Lakeland- Possessing intestinal fortitude in basketball usually describes a team or a player’s endurance through pain and adversity on the court. However for the Jackson Tigers, the popular euphemism meant a lot more when their captain and leading scorer Joshua Knox fell ill before the biggest game of his life. Great hustle by Josh Knox...Read More

In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson was our president, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was marching in Selma, and one of the greatest musicals of all time, (Sound of Music) had just come out in theaters. Well 1965 was also the last time that the Paxon High School boys basketball team made the Final Four....Read More

Since the first day of tryouts, many have dreams and aspirations of getting to Lakeland but only a few are actually able to make it to the Final Four. With University Christian and North Florida Educational Institute having already punched their tickets last Tuesday, Paxon, Jackson and Fleming Island, Columbia and Palatka were looking to...Read More

” I cant lose” is something everyone tells themselves on the basketball court; yet at some point in the game you have to prove this to you’re opponent. Well in the Class 5A Regional Semifinals, Jackson would prove this by halftime, building a 14-point lead and eventually engulfing Bolles in a 32-point inferno of defense...Read More

After a 26 year absence , Bishop Kenny will make an appearance in the State Championship Final Four. Less than two weeks ago Coach Charlsea Clark expressed to Duval Sports , “I want to get the girls to the Final Four, one game at a time”. Dreams are possible when you are willing to work...Read More

At 27-1 the Nease Panthers girls basketball team have been the best the area has seen all year. They took down Sandalwood by 16 points, Bartram Trail by 42 points, and along the way defeated state power Tampa Bay Tech. All of these teams have either made deep playoff runs or as in the case...Read More

A mere 365 days ago, give or take a day or two, Bishop Kenny and Ribault were both competing against one another in the State Regional Semi-Finals. Fast forward to present day, both teams would push through a challenging season to find themselves in the same predicament once again in the 2019 Regional Semi-Finals. Game...Read More

Victories are great, but great victories turn into monumental ones the second time around. Andrew Jackson proved that a Tiger could not change its stripes because a Tiger can only be a Tiger each day of the week. This is exactly what the team epitomized at the Gateway Conference Championship as the territorial Tigers defeated...Read More

ARLINGTON – Terry Parker (14-6) bravely exhibited their tomahawk force to defeat the Fernandina Beach Lady Pirates 60-44 on Thursday evening. Parker would begin the season off to a rough start due to key player Adonne Tillman’s absence whom underwent surgery early on during the season. Braves head coach Rene Howell exclaimed , “The girls...Read More

SOUTHSIDE – A new season, a new coach, yet the same result for the Sandalwood Saints girls basketball team, as they defended their Gateway Conference championship by defeating Raines 42-30 on Saturday night. It was a rematch from last year, pitting the two best girls basketball teams in the conference against one another. Sandalwood, led by...Read More