November 21st, 6:00pm – Join host Mike Ridaught and co-host Marty Pallman along with their special guests, Willie Powers, PK Yonge girls’ basketball coach, and members of the Lady Blue Wave team (TBA). Plus, we’ll release our new football Prep Zone Power Poll, discuss the weekly football picks & state playoffs, recap our Sonic Player-of-the-Game & announce our Trophy Shop Athlete-of-the-Week Presented by Mark McGriff State Farm Insurance of Gainesville.
Guests: PK Yonge Girls’ Basketball
- Coach: Willie Powers
- Athletes: Aarial Fort, Shayla Burton, Kiara Mallory, Ashley Johnson, Auryn Johnson, Kailya Jackson
Trophy Shop Athlete-of-the-Week Presented by State Farm agent Mark McGriff
- November 11 is Hannah Burns of the Columbia (Lake City) girls’ swim team. Burns won her third state title in three years with an automatic All-American time of 2:00.95 in the 200-yard individual medley at the FHSAA Swimming & Diving Finals. The junior also placed second in the 500 freestyle with a career-best and automatic All-American time of 4:48.99. She helped lead Columbia to a ninth-place mark at state, which was its best finish in more than 10 years.
Sonic Player-of-the-Game
- Friday, November 15, was Tony James of the Gainesville football team. The Oregon commit rushed for 135 yards on 19 carries to help lead the Hurricanes to a 17-14 win over Sunlake (Land O’ Lakes) in the Class 6A-Region 2 Quarterfinals. But it was his 65-yard game-tying kickoff return for a touchdown late in the game that helped give the ‘Canes (9-2) the momentum they would need to rally for the game’s final 10 points with less than two minutes to play.
