The race for the District 3-7A title race is up for grabs and will be a battle all season long between Bartram Trail, Fleming Island, Creekside, Oakleaf and Buchholz. Every team has had to replace several key starters meaning there isn’t a clear cut favorite this season. Bartram Trail has all the history and momentum on its side after advancing...Read More
Area teams are well represented in the pre-season Florida High School football rankings released by the Associated Press and FloridaHSFootball yesterday. No surprise defending state champion Raines tops the Class 4A rankings in both polls, the Vikings open their season Friday at home against No. 8 Lee in the Graveyard. University Christian (1-0) fresh off...Read More
Like it has the last three years, the race for the District 2-7A title will run through the annual Lee and Columbia winner. The annual meeting will take place Sept. 21 in Lake City. That’s not to say Fletcher, First Coast and Atlantic Coast won’t have a say so in the race, just come November we expect those two...Read More
The First Coast High School volleyball team has dealt with challenging opponents after being classified in Class 8A and Class 7A the past years. Some of their toughest opponents in the district include Fletcher and Atlantic Coast, according to First Coast head coach Kayla Solon. Assistant Coach Shelby Kelley says, “We prepare our defense for the...Read More
JACKSONVILLE -Football is finally here as the season unofficially kicks off tonight with the annual Kickoff Classics. Action starts tonight with games featuring Sandalwood at First Coast, Ed White at Matanzas and a three-team jamboree at Christ’s Church featuring Maclay and Hilliard. On Friday, the lineup features Baker County at Baldwin, St. Augustine at Clay, Oakleaf at Fletcher, Bartram Trail...Read More
No matter the year, or the situation, when teams prepare for the upcoming district season, all roads annually lead to St. Augustine. Despite heavy losses on both sides, the Yellow Jackets are still prohibited favorites to take home the District 4-6A title again. Nease, White and Middleburg have threatened the hold but come up short in...Read More
As the season begins in a week the road to Orlando is a curvy and windy road full of unknown paths and trails. Among those paths is the battle for the district title, specifically the District 5-5A title. The inaugural playoff system did what it was set up to do, by selecting Baker County, Clay and Menendez last season....Read More
Judging by the results on the field the first year of the new playoff system went fairly well. As Bolles, Trinity Christian and Ponte Vedra all made the playoffs, with Trinity moving on to the third round of the playoffs. Bishop Kenny would beg the differ after being left out, but in the old system only...Read More
For the last two years, Ribault has walked off the field hoisting the district trophy and with it the automatic bid to the playoffs, that could change this season. Ribault lost 25 seniors off last years run and will look to several young guys to try to bring home its third straight district title. Which opens the door for Yulee...Read More
Last year was a historic one for both Raines and West Nassau, the two will look to capitalize on that even more this season. For Raines winning its second overalls state title its first since 1997, has put the Vikings in the position to become the first are public school team to win back-to-back state title. The Vikings graduated a lot...Read More