BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Kaedan Parks hit a two-run triple as part of a five-run seventh inning as the Bradford High School baseball team won for the third time in four games, defeating host Hilliard 9-6 on March 4. Patrick Pendarvis drew a walk to start the seventh. After Cannon Sapp hit a one-out double,…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School competed in a track and field meet hosted by Chiefland on March 2, with Holly Halfacre placing first in two events. Halfacre’s wins occurred in the long jump with a distance of 14 feet, 2.25 inches, and in the triple jump with a distance of 28-4.5. Melinda…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School’s Elijah Lawrence had a pair of standout performances in sprint events and also helped a relay team place in the top five at the Feb. 28 Santa Fe Raiders Invitational. Lawrence was the runner-up in the 200m with a time of 23.20 seconds and third in the 100m…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School’s Kaylee Parks was a runner-up in one event, while the two boys relay teams top four finishes at the Feb. 27 Providence Invitational. Parks took second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.81 seconds. She also teamed up with Olivia Griffin, Adalyn Phillips and Melissa…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School’s softball team won its fourth straight game, defeating host Fort White 16-2 in five innings on March 2. A five-run first proved to be all the Tigers (4-3) would need, but they went on to score at least two runs in every remaining inning. An error allowed…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Jaxson Carter and Jackson Parmeter each drove in four runs as the Bradford High School baseball team defeated visiting Crescent City 18-1 on March 2. Starting pitcher Dalton Shelton threw three shutout innings, allowing four hits and no walks. He had five strikeouts. Parmeter pitched the fourth inning (the final inning…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School’s baseball team had a three-run lead before visiting Fernandina Beach scored 16 runs in the final four innings to hand the Indians a 17-4 loss on Feb. 26. The Indians (1-6) scored two runs in the second on an error and a wild pitch to go up…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School batters were held to one earned run as the Tigers suffered their first loss by a score of 10-2 against host West Nassau on Feb. 27. Jeffrey Brugh and Nate Robertson each went 2 for 4 for the Tigers (8-1), but the rest of the lineup went…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford and Union County high school boys weightlifters competed at the Feb. 27 Keystone Heights High School Invitational, with Trase Wooden earning two runner-up finishes for the Tornadoes. Wooden, competing in the 238-pound class, had a 525-pound total (240-pound snatch, 285-pound clean and jerk) in Olympic, which left him trailing only…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] The Keystone Heights High School boys weightlifting team won the Olympic championship and was the traditional runner-up at the annual KHHSl Invitational, which was held Feb. 27. Keystone had two individual champions in Dylan Currington and Brayden McCall in compiling 46 points in the Olympic event. Palatka was the runner-up with…
