BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School senior volleyball players Maegan Beatty and Sabrena Howard were successfully nominated for the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s inaugural Best and Brightest Awards. Beatty, a 5-4 setter, is a member of the 471-member first team, while Howard, a 5-10 right side, is on the 376-member second…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer The Florida High School Athletic Association released its newest football RPI rankings on Oct. 27, with Bradford, Keystone Heights and Union County all ranked third in their respective regions. When the regular season concludes, the FHSAA will make a final RPI calculation, which consists of an equation that includes…
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Keystone Heights Senior FFA Forestry Team competed in the Florida FFA District 4 Forestry Contest on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at the Austin Cary Forest in Gainesville. Team members competed in a general knowledge test, tree identification, tool identification, insect and diseases identification and timber estimation. Members competing were Allie Ivey, Lindsay Hovsepian,…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Tyler Griffin and Tyler Shaw led the Keystone Heights High School boys cross country team to a seventh-place, regional-qualifying finish at the District 2-2A meet, which was held Oct. 27 at Bishop Kenny in Jacksonville. The top eight teams earned the right to move on to the Region 1…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Local elections officials are supporting a statement issued by their statewide association, asking candidates and elected officials to tone down rhetoric that could erode confidence in elections. The Florida Supervisors of Elections issued a statement on Oct. 20, saying that because of misinformation and disinformation after the 2020 elections,…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— David Dagenais was sworn in as the newest board member of the Keystone Heights Airport before the board’s Oct. 5 meeting. He holds the Bradford County seat on the board. When introducing himself to his new colleagues, Dagenais said he has been involved in aviation since high school,…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County’s tourism director said the county set a new record in bed tax collections during the second quarter of 2021. Kimberly Morgan told the Tourist Development Council that the county’s five percent tax on hotel stays through the first six months of 2021 equaled the entire…
David Cain MINNEAPOLIS David Cain of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was a former resident of Lawtey. David Cain is survived by his wife, Dorothy Ann Cain; children, Valencia Forkwa, Judy Steele and Shayla Cain; a sister, Valarie McDonald; and six grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, at Peetsville Cemetery in…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School saw its string of consecutive championships end at six in a row, but the Indians will still advance to regional play after finishing as the District 3-1A girls golf runner-up on Oct. 26 at Quail Heights Country Club in Lake City. The Indians had a…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor PIERSON— Conner Guy and Caleb Moncrief connected on two touchdown passes and Dalton Hollingsworth returned a punt for a touchdown in Keystone Heights’ 50-7 win over host Pierson Taylor on Oct. 21. The Indians (8-0), who travel to play Jacksonville’s Stanton Prep on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m., have…
