BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Two Bradford High School wrestlers earned top-four finishes at the Dec. 12-13 Buchholz High School Bobcat Round Robin. Tremeze White went 3-2 in placing third in the 150-157 B bracket. His wins were a 5:17 pin against Oakleaf’s Matthew Ingram, a 4-2 decision over Baker County’s Dane Hall and a forfeit … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School defeated host Union County 39-36, with five Tornadoes recording wins by pinning their opponents in a Jan. 8 wrestling match. The Tornadoes’ Johnathan Armstrong and Aiden Scott recorded the first two wins of the match, with Armstrong pinning Abigail Melton in 1:23 and Scott pinning Breydan Peugh in … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] In talk that had been swirling around Jamie Rodgers stepping down as the head football coach at Bradford High School, the assumption seemed to be that Rodgers was returning to Baker County — his alma mater and where he had previously been head coach. It became official on Jan. 9, with … Read more
Robert Barksdale Mr. Robert Cody Barksdale Sr., 98, of Starke passed away peacefully at his home, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, surrounded by family. He was born Sept. 26, 1927, in Tampa to the late Cody and Virgie (Thomas) Barksdale. After graduating from Bradford High School, he attended Massey Business College in Jacksonville. He then joined … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Jamie Rodgers is moving on from Bradford High School after four incredible seasons as head football coach in which the Tornadoes won 86.8 percent of their games to go along with three district championships, two regional titles and one state runner-up finish. Rodgers went 46-7 at BHS, with every one of … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School struggled to score and committed 29 turnovers in a 45-21 loss to visiting Stanton Prep in a girls basketball game on Jan. 5. It was the third straight loss for the Indians (6-6) and their sixth loss in seven games. Keystone’s Alexandra Papaiannou scored the game’s first … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Dawn Cullingford has made an impact in a short time at Starke Elementary School, and people have noticed. In just her second year manning the front desk, Cullingford was voted as the school’s Employee of the Year. Shortly after that, she was announced as the Employee of the Year for the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Two defensive backs who played for Bradford and Union County high schools have found new homes in college, with former Tornado Jontez Williams transferring from Iowa State to USC and former Tiger Gavin Jenkins going from USF to Auburn. Williams, a 2022 BHS graduate, was considered the best available defensive back … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] The AutoZone Liberty Bowl named Manny Covey the University of Cincinnati’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the Game after he gained 106 rushing and receiving yards in his team’s 35-13 loss to Navy on Jan. 2. Covey, a redshirt sophomore running back who graduated from Bradford High School, rushed for 78 … Read more
