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high school basketball
31
Jan
2021

Girls Basketball: Final Regular Season Rankings

Last rankings of the regular season before district play begins next week.  I have gotten the chance to see a lot of games between some really good teams this year.  It has made my job very difficult in picking the top ten teams throughout the season.  I won’t complain though, because this is a good...
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15
Jan
2021

It’s Raines Versus Ribault For the Championship!

The championship game of the Gateway Conference Tournament will feature a rematch of last year’s game between defending champions Raines and Ribault. These two school are old rivals and have had some classic battles in the past. Raines won their earlier match up this season 62-49.  Ribault was coming off of quarantine and hadn’t played or practiced...
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13
Jan
2021

Jackson Pushes Past Bishop Snyder In Top Ranked Showdown

Bishop Snyder- The iron was unkind for both teams early on in Tuesday night’s top ranked matchup between Andrew Jackson(#2 in Duval Sports Rankings) and Bishop Snyder (#4 in Duval Sports Rankings), as both teams struggled to hit shots. This came as no surprise with both teams thriving off of defense this season. Early contested...
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12
Jan
2021

Fletcher and Sandalwood Tip Off Girls Gateway Tourney With Wins

Sandalwood HS- The Gateway Conference Tournament started on Monday night at Sandalwood High School with first round matchups: Fletcher vs. Lee and Sandalwood vs Atlantic Coast. Fletcher remains undefeated as they beat an undermanned Lee squad 43-30. Noticeably absent from Lee’s line-up was Sophomore Yakiya Milton who leads the team in scoring, rebounds and blocks averaging 10, 10...
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10
Jan
2021

2020-2021 High School Boys Basketball Midseason Rankings

The Holiday tournaments have concluded and we’re into the Martin Luther King Jr tournaments, which means it’s the half way point of the 2020-2021 regular season. We’ve learned a lot since the beginning of the season, but will learn even more down the stretch and during the conference tournaments. Check out our midseason rankings as...
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05
Jan
2021

Flowers Nails Free Throws In OT Lifting Ribault Over Bishop Kenny

Bishop Kenny HS- Senior forward Lovie Flowers scored the last 4 points of overtime, including the game deciding free throws Monday night, as Ribault (9-3) defeated (8-6) Bishop Kenny 51-50. Flowers stepped in brilliantly after starters Kendra Williams and Nigeria Harkless both fouled out late in the game. Depth and experience led the way for...
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11
Dec
2020

Episcopal Hangs On To Defeat Atlantic Coast

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Episcopal School of Jacksonville Eagles (5-1) held on to defeat the Atlantic Coast Stingrays (3-3) in an exciting game that went down to the wire. Episcopal would come out with a 51-49 win in the final game of day one in the Fortegra 9-12 Basketball Tournament. Mark Flakus (Eagles), junior SG,...
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08
Dec
2020

Scott Leads Oakleaf To Big Win Over Orange Park

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Oakleaf Knights (6-0) defeated the Orange Park Raiders (3-1) on the road 67-25. Taliah Scott, Oakleaf’s sophomore PG, lead all scorers with 43 points. She hit five threes and went 14/15 from the charity stripe. Post Game Interview with @ErisLester of @OrangePark_GBB @DuvalSports pic.twitter.com/i5u9naQ7T1— Tee Green (@Baby_Baller98) December 9, 2020 Post...
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08
Dec
2020

Courtside With Coach: A Triple Threat at Oakleaf Leads Them Over Mandarin

Oakleaf had another impressive showing against a good Mandarin team 87-58 on Friday.  They remain undefeated early in the season. The toughest part of their schedule is coming up as they face Bishop Kenny, Terry Parker, Nease and Jackson all in January. Mandarin’s Jayla Thompson did all she could to keep her team close scoring 25...
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04
Dec
2020

Courtside With Coach: Florida High And Raines Trade Buckets Till The End

Jacksonville FL- If you weren’t in the gym to see the Raines Lady Vikings take on Florida High, you missed a heck of a game. Florida High came out with the 63 – 54 win over Raines. The action was back and forth as the lead changed several times. Raines nor FSU could pull away as...
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