Nease continues to remain at the top of the Fab Five girls basketball rankings for the fifth straight week, but Bishop Kenny remains close after winning the St. Pius Holiday Tournament over the weekend. 1 Nease (13-1) Last ranking: 1 Last week: def. Loyola Academy (IL) 60-52, def. Rogers (OH) 56-44, fell to Aquinas 64-62...Read More

RIBAULT – The First Coast Buccaneers breezed into Austin Wilkes gymnasium on Saturday evening extinguishing Raines fire and expectations of a win. First Coast would defeat the Raines Vikings 62-49 capturing the 2018 Northwest Classic Christmas Tournament Championship . Florida State University commit Naseem Khaalid earned the tournament championship MVP award when he put up...Read More

RIBAULT – Sure it may be uncharacteristically hot for late December in Florida, but the near 80 degree temperatures outside was nothing compared to the shooting inferno between the Raines Lady Vikings and the Ribault Lady Trojans Saturday night in the 2018 Basketball Northwest Classic. Yet before their barn burner championship game, both teams had...Read More

For the fourth straight week, Providence remains the top team in the Fab Five boys basketball rankings after another dominating week.   Fab Five Week 4 rankings  1 Providence (10-1) Last ranking: 1 Last week: def. Ponte Vedra 77-33, Rockledge 56-47, Central Florida Christian 52-40 Next: Battle at the Villages (Dec 27-30) Note: Stallions are...Read More

Nease continues to remain at the top of the Fab Five girls basketball rankings for the fourth straight week, but Bishop Kenny is inching closer to them after winning the Battle of the Island Tournament over the weekend. 1 Nease (11-0) Last ranking: 1 Last week: def. Bishop Moore 69-18 Next: Naples Holiday Shootout (Dec...Read More

WOLFSON – With 42 seconds remaining in the game and Sandalwood trailing 49-48, Caitlin McGee grabbed the defensive rebound and took it coast-to-coast for the go-ahead layup giving the Lady Saints a 50-49 lead allowing Sandalwood to upset #15 ranked Miami Norland 52-49 at Wolfson Friday night. Sandalwood takes the 50-49 lead over Miami Norland with...Read More

The boys are not the only ones participating in holiday basketball tournaments, here is a rundown of local girls basketball holiday tournaments. Keep checking for updates.   Jarvis Williams Classic at Palatka Dec 27 Teams: Fleming Island, Orange Park, Palatka, University Christian Game 1: Game 2: Game 3: Game 4: Clay Holiday Classic Dec 27...Read More

EPISCOPAL – Providence sealed its spot as the best team in North Florida sweeping First Coast, Bolles and then Bishop Kenny in the title game Saturday at Episcopal to win the Inaugural Fortegra High School 9:12 Invitational title. Ahren Freeman, led the Stallions to the title averaging 21 points a game over the three days...Read More

Providence boys and Nease girls continue to hold down the top spot in the second week of the Fab 5 basketball polls of the year. Both look prime for runs to Lakeland, as do Palatka and Middleburg. BOYS BASKETBALL 1 Providence (7-1) Last ranking: 1 Last week: def. First Coast 70-44, def. Bolles 62-34, def....Read More

Providence boys and Nease girls continue to hold down the top spot in the second week of the Fab 5 basketball polls of the year. Both look prime for runs to Lakeland, as do Palatka and Middleburg. GIRLS BASKETBALL 1 Nease (10-0) Last ranking: 1 Last week: def. Englewood 79-3, def. Middleburg 77-37 Next: Bishop...Read More