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JACKSONVILLE-After a 30-0 victory over Fletcher by Mathew Gilbert in the first week of the season, not many expected these two teams to see each other at the end of the season playing for the Duval County Middle School Championship. Well, not many except the coaches from Gilbert and the coaches from Fletcher that is. These two Duval County middle school powerhouses have the utmost respect for one another, so when they...Read More

JACKSONVILLE-Revenge is a dish best served cold. So fittingly Matthew Gilbert would saved one of their finest performances of the season for the coldest night of the season, against the team that knocked them out of the playoffs a year ago and ended their record 71 game winning streak. The Panthers remembered their first round defeat at the hands of Twin Lakes Timberwolves last year and looked to avenge that...Read More

SANDALWOOD-Not one, not two, but three, count em, three titles in three years for the Mathew Gilbert Panthers. Their third came tonight as they defeated the Twin Lakes Wolves to become the 2017 Duval County boys basketball middle school champions. The Panthers were led by Nyron Waters #3 who had a game high 22 points in the game. He slashed to the basket making layups and was just too fast...Read More

SANDALWOOD-When the sixth graders from Highlands missed out on playing for a championship two years ago they didn’t lose focus of their goal. Instead they took it out on the competition by winning the 2016 city championship. But why stop there when you are one of the finest middle school girls basketball teams ever to be assembled? Why not go for two championships? Well Saturday night they went for it...Read More

JULINGTON CREEK-With his team trailing 14-0 in the biggest game of the year, Switzerland Point turned to its go-to guy in tailback Aaron Jones and he delivered. Jones (231 yards on 24 carries) responded with two second half touchdowns, including the game winner with 2:10 remaining to help No. 3 Switzerland Point (7-2) stun No. 4 Landrum (7-2) 21-14 Thursday in the St. Johns Middle School Athletic Association title game at Plantation Park. His efforts were needed after Landrum...Read More