala), 4:30 p.m. (at College of Central Florida)^
Thursday, April 26 – Class 7A-District 3 Softball Championship Game, 7 p.m.*
Tuesday, May 8 – High School Baseball state playoffs, 7 p.m.^
Wednesday, May 9 – High School Baseball state playoffs, 7 p.m.^
Tuesday, May 15 – High School Baseball state playoffs, 7 p.m.^
Tuesday, May 22 – High School Baseball Region Finals (5A-9A), 7 p.m.^
*Video (Via the NFHS Network)
^Radio (92.1 FM & 1230 AM Gainesville and 100.1 FM & 900 AM Ocala) & audio online
Broadcast schedule subject to change
