BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School’s softball team was no match for the top overall team in the Florida High School Athletic Association/MaxPreps power rankings as the Tornadoes lost 17-1 to host Baker County in four innings on March 30. The Class 4A Wildcats (15-0) scored nine runs in the first two innings before…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School defeated visiting Santa Fe 4-3 in girls tennis on March 3, but couldn’t make it two in a row, losing 4-3 at Ridgeview on March 10. The Tornadoes (2-6) went 3-2 in singles play against Santa Fe, with Kaiya Thompson winning 8-1, Jaimee Lin winning 8-4 and Nova…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School’s baseball team made it a one-run game in the second inning, but couldn’t push any more runs across in a 6-3 loss to host Gainesville on March 27. With two outs and no one on in the second, the Tornadoes (6-11) got a single from Kyler Hall and…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School lost its third straight in baseball, with visiting Palatka overcoming an early deficit to defeat the Indians 8-5 on March 27. The Indians (4-13) scored the game’s first two runs in the bottom of the first. Destin Harnage reached on an error, while another error on a…
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…
