BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Three players scored in double figures as the Union County High School boys basketball team concluded the regular season with its sixth straight win, defeating visiting Middleburg 51-30 on Feb. 4. The Tigers (11-11) play a District 6-1A quarterfinal game tonight against Fort White at 6 p.m. Union and … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Four players scored in double figures as the Bradford High School boys basketball team concluded the regular season with a 47-44 win over host Madison County on Feb. 5. The Tornadoes (10-10) outscored the Cowboys 20-8 in the fourth quarter. Chalil Cummings scored 13 points, while Amari Jones and … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School got the chance to continue its girls basketball season, with the Indians earning the last at-large qualifying spot in the Region 1-4A playoffs. The Indians (19-5) will travel to Jacksonville to take on Bishop Kenny (22-4), the number-one overall seed in the region, in a … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School was the first team out in qualifying for the Region 1-3A girls soccer playoffs, which begin Tuesday, Feb. 8. The champions of the four districts in Region 1 automatically qualified for the playoffs: P.K. Yonge, which defeated Keystone for the District 4 title, Bolles, Maclay … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer It was a near miss for a championship and a playoff berth for the Bradford High School girls basketball team, which lost 43-40 to top-see Fort White in the District 6-1A title game on Feb. 4 in Fort White. Fort White and District 5 champion Madison County earned the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School trailed for the majority of the game and fell behind by 26 points in the third quarter before ultimately losing 58-46 to top-seed Dunnellon in the District 4-4A girls basketball championship game tonight at North Marion High School. The third-seed Indians (19-5) trimmed a double-digit … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer It certainly wasn’t pretty, but what matters is the Bradford High School girls basketball team won, defeating Dixie County 31-23 in the semifinals of the District 6-1A tournament on Feb. 3. Now, the Tornadoes (9-10) have a chance to win the district championship. It’ll be a matchup against the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer “The curse is over!” So said Keystone Heights High School Head Girls Basketball Coach Jessica Carter, who watched her team rally from an 18-8 first-quarter deficit to a 52-35 win over North Marion in the semifinals of the District 4-4A tournament on Feb. 2. It wasn’t of the nature … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Della Rosenberg left quite a gift for the Woman’s Club of Starke, so the club did something to honor her memory, officially dedicating the Della Rosenberg Memorial Garden on Jan. 12. “This was a long time in the making,” Charnelle Whittemore, club president, said. “We’re very excited to see … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Inspired by their brother, who had a congenital heart defect and lived until the age of 18, siblings Brandon and Morgan Boettcher are both enrolled in the practical nursing program at North Florida Technical College, with their eye toward eventually earning degrees and becoming registered nurses. They are driven … Read more
