BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Hannah McFarland hit an RBI triple in the top of the eighth as the Bradford High School softball team defeated host Suwannee 6-5 on March 4. The Tornadoes’ Riley Blankenship, who went 3 for 4, hit a one-out single into center field before McFarland, who was 2 for 4, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Cason Pilcher went the distance on the mound, giving up just four hits, but the Bradford High School baseball team remained winless, losing 1-0 to host P.K. Yonge on March 4. Pilcher struck out five and gave up just one walk. The Blue Wave’s only run was scored by … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Lakeland. It’s where the Bradford High School boys basketball team wanted to be at the end of the season, but the goal went beyond simply getting there and playing in the Final Four at the RP Funding Center. The Tornadoes wanted to bring the Class 1A championship trophy back … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Ty Glenn and Ryan Jones each drove in four runs for the Keystone Heights High School baseball team, which defeated visiting Bradford 15-2 in 4.5 innings on March 3. The Indians (1-3) got a stellar outing from starting pitcher Gage Smith, who threw a four-inning shutout. He gave up … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School led by as many as 10 points in the first half and outscored Hawthorne 14-5 in the third quarter en route to a 53-35 win in the Class 1A boys basketball state semifinals on March 2 in Lakeland. Shayne Davis scored a game-high 17 points for … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School’s Shayne Davis and Sampson Jackson were named Class 1A Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively, with the release of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association District 6 awards. Jackson has the 14-10 Tornadoes in the Final Four for the first time … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School senior softball players Madi Mitzel and Emma Rogel work together on the field as pitcher and catcher respectively, so it seemed fitting that the two participated in a joint scholarship-signing ceremony on Feb. 28 in the school’s cafeteria. “She’s been my best friend since like … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer The medal around her neck represented the fact that she proved herself to be one of the strongest lifters in the state, whereas the scars on her legs signified that her greatest strength occurred when she was a 10-year-old facing significant injuries and a grueling rehabilitation just to be … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer For the first time in 10 years, a Bradford Middle School girls basketball team put together a perfect season, going 8-0 and doing it in dominant fashion, for the most part. Prior to the team’s season-ending banquet on Feb. 19 in the BMS cafeteria, Head Coach Rick Barr said … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Caroline Smith’s rebound putback at the buzzer gave the Northside Christian Academy girls basketball team a 14-12 win over Open Bible (Valdosta, Georgia) in an eight-minute playoff quarter at the Southeastern Christian Conference tournament on Feb. 19 in Waycross, Georgia. It concluded a 17-4 season and gave the Eagles … Read more
