They said they wouldn’t beat Trinity, but they did. They said they wouldn’t beat Bolles, but they did. Two weeks into the pre-season, Lee has already defied a lot of odds against them and is using that as ammo for the remainder of the season. Doubt this team and see what happens, should be the...Read More
It was an overcast spring evening at the graveyard when Raines last suited up to play an exhibition football game. The opponent was private school powerhouse Trinity Christian, the defending Class 3A State Champions. It was a performance that the Vikings quickly wanted to forget. After just one half of play the game was called...Read More
The season is 11 days away with kickoff classic just less than two weeks away. Here is the list of area kickoff classics taking place on Aug 18-19. Kickoff Classics Missing: Christ’s Church, Harvest All Games 7pm (subject to change) Aug. 18 Ribault- 20 at Atlantic Coast-0 Fletcher -24 at Ed White-0 Sandalwood -14 at...Read More
Minutes before kickoff both Fletcher and Ed White gathered at their respective 40 yard lines at Johnny Gwynes Jr. Field to pay tribute to longtime Ed White athletic director John Gwynes whom the field was being named after. That’s about as gracious as Fletcher would get as the visiting Senators whipped the host Ed White Commanders...Read More
The 2016 season is almost here, but football is back in full swing. A full slate of games is set this Thursday and Friday with five area contests kicking off Thursday night. The action and rundown is below. Sandalwood vs First Coast Sandalwood ran the ball at will against First coast Thursday night. Yet...Read More
For nearly 20 years, the names Corky Rogers and Wayne Berger were synonymous names along the sidelines at Lee. On Friday night, the two will make their first trip back to the Backyard since Oct. 17, 2003 when Bolles travels to Lee at 7 p.m. in the annual Kickoff Classic. “I love the people there,”...Read More
Here is the first Associated Press Florida high school football rankings for the 2016 season. Ranking is followed by first-place votes in parentheses, records, rating points and previous ranking. CLASS 8A 1. Apopka (3), 0-0, 105, N/A 2. Flanagan (8), 10-0, 02, N/A 3. Columbus, 0-0, 78, N/A 4. Deerfield Beach, 0-0, 68, N/A...Read More
here have been a couple changes to the Thursday night Kickoff Classic football lineup. Most notable is the cancellation of the Eagles View at Florida Deaf game due to not enough players for the Dragons. Fleming Island moved its game with Westside to Friday night leaving only just a handful of games Thursday night. Thursday...Read More
In scrimmage action at Trinity Christian, Ponte Vedra defeated Ed White 19-17 before the weather became intolerable. Check out our coverage of this game below. Ponte Vedra huddled up on the sideline @DuvalSports pic.twitter.com/ITiZfI4VWQ — Corey Davis (@ByCoreyDavis) August 13, 2016 Ponte Vedra on the move against Ed White late in the first quarter. @DuvalSports...Read More
Trinity( Westside)- What was simply a preseason scrimmage between to area teams in preparation for the regular season, quickly turned into something more when one of those teams showed everyone in attendance that they could play with the champs. The Lee Generals, and head coach OJ Smalls took on Verlon Dorminey and the Trinity Christian...Read More