There was one theme across Northeast Florida on National Signing Day 2021, a sigh of relief. With the covid-19 pandemic ravaging the country, one of the hardest areas affected indirectly has been college football recruiting. A dead period restricted college coaches from visiting high schools, and many camps were cancelled last summer due to the...Read More

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...Read More

Jackson HS- The Paxon Eagles (16-6) traveled to Main Street to face the Jackson Tigers (14-4), setting up a battle between the last two Gateway Conference Champions. Paxon won it in 2020 and Jackson was crowned in 2019. Both teams came into the contest on winning streaks. Paxon defeated Westside 58-48, then First Coast 50-49...Read More

Paxon HS- Quinnton Jackson’s 3-pointer gave Paxon their first lead and the 50-49 win over First Coast in the Gateway Conference Semifinals Thursday night. Jackson scored 26 points in the game including the go ahead 3 pointer to the eruption of the home crowd. It was an amazing comeback for Coach Toby Frazier and his...Read More

Paxon HS- The Jackson Tigers overcame a 9-point second half deficit to defeat Lee in the boys gateway conference semifinal 54-42 Thursday night. At one point, the Tigers went on a 16-0 run to take the lead in in the second half and never looked back. Big 6’9 Marquez Ray with the bucket for Jackson!...Read More

Oakleaf- Tuesday night featured a rematch between Oakleaf and Bishop Kenny.  Oakleaf won the previous match up by 20 points but Bishop Kenny played without two of their top three players, Jasmyne Roberts and Jamia Nesmith. Both teams played man to man defense for the entire game which created some exciting match ups. At times, you...Read More

Oakleaf came out on top in a tough defensive match-up against Terry Parker 39-35.  The Lady Knights improved to 17-1 on the season. Both teams were missing a starter from their line-ups. Terry Parker (6-8) was without Zoriah Mobley due to injury and Oakleaf was without Kaylah Turner for an undisclosed reason.  Terry Parker controlled the...Read More

Christmas Break and the new year brought a lot of ups and downs for the teams in Northeast Florida.  We have had cancellations, postponements, rescheduling, upsets, injuries and players missing games with the major culprit being Covid-19. Let’s take a look at how it’s affected our girls basketball rankings in mid-January. 1. Oakleaf (16-1) Remaining in...Read More

Raines HS- If you missed the Gateway Conference Tournament Championship game for the girls, you missed a good one.  It was a rematch of last year’s championship pitting rivals Raines and Ribault against each for bragging rights as the best public school in Duval county.  Raines came out on top for the second year in...Read More

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...Read More