BY MELANIE CRABTREE Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor This past Friday, Keystone Heights High School’s varsity football team suffered another loss, this time to the Santa Fe Raiders, who outpaced the Indians 35-6. Santa Fe’s Josiah Powell made the first touchdown of the game with an 88-yard run. The Raiders (5-2) continued to carry out this … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School swept second seed Lafayette 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-15) in the Oct. 14 District 6-Rural tournament semifinals, advancing the third seed Tigers to the Thursday, Oct. 16, championship match against top seed Branford at UCHS at 7 p.m. It’s a repeat scenario up to this point, as the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School’s volleyball team will play for the District 5-3A championship after its 3-1 (10-25, 25-19, 25-13, 25-21) win over third seed Crescent City in an Oct. 14 semifinal match in Keystone. The second seed Indians (17-9) will travel to Newberry to play the top seed Panthers (18-8) for … Read more
Clara Covington Mother Clara Mae DeSue Covington was born Oct. 8, 1931, to the late Steve and Alice DeSue of Starke. God sent His angels to claim one of His very own Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, while at Haven Hospice Care Center in Lake City. Mother Covington was a dedicated and faithful member of New … Read more
It was more than a race. It was a heartfelt tribute to John Wesley Gillenwaters, a beloved personal trainer from Titanup Fitness I Jacksonville Beach and Nocatee. On Sept. 28, 19 Bradford County natives traveled to New York City to run in Gillenwaters’ memory at the American Brain Tumor Association’s Breakthrough for Brain Tumors 5K, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] The Kiwanis Club of Starke held its installation banquet on Sept. 30, with Ed Rensberger becoming the new president and Virginia Walkup being announced as the Kiwanian of the 2024-25 year. Walkup was unable to attend the banquet, so George Konkel, the outgoing president, presented it to her at the club’s … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School and The Villages continue to swap spots in the Florida High School/MaxPreps Region 2-2A power rankings, with The Villages (8-0) now occupying the top spot with the release of the latest rankings on Oct. 14. Rankings, which take record and strength of schedule into account, will be updated … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School advanced to the semifinals of the District 6-Rural volleyball tournament with its 3-0 (25-11, 25-8, 25- 16) win over sixth seed Taylor County on Oct. 13. The third seed Tigers (19-7), Swho are on a seven-match winning streak, will now play second seed Lafayette (15-5) on Tuesday, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Anna Adkins earned a third-place finish for Bradford High School at an Oct. 7 cross-country meet hosted by Baldwin. Adkins, one of 17 runners in the girls field, finished with a time of 25:52, while teammate Mia Olesen ran a sixth-place time of 27:28. Kayleigh Dyal also ran for Bradford, finishing … Read more
