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…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School’s Elijah Lawrence won two events and was one of two individuals to earn points in multiple events at a March 13 track and field meet at Baldwin High School. Lawrence took first in the 100m with a time of 11.36 seconds and first in the 200m with a…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School senior Amia Bethea placed seventh out of 112 runners in the 100m dash at the March 21 Bob Hayes High School Invite, which was hosted by Jacksonville’s University of North Florida. Bethea had the sixth-best time of 12.08 seconds in the preliminaries to qualify for the finals.…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A year and a half of planning, nearly $500,000 in funding, and the collective effort of city, county, and community volunteers culminated on Saturday, March 21, as Bradford Sports United held its inaugural opening day ceremony at the Edwards Road athletic complex in Starke. Bradford County Fire Chief Ben Carter, who…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Lila Sutton drove in six runs, while Regan Adams and Kendra Griffis each homered in the Bradford High School softball team’s 16-6, five-inning win over visiting Fort White on March 20. The Tornadoes (2-5) fell behind 2-0, but scored five runs in the bottom of the first to take a three-run…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School’s baseball team was held to four hits in a 9-2 loss to visiting Middleburg on March 20. The Tornadoes’ only runs came when Kyler Hall was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Kandan Crawford drew a bases-loaded walk. Jackson Parmeter batted 2 for 3. Bradford…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School scored in every inning but two in defeating host Bradford 7-4 in a March 16 baseball game. The Tornadoes scored first off a Kaedan Parks RBI single, but the Indians answered in the top of the second with an RBI single from Ashton Alday. Bradford went back…
