BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School got top-four finishes from Jordan Cason, Kah’myra Hankerson and Ny’asia Lopey, with Lopey winning one event at Keystone Heights High School’s second-annual Indian Relays, which were held March 27. Lopey won the girls triple jump with a distance of 33 feet, three-quarters of an inch, putting her ahead…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] The Keystone Heights High School boys track and field team had three first-place finishes in winning the second annual Indians Relays, which was held March 27 at KHHS. Keystone compiled 99.5 points to place ahead of runner-up Palatka, which had 71 points. Newberry was third with 64 points, followed by Bell…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Lake Butler Middle School’s softball team ended a two-game losing streak with a 14-4 win over visiting Suwannee to conclude the regular season on March 19. The Tigers (10-4) are the third seed in the Suwannee Middle Athletic Conference tournament, which Lake Butler is hosting at the O.J. Phillips Complex. Lake…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Lake Butler Middle School’s baseball capped an 8-3 regular season with a 9-1 win over visiting Suwannee on March 19. The Tigers earned the number-two seed in the Suwannee Middle Athletic Conference tournament, which Lake Butler is hosting at the O.J. Phillips Complex. The Tigers will play third seed Baker County…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Kadence Massey had four RBI in helping the Keystone Heights High School softball team snap a three-game losing streak in a 10-3 win over Class 6A Oakleaf on March 26 in Keystone. The Class 2A Indians, who scored a total of five runs in their previous three games, plated three in…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School may have suffered a 6-1 loss to visiting Palatka on March 26, but the Indians are experiencing a great season in girls tennis and had won nine in a row before their most recent match. The Indians hadn’t lost since dropping their season opener against Eastside, but…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School’s baseball team played for the championship of the Prospect Select Spring Classic in Viera on March 25, losing 14-3 to Doral Academy, which is fifth in the Florida High School Athletic Association/MaxPreps Class 6A power rankings. The Tigers (14-6), who are the top team in the Rural…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] All-Clay County teams were released for winter sports, with three Keystone Heights High School student-athletes receiving first-team honors. Trenton Noble and Ryder Thomas were first-team picks in boys soccer. Noble, a midfielder/forward, led the Indians in goals with 19, while Thomas, another midfielder/forward, led the team in assists with 18. Noble…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School’s baseball team scored in every inning, while pitcher Brady Tetstone allowed only three hits in the Tigers’ 12-2, five-inning win over Class 7A Coral Gables on the first day of Prospect Select’s Spring Classic in Viera on March 23. Tetstone struck out nine in the complete-game effort…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School’s track and field teams competed in the March 13 Creekside Friday Knight Invite, with Baylor Ford finishing as runner-up in two events. Ford had a second-place distance of 40 feet, 6.25 inches in the triple jump, while also running a second-place time of 1:03.16 in the 400m…
