BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Whether as a player or a coach, Kaylan Taylor has a passion for the game of softball. That passion will now fuel her first-ever head-coaching opportunity as she takes the reins of the Bradford High School varsity softball team. Taylor, the daughter of Vince and Michelle Tucker, is a … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Hope Christian Academy took on Branford for the fourth time in three years, with the Lions recording their first win over the public school by a score of 53-47 in a Jan. 6 home game. Branford defeated Hope by an average of 20 points per game in two meetings … Read more
The following is a look at the high school varsity teams and individuals that won championships at the district, regional or state levels, earned medals in state competition or that qualified to participate in regional and state competitions in 2021. Any omissions are unintentional. BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School won … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Dezaray Bright scored 16 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for the Keystone Heights High School girls basketball team, which defeated host Lake Weir 48-32 on Jan. 7. The Indians (13-2) entered the holiday break off their second loss of the season (50-21 to Rickards), but have won two straight … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School got five goals from Kiersten Shaw in defeating host Baker County 8-0 in a Jan. 8 girls soccer match. Kendall Gagnon added two goals, while Ella Hutchins had one. Hutchins led the team in assists with three. Shaw and Sydnie Colaw had two and one, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Santee Blye scored 17 of her game-high 19 points in the first half as the Bradford High School girls basketball team rolled to a 50-14 win over visiting Union County on Jan. 6. The Tornadoes scored the first eight points of the game. Union got baskets from Heaven Scott … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Caleb Crawford and Kale Waters each wrestled his way to a fourth-place finish at the Jan. 8 Joe Bees Memorial Battle of the Border at Yulee High School. Crawford made it to the semifinals in the 160-pound class before he was pinned by eventual runner-up Jesse Johnson of Yulee. … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Jared Goetzman, Sheppard Wingate, Alyx Nichols and Cody Saley each earned a third-place finish for the Keystone Heights High School wrestling team at the Jan. 8 Marine Corps Challenge at Jacksonville’s Riverside High School. The Indians collected 65 points as a team to place sixth ahead of Paxon and … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer It was a one-point game after the first quarter, but the Union County High School boys basketball team was outscored 38-20 in the second and third quarters, losing 55-38 to host Interlachen on Jan. 7. Cole Andersen-Davis scored a team-high 11 points against the Class 3A Rams, while Thomas … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School is 2-0 in boys soccer since play resumed after the holiday break, with the latest victory coming by a score of 2-0 over visiting Fernandina Beach on Jan. 6. Goalie Carson Eatmon made eight saves to help keep the Pirates off the board, while Logan … Read more
