Bradford County

BHS’ Holder qualifies for cross country regionals

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School missed out on a regional berth as a team by one place, but boys team member Tristan Holder earned the right to advance as an individual at the District 2-2A meet, which was held Oct. 27 at Bishop Kenny in Jacksonville. The top eight teams will…

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Lake Region

KHHS boys team qualifies for cross country regionals

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…

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Bradford County

KHHS girls golf team and BHS’ Spratlin to advance to regional play

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…

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Bradford County

Raiford Wreckshop gets record performances at RPS meet

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer It was a different type of experience, but the outcome was the same for the weightlifters who train at Raiford Wreckshop. Youth lifters Courtney Comer, Brianna Jordan, Zeke Malphurs and Mahailya Reeves and adult lifter Carrie Canatsey all won their respective age/weight divisions at the Oct. 23 Revolution Powerlifting…

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Lake Region

Indians improve to 8-0 with 50-7 win over Taylor

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…

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Sports

Tigers rush for 501 yards in 49-14 win over Santa Fe

BY LISA HOLTZENDORF Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Caleb Crawford rushed for three touchdowns, while Rayvon Durant and Thomas Williams each gained more than 100 yards in the Union County High School football team’s 49-14 win over host Santa Fe on Oct. 22. Union, which hosts Newberry on Friday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m., averaged 11…

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Bradford County

KHHS wins District 3-1A boys golf title, UCHS’ Zapp qualifies for regionals

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Alex Addington placed third overall for Keystone Heights, which won the District 3-1A boys golf championship on Oct. 25 at Quail Heights Country Club in Lake City. The Indians, who had a team score of 349, now advance to regional competition for the fifth time in four years. The…

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Bradford County

Tornadoes defeat Yulee 42-18 to even record

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Quarterback Amari Jones rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another two in the Bradford High School football team’s 42-18 win over host Yulee, a Class 5A team, on Oct. 22. Jones attempted only 14 passes (completing eight for 166 yards) as the Tornadoes, who host fellow Class 1A…

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Sports

Tigers win District 7-1A volleyball championship

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer It could’ve been 100 degrees inside the Union County High School gymnasium on Oct. 21, and Sabrena Howard still would’ve had goosebumps. She and fellow seniors Maegan Beatty and Caleigh Avery celebrated a championship in their final season, with the UCHS volleyball team defeating Newberry 3-2 (15-25, 25-14, 25-22,…

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Lake Region

Indians’ season ends with 3-2 loss in District 3-3A semifinals

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School was one point away from winning twice, but the Indians wound up losing 3-2 (25-18, 21-25, 25-15, 17-25, 18-16) to Father Lopez in the semifinals of the District 3-3A volleyball tournament on Oct. 20 at KHHS. The second-seed Indians (14-10) trailed 14-12 in the fifth…

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