BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] The Keystone Heights High School girls soccer team lost 6-1 to visiting Episcopal on Jan. 16, giving the Indians three straight losses to end the regular season. Stats weren’t available by deadline. On Jan. 12, the Indians lost 4-2 to visiting Middleburg, getting one goal each from Tayler Buchanan and Kaylee … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School outscored visiting Baker County 6-2 in the final minute, but it wasn’t enough for the Tigers to overtake the Wildcats in a 64-60 loss in a boys basketball game on Jan. 15. It was the Tigers’ third loss in four games, with two coming against schools in … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School picked up a boys basketball win after the Christmas break against Stanton Prep, but the Indians have since lost four straight to fall to 3-13 on the season. The Indians hosted Stanton on Jan. 5, getting a double-double from Cooper Barry in a 56-32. Barry had 15 … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School defeated visiting Palatka 35-32 on Jan. 16. The Telegraph-Times-Monitor didn’t have access to stats. It was the second straight win for the Indians after a Jan. 9 loss to Baldwin. Keystone bounced back in a 40-16 win over host Duval Charter on Jan. 13, getting a double-double … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School bounced back from a loss, defeating visiting Baker County 34-13 on Jan. 17. The Tornadoes (10-7) held out most of their starters in the first half against a depleted Wildcats team that had most of its players suspended from an incident in a previous game. Ar’Nayshia Griffin finished … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School lost a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, but hung on to defeat host Hawthorne 70-63 in a boys basketball game on Jan. 19. It was the final game of Hawthorne’s MLK Shootout, which consisted of four total games. One of those was a 67-54 by the BHS … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Steven Carter and K.J. Taylor combined for 25 points as part of a 33-point first quarter in the Bradford High School boys basketball team’s 76-56 win over visiting Baker County on Jan. 17. It was a game between teams with a combined three losses, but the Tornadoes were dominant at the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School hosted the eighth-ranked team in the Florida High School Athletic Association/MaxPreps Class 2A power rankings, finishing in a 1-1 tie against Episcopal in a boys soccer match on Jan. 16. The Class 3A Indians trailed 1-0 before A.J. Nilsen scored off a Noah Jaramillo assist in the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School senior Eva Whitehead was named the Gainesville Sun’s Girls Swimmer of the Year after winning her second straight state championship in the 200-yard individual medley. It was also the second straight year that Whitehead earned the Sun’s top honor. Whitehead, who’s going to swim at the University … Read more
Jean Ball Mrs. Jean Louise Ball, 78, of Keystone Heights died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at HCA Hospital in Gainesville. She was born Oct. 8, 1947, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to the late John and Ruth (McCabe) Greer. Survivors are her husband of 41 years, Thomas “Tom” Ball; children, Brenda David and John David; stepson, David … Read more
