We don’t want to jinx it, but our last four high school football ‘radio’ broadcasts from Citizen’s Field have been decided with 18 seconds to play (this past Friday for GHS/North Marion), two minutes to play (Buchholz-Oakleaf), 17 seconds (Santa Fe-Eastside), and 18 seconds to play (Buchholz-Columbia). We’ve got Thursday & Friday night football games from Citizen’s Field on radio this week and they’re both district games.
But in addition to radio, we’ll have ‘live’ video of the ‘Battle for the Westside’ between Oak Hall & St. Francis Catholic Academy on Friday night. We kick off our coverage of that on Wednesday as former Oak Hall football coach & current St. Francis Catholic coach Scott McDaniel, along with members of the St. Francis Catholic football team, will join us at Sonic to talk about the big game.
Here is what is coming up this week on ThePrepZone.com for the week of September 26:
Wednesday, 7-8 p.m. – “The Prep Zone”
High school show broadcast ‘live’ from Sonic on 39th Avenue in Gainesville
‘Live’ and ‘archived’ audio available online at www.floridacast.com & www.theprepzone.com
Join Mike Ridaught & Marty Pallman as they talk high school sports from Sonic of Gainesville. Their guests for this episode include: St. Francis Catholic Academy (Gainesville) coach Scott McDaniel and members of the Wolves’ football team.
Thursday, 7 p.m. – High School Football
North Marion (Citra) at Eastside (Gainesville)
Radio: AM-1230 Gainesville, and FM-100.1 & AM-900 in Ocala
‘Live’ and ‘archived’ audio available online at www.theprepzone.com & www.floridacast.com
Join Marty Pallman (Play-by-play) and Darrin Johnson (Color) for this Marion County vs. Alachua County showdown and battle for a likely playoff spot in Class 5A-District 5.
Friday, 6:45 p.m. – High School Football
St. Francis Catholic Academy (Gainesville) at Oak Hall (Gainesville)
‘Live’ and ‘archived’ VIDEO available online at www.theprepzone.com
Join Jonathan Acosta (Play-by-play), Will Benner (Color) & Joseph Hastings (Videographer) for this North Florida Football Conference rivalry game. The visiting Wolves, under former coach Scott McDaniel, look to knock off the unbeaten Eagles.
Friday, 7 p.m. – High School Football
Forest (Ocala) at Gainesville
Radio: AM-1230 Gainesville, and FM-100.1 & AM-900 in Ocala
‘Live’ and ‘archived’ audio available online at www.theprepzone.com & www.floridacast.com
Join Marty Pallman (Play-by-play) and TBD (Color) for this Marion County vs. Alachua County showdown between 6A-District 5 foes. Both teams are unbeaten in league play.
Friday, 7 p.m. – High School Football
Forest (Ocala) at Gainesville
Radio: 104.9 FM Gainesville
‘Live’ and ‘archived’ audio available online at www.theprepzone.com & www.floridacast.com
Join Mike Ridaught (Play-by-play) and George Koziara (Color) for this Marion County vs. Alachua County showdown between 6A-District 5 foes. Both teams are unbeaten in league play.