National Signing Day came and went with lots of local kids realizing their dreams of the opportunity of playing collegiate football. For the Colleges and Universities in the southeast, many of them tapped into the talent of Northeast Florida to power their programs. We saw some big surprises on signing day, and none bigger was...Read More
GAINESVILLE-The Florida High School Athletic Association held their football advisory committee meeting today at the FHSAA office in Gainesville. None of the agenda items were immediately passed as they still have to be approved in a January 10 Athletic Directors meeting; however not getting through this initial phase likely eliminates them from passing on. Eleven...Read More
GAINESVILLE FL – The Florida Dairy Farmers Association has named their Florida Mr. Football of 2017. The annual award is given to one outstanding high school football player that was the leading vote-getter in his classification for the Player of the Year honors. Northeast Florida has had six former Mr. Football honorees including, 2016 – Nick...Read More
ORLANDO-For the first time in ten years, the Sunshine State Conference has a repeat winner, as Bradenton St. Stephens defended its conference title with a 49-21 win Nov 18 over Windermere Prep. The previous nine winners were all first time winners and the Falcons capped a undefeated season to win their second straight conference title....Read More
GAINESVILLE-North Florida Football Conference wrapped up its seventh year this fall with a first time winner. After back-to-back losses in the 2015 and 2016 title games, John Paul finally won their first conference title with a 14-12 win over St. Francis. Here is the 2017 North Florida Football All-Conference teams as selected by all nine...Read More
Ridgeview High School-The 4th annual North Florida Football Coaches Association Senior Bowl concluded Saturday with the West squad defeating the East squad 41-35. The West improved their record to 3-1 in the annual contest. The game was the highest scoring in the history of the contest, and featured lots of plays by several local High...Read More
Congratulations to Coach Jamie Rogers, the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 5A Coach of the Year! Rogers led the Baker County Wildcats to a 13-2 record in 2017, leading Baker County to the Class 5A State title game. Baker County would lose to American Heritage 44-15 in the game. A season opening loss to St. Augustine...Read More
Congratulations to William M. Raines High School Quarterback Ivory Durham IV and Head Coach Deran Wiley for winning the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 4A Player and Coach of the year. Wiley and Durham IV led Raines to its second state championship, their first in exactly twenty years. The senior went 165 of 243 for 3,004...Read More
ORLANDO-Since the first day of practice back in August, the goal from day one for every team was to make it to the state championship game and compete for a state title. For two of those teams tonight, the dream will become a reality as the Class 4A state title is up for grabs tonight at...Read More
St. Johns Fl-It was evident from the moment Coach Darrel Sutherland saw his team at the beginning of fall practice, that this group of young men were special. Sutherland has had many great teams at Bartram Trail. There was the 2016 team that fell to Lee in the regional finals. The 2015 squad who couldn’t...Read More