BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford Middle School’s Madison Kennedy and Axel Markwich almost won their races, while Bradford High School’s Tristan Holder and Alissa Reddish earned top-10 finishes at the Oct. 2 Bradford Cross Country Invitational, which was held at O.J. Phillips Recreation Complex in Lake Butler. Kennedy placed second out of 42…
BY CHUCK DOWLING Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Keystone Heights won the Indian War on Friday night defeating the visiting Fort White Indians 30-14 to move to 6-0 on the season. Things started rocky for the home side, fumbling the ball away to Fort White (3-2) on just the third play of the game, which led…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Visiting American Collegiate scored a touchdown with 39 seconds remaining, but Bradford’s Trent Hankerson broke up the pass play on the two-point conversion that would’ve tied it up, allowing the Tornadoes to head into their bye week off a 14-12 victory tonight. Tez Williams, who had to step in…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford brought a five-match winning streak to Keystone Heights, but it was the Indians who came out victorious, defeating the Tornadoes 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 26-24) in a Sept. 30 varsity volleyball match. The Tornadoes (6-8) were one point away from avoiding the sweep, but Keystone (11-8) scored three straight…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School has the top RPI in Region 3 of Class 1A, while Bradford and Keystone Heights are each fifth in their respective regions after the release of the Florida High School Athletic Association’s latest rankings. The teams with the top six RPI rankings in each region…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Andy Merrill, a former cross country and track and field athlete at Bradford High School, has returned to his alma mater to take control of the cross country program. Merrill, a 2012 BHS graduate, just knew he’d be back at the school one day. Needless to say, he was…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Tez Williams caught two touchdown passes and came up with two interceptions for a defense that created five turnovers in all in the Bradford High School football team’s 33-12 win over visiting Class 5A Suwannee on Sept. 24. Bradford (2-3) has now won two of its last three games…
BY CHUCK DOWLING Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Winless Interlachen rolled into Keystone Heights (5-0) on Sept. 24, hoping to notch its first victory over the Indians since 2016. Whatever hopes the Rams had on the short 17-mile bus ride over were quickly dashed once the whistle blew and Keystone quickly asserted its dominance en route…
BY LISA HOLTZENDORF Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Daylyn Diston and Rayvon Durant both rushed for more than 100 yards and combined to score four touchdowns as the Union County High School football team made its first road trip a successful one, defeating Williston 45-12 on Sept. 24. It was the second straight double-digit victory —…
