At 27-1 the Nease Panthers girls basketball team have been the best the area has seen all year. They took down Sandalwood by 16 points, Bartram Trail by 42 points, and along the way defeated state power Tampa Bay Tech. All of these teams have either made deep playoff runs or as in the case...Read More

Northside- Fleming Island learned that a slow start can impact a win or a loss in a big game. In the district championship, the Eagles lost to the Oakleaf Knights after beating them twice during the regular season. On Thursday evening in the boys regional quarterfinals, it appeared as if history was going to repeat itself...Read More

SOUTHSIDE – The Bishop Kenny Lady Crusaders pulled off a colossal 67-16 win Thursday night over visiting Ridgeview in the Class 6A Regional Quarterfinals. After the successful win Crusaders head coach Charlsea Clark stated, “Our team met their defensive goals by pressing the man and zone defenses. We also met our scoring goal of 65.”...Read More

WESTSIDE – Senior Fable Burden lead all scorers with 16 points as his Impact Christian Lions made short work of the Beaches Chapel Lions 80-23 in the District 2-2A title game Friday night at First Coast Christian. Burden lifted the burden from his team early on by scoring 8 first quarter points, including two three-pointers....Read More

SOUTHSIDE – Keith Stroud has coached a lot of women under the University Christian umbrella. With over 30 years of experience, even he thought that the 2018-2019 edition of the University Christian girls basketball team was young and in need of about one more year of experience before making some real noise in the playoffs....Read More

The Road to Lakeland begins for area boys basketball teams as they take the first step towards securing a spot in the RP Funding Center. To get there teams must first finish in the top two of their district tournament and then win three playoff games. Step one begins this week with area district tournaments...Read More

Southside– Senior Center Ahren Freeman scored 23 points, including two clutch free throws down the stretch to lead the Providence Stallions over the Jackson Tigers 49-47 in prime time Friday night basketball action. Providence and Jackson both came into the game red hot. Jackson fresh off their Gateway Conference Championship victory over First Coast. Providence,...Read More

Victories are great, but great victories turn into monumental ones the second time around. Andrew Jackson proved that a Tiger could not change its stripes because a Tiger can only be a Tiger each day of the week. This is exactly what the team epitomized at the Gateway Conference Championship as the territorial Tigers defeated...Read More

ORANGE PARK – One quick look around the Panthers Den and you will see banners hanging from the rafters or walls representing district or conference championships won in football, baseball, softball, track, cross country, tennis, boys soccer, girls soccer, wrestling, volleyball and boys basketball; however one notable sport has always been missing – until now....Read More

ARLINGTON – Terry Parker (14-6) bravely exhibited their tomahawk force to defeat the Fernandina Beach Lady Pirates 60-44 on Thursday evening. Parker would begin the season off to a rough start due to key player Adonne Tillman’s absence whom underwent surgery early on during the season. Braves head coach Rene Howell exclaimed , “The girls...Read More