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Orange Park flag football has three wins to end the season with freshman quasrterback Ella Crowe, the hero of the girls basketball district title, at the helm.

Clay primed for flag playoff run
FHSAA Class 1A Weightlifting
Keystone Heights 119 weightlifter Elijah Mize flexes after learning his bench press finish was enough to win the Class 1A Traditional title in Saturday's state championships in Lakeland. Keystone Heights finished third in both Olympics and Traditional.

Mize gets title; Indians thirds

LAKELAND - Keystone Heights High's 119 weightlifter Elijah Mize was not a returning district or region or state weightlifter, but the sinewy powerhouse took to his weight group with a vengeance and …

High School Sports
Oakleaf High batter Jeter Farina finished this two run double in the third inning to give Knights (9-9) a 3-0 lead over Middleburg on Monday, March 24 as Knights pushed to an 11-0 win. Farina, standing next to Middleburg second baseman Ethan Karaim, accounted for five runs for Oakleaf.

OHS Farina bashes Broncos for five runs

MIDDLEBURG - Oakleaf High baseball got five runs off hits by Jeter Farina; one a two run double to a 3-0 lead, to win an 11-0 game over Middleburg on Monday, March 24 in a return to area baseball …
Fleming Island High's Dehmir Jackson won his 219 Clay County title in Olympics with a 540-480 gap over Keystone Heights' Trase Wooden. Jackson is a top state contender for a state run in two weeks.

Area weightlifters take first step to state

Area teams got their final flexes as district championships are scheduled for March 24-29. District 1-3A, Region 1: Oakleaf, Bartram Trail, Creekside, Nease, Tocoi Creek at Nease, Friday, March …
Fleming Island High grad and state swim champion Maryn McDade, bottom left, was part of eight swimmer Florida State University womens swim teams that competed at NCAA swimming championships over the weekend. McDade is just a freshman.
FIHS' McDade part of FSU swim squad at NCAAs
The Florida State swimming and diving team had eight student-athletes in competition at the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championship from March 19-22 at the Weyhauser King County Aquatic Center …
Clay High grad and swim state champion Sara Stotler, far right, shows off her Tennessee Volunteers 400 medley relay trophy with teammates as Volunteers finished second to Texas for the event. Stotler and her teammates were all named All American for the finish.
Stotler gets All-American finish
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - The University of Tennessee women's swimming won three medals, posted four podium finishes and garnered All-America honors in seven events on night three of the 2025 NCAA …
Former Clay High standout Max Williams is getting big hits for No. 5-ranked Florida State Seminoles baseball team that is scheduled to visit Jacksonville Baseball Grounds on Tuesday, March 25 to play the University of Florida Gators; one of three teams to beat the now 20-3 Seminoles.;
Clay High's Williams rocking bat at FSU
ORANGE PARK - Florida State University baseball, currently ranked No. 5 in the NCAA rankings, scored a 10-6 win over University of Miami on Saturday, March 22 to move to 20-3 overall, 5-1 in Atlantic …
Orange Park High baseball coach George Eldredge has a history of exciting finishes in his career with last year's district title upset of Clay the most recent. Eldridge with a string of near-wins in close games in the first half of the season is looking to close those close games for wins into the playoffs.
Can Raiders shock the world again?
JACKSONVILLE - Orange Park baseball coach George Eldredge has a bit of an optimistic glimmer in his eye when talking about his Raider baseball team that last year stormed the castle with a thrilling …
Clay High defender Kirra Dodson rolls with interception against Middleburg in Clay 18-6 win.
Spartans "okay" for state defense
ORANGE PARK - With the defense of their Class 1A title of last year, the St. Johns Country Day School baseball team has had a few hiccups thus far as the baseball season starts to unfold with Clay …

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College Sports
FIHS Campbell, Reynolds take top 20s at Florida Horse Park elite races
OHS Williams leaves 'Canes
Checking out colleges
OHS Kistler blasts game-winning homer
MHS Mussante earns 10Km All-South Region selection
FIHS Dobson gets second lacrosse NCAA Ring
SJR State College's Caylee Elder pitched all seven inning, giving up two earned runs to pick up the win for the Vikings.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Alyssa Vallad gave her St. Johns River State College Vikings teammates the best kind of redemption Saturday afternoon by hitting a game-winning two-run home run in the seventh …
AUBURN, Ala. – One of the SEC's top scorers will be joining Auburn women's basketball for 2024-25 as Taliah Scott has signed with the Tigers, head coach Johnnie Harris announced Monday. Scott, a …
PHILADELPHIA — Temple Women's Basketball Head Coach Diane Richardson announced that Alabama A&M guard Kaylah Turner has signed with Temple University ahead of the 2024-25 season. The rising …
MELBOURNE, Fla. – Florida Tech men's basketball graduate student David McCullough and senior Elias Martin earned all-conference recognition, as announced by the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) on …
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Florida Southern women's track team opened up action at the Embry-Riddle Running Elements Classic Friday afternoon with six new top-10 all-time records while the Moccasins …
JACKSONVILLE - Ridgeview High grad Joel Nesi, a fifth year senior at Flagler College took his shot with two laps left of the Bob Hayes Collegiate 5,000 meters track race Friday night at University of …
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. | The Alabama A&M University women's basketball team honored four seniors prior to Saturday's Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) regular season finale as the Bulldogs …
TUSCALOOSA, AL - The No. 6 Alabama gymnastics program remained unbeaten on the season as the Crimson Tide (5-0-1, 2-0-1 SEC) earned a hard-fought 197.575-197.425 victory Saturday against the No. 8 …
Former Fleming Island High linebacker Abram Wright snagged an interception with a three-yard return in Rutgers's 31-24 win over Miami Hurricanes in Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
BRONX, N.Y. – Rutgers football (7-6) defeated Miami (7-6), 31-24, on Thursday at the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. It marked the program's seventh bowl championship, sixth under head coach …
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Oakleaf High's state champion brothers; Noah, up top, the 2025 154 state champion in Traditional scoring, and, bottom, big brother Noah Shevchook, a state champion in 2024 for Oakleaf, paired up as coach and athlete as Oakleaf finished fourth in Class 3A with just five wrestlers.
Shev' blasts bench press for lift Gold
LAKELAND - Oakleaf High junior Noah Shevchook had his big brother Elijah hovering over his final bench press as he finished off his trek to equal big brother with a state weightlifting title Saturday …
Oakleaf High softball got a base loaded walk to Avery Garcia to beat 2A powerhouse Baldwin High 3-2 Tuesday night. Baldwin (14-4) has three consecutive Final Four appearances and is ranked fourth in Class 2A.
Lady Knights softball wins a biggie
ORANGE PARK - In a night that secured district finals, junior high softball and baseball conference finals and a couple of regular season high school softball games, it was Oakleaf High's softball …
Ridgeview High running back Taniya Booker took her second handoff 50 yards to paydirt then added another 50 yarder later in Panthers 46-6 district semifinal win over North Marion. Ridgeview returns to Clay to take on Blue Devils who beat Baker County 33-0.
Rayes at QB wheels 'n deals RHS flags for 46-6 win
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - The big difference in the Ridgeview High flag football team's approach was a little pack of dynamo named Emma Rayes who took the reigns at quarterback for coach Trentin Davis and …
Keystone Heights 119 weightlifter Elijah Mize won his state title in Traditional as the Indians finished third in Class 1A to area rivals Fort White and Willison.
Mize gets title; Indians thirds
LAKELAND - Keystone Heights High's 119 weightlifter Elijah Mize was not a returning district or region or state weightlifter, but the sinewy powerhouse took to his weight group with a vengeance and …
Oakleaf High's Noah Shevchook won the gold medal in Traditional scoring at the Class 3A FHSAA state championships in the 154 pound weight class. Shevchook also finished third in the Olympics scoring with the Knights finishing fourth as a team with just five lifters.
Shev' blasts bench press for lift Gold
LAKELAND - Oakleaf High junior Noah Shevchook had his big brother Elijah hovering over his final bench press as he finished off his trek to equal big brother with a state weightlifting title Saturday …
Middleburg High's Charles Little was top area finisher at Class 2A FHSAA Boys Weightlifting Championships held Friday in Lakeland. Little finished third in Unlimited in Olympics.
MHS Little third, CHS Oscoa/Migliore fifths, FIHS Jackson sixth
LAKELAND - In one of the strongest overall fields in boys weightlifting, Class 2A showed out on Friday in Lakeland with Choctawhatchee, the defending Olympic and Traditional champion, repeating in …
Green Cove Springs Junior High took the 4 x 800 meter relay with leadoff leg Eve Schottauer here finishing off her leg at the Northeast Florida Athletic Conference middle school track championships held at Ridgeview High School.
Silkert wins three for Oakleaf girls
ORANGE PARK - Oakleaf Junior High School won the Northeast Florida Athletic Conference boys and girls track titles in overwhelming fashion with the Yellow Jackets able to accrue over 100 points in …
Oakleaf High baseball's top hitter, J.P. Espinosa is the spark for the Knights surge into the district and region tournaments as the Knights need a big finish on a solid season.
Knights nearly upset a state champion, a Final Four and a region finalist
JACKSONVILLE - Oakleaf High's baseball team nearly had one of its toughest weeks of games with a state champion, a Final Four finisher and a region finalist in a schedule gauntle aimed to test the …
Keystone Heights 119 weightlifter Elijah Mize readies for lift at region championships won by Indians in Olympics with a second place in Traditional. Mize and teammate Colton Hollingsworth were both Olympics and Traditional individual champions as area teams head to state championships in Lakeland April 11-12.
Indians own lone team title; MHS Craven gets 2A title
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS - Keystone Heights High's boys weightlifting has its own history of winning big on the big stage and Friday's Olympics region title emphasized the point with the Traditional title …
St. Johns Country Day School's Nick Bowden awaits at second base for next hit in Spartans 7-2 win over North Oconee (GA) on Monday, April 7.
Spartans grand slam, Lady Panthers 17 runs highlight Monday night action
ORANGE PARK - A grand slam homer in the sixth inning by Hunter Rodgers blew open a St. Johns Country Day School two-game series with two Georgia powerhouses and a 17-run explosion by Ridgeview High's …

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