BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Hope Christian Academy came up just short of claiming the Southeastern Christian Conference boys basketball championship trophy after a 56-54 loss to Faith Baptist Christian Academy (Ludowici, Georgia) on Feb. 19 in Waycross, Georgia. It was the fourth straight season the Lions (26-7) have finished as the Florida-Georgia conference’s … Read more
Nellie Beilling PROVIDENCE Nellie Estell Beilling, 88, of Providence, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. She was born March 29, 1933, in Fayette, Alabama to Denver and Iowa Watkins Campbell. She retired from the Union County School System after dedicating 29 years as a school bus driver. She … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Kendall Gagnon won one event and placed in another, while Kiersten Shaw placed in two events as well for the Keystone Heights High School girls track and field team at the Feb. 25 Pedro Menendez Falcon Alumni Invite. Gagnon took first in the javelin with a distance of 26.38 … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Caleb Moncrief earned a win and a runner-up finish for the Keystone Heights High School boys track and field team at the Feb. 25 Pedro Menendez Falcon Invite. Moncrief won the discus with a throw of 41.98 meters, while placing second in the shot put with a distance of … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School’s softball team continued to produce runs, but still lost its first game on Feb. 28, falling 12-11 to visiting Yulee. Yulee, which had plenty of baserunners, thanks to 14 walks, scored the first six runs. The Tornadoes (3-1) finally got on the board in the bottom … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School’s baseball team managed to score five runs off just two hits, but it wasn’t enough in an 8-5 loss to visiting Orange Park on Feb. 25. Orange Park scored four runs in the third inning, taking advantage of three errors, a hit batter and two walks. … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Hits were hard to come by, but host Santa Fe was able to score runs on two passed balls and an error in defeating the Keystone Heights High School baseball team 3-1 on Feb. 25. Each team had only two hits, but the Raiders took a 2-0 lead in … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Host Santa Fe took advantage of miscues to hand the Keystone Heights High School softball team a 5-3 loss on Feb. 25. The Indians (1-2) scored first when Emma Rogel led off the top of the first by reaching on an error. She stole second and third on passed … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School wrestlers Alexander Cortese and Caleb Crawford each missed qualifying for the state finals by one win at the Feb. 25-26 Region 1-1A wrestling finals at Wakulla High School. To advance to state, a wrestler had to place in the top four in his weight class. … Read more
