BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Quinten Rawls led three players in double-figure scoring for the Union County High School boys basketball team, which opened its season with a 61-57 win over visiting Bell on Dec. 2. Rawls scored 14 points, while also dishing out a team-high four assists. Thomas Williams and Cole Andersen-Davis had … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School’s wrestling team opened the season at the Dec. 4 Buchholz Bobcat Round Robin, with Kale Waters finishing as the runner-up in the 113-pound class. Five Union wrestlers in all advanced to compete in the championship brackets in their respective weight classes. Waters’ only loss came … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School’s football program and Head Coach Brian Tomlinson will be parting ways after Superintendent of Schools Will Hartley decided the program needed to be under different leadership. Tomlinson, who went 33-26 in five seasons and qualified for the playoffs every year, said he was surprised by the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School seniors Luke Johns and Jake O’Steen have made big plays on the baseball diamond over the years, but the biggest for both occurred at the Lake Butler Community Center on Nov. 18, when they signed letters of intent to play college ball. “Playing at the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School senior Saige Dennis loves cold weather and softball. Thanks to Cleary University, she’ll get to experience both after graduating from KHHS. Dennis accepted an offer from the school, which is located in Howell, Michigan, and signed a letter of intent on Nov. 13. “It’s going … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Hope Christian Academy opened boys basketball season in a big way on Nov. 12, defeating visiting Hart 2 Hart Academy 89-22. The Lions outscored the Warriors 31-3 in the first quarter and led 50-10 at halftime. Jude Hanson and Simon Hanson scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, while Roshad … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School hosted the P.K. Yonge boys soccer team on Nov. 29, losing 4-1. Chris Anderson scored the team’s lone goal off a Logan Spence assist. It was the second straight loss for the Indians (3-3). Keystone travels to play Interlachen on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7 … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School improved to 4-0, defeating host Middleburg 40-20 in a girls basketball game on Nov. 29. Lindsay Qualls and Madi Mitzel had eight of the Indians’ 16 field goals, with Qualls scoring a team-high 11 points. Mitzel, who scored six of the team’s 14 second-quarter points … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer After trailing by as many as 16 points, the Union County High School football team had a chance to tie the game with 1:08 remaining, but an incomplete pass on a two-point conversion play following Rayvon Durant’s 1-yard touchdown run resulted in host Chiefland winning the Region 3-1A championship … Read more
BY CHUCK DOWLING Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor The most successful season in Keystone Heights’ football history came to a disappointing end on Nov. 19 when the Indians fells 34-6 to the host Villages Charter Buffalo in the Region 2-4A semifinals. The loss came just one week after a resounding 50-0 home victory over the Umatilla … Read more
