BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Ella Hutchins and Kiersten Shaw each scored two goals as the Keystone Heights High School girls soccer team defeated third Williston 5-0 in the semifinals of the District 4-3A tournament on Jan. 31. The second seed Indians (19-4) also got a goal from Alee Horton, while Madeline Sweezy recorded…
James A. Dilts Jr. James (Jimmy) A. Dilts Jr. died unexpectedly following a brief illness on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at Corewell Health Lakeland in St. Joseph, Michigan. He was born March 11, 1951, at Memorial Hospital in St. Joseph, Michigan, the son of James A. Dilts Sr. and Betty S. (Mason) Dilts. He attended…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School had 16 girls weightlifters earn at-large berths in the Olympic and traditional events at the Region 2-1A finals, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, at 9 a.m. at West Nassau High School. The Indians had three automatically qualify in the Olympic event by virtue…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School captured the championship trophies in both the Olympic (snatch and clean and jerk) and traditional (bench press and clean and jerk) events at the District 6-1A meet, which was held Jan. 28 at St. Johns Country Day School. “The ultimate goal, as I told them…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Ella Hutchins and Kiersten Shaw combined to score nine goals for the Keystone Heights High School girls soccer team, which had no trouble advancing in the District 4-3A tournament with an 11-0 win over seventh seed Interlachen on Jan. 27 at P.K. Yonge. Shaw scored five goals and had…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School got double-doubles from Dezaray Bright and Kiley Channell, but lost 53-44 to host Orange Park on Jan. 26 to close out the regular season. Bright had 12 points and 16 rebounds, while Channell had 17 points, 11 rebounds, six steals and five assists. The Indians…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Fifth seed Fort White scored an overtime goal in handing the Keystone Heights High School boys soccer team a 2-1 loss in the District 4-3A tournament quarterfinals, which were played Jan. 26 at Fort White. The fourth seed Indians (10-5-4) got their goal from Logan Spence as part of…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights Junior High School was coming off a 19-point win, but the Indians were no match for top seed Williston, which won the Suwannee Middle Athletic Conference girls basketball championship by defeating Keystone 39-12 on Jan. 26 in Interlachen. The Indians assured themselves of at least conference runner-up…
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service announced that $2.6 million is now available to landowners through the Sequestering Carbon and Protecting Florida Land Program. The program offers landowners incentive payments to help increase the acreage of healthy forests in Florida. “We are proud to offer the Protecting Florida Land Program…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer The District 4-3A girls soccer tournament at P.K. Yonge, which Keystone Heights High School is a part of, has undergone a schedule change due to the anticipation of inclement weather. Keystone, the second seed, was supposed to play seventh seed Interlachen in a quarterfinal match on Wednesday, Jan. 25.…
