BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School’s volleyball team went 4-1 — all against larger schools — and placed third in its division at the Sept. 12-13 Wawa Jacksonville Juniors Volleyball Association River City High School Classic. The Tigers (12-3) defeated Class 5A Vanguard 2-0 (25-18, 25-17) to start play in the tournament. Union … Read more
BY LISA HOLTZENDORF Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Union County High School’s football team had two touchdowns negated by penalties as the Tigers lost 28-0 to Class 2A Baldwin on Sept. 12. The Tigers (1-2) gave up only two scores defensively, with Baldwin scoring touchdowns on an interception return and a kickoff return. Offensively, it was … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] A couple of hot volleyball teams met in Starke on Sept. 11, with host Bradford High School having won four in a row and Union County having won six in a row. Only one could leave with its streak intact, and that was Union, which bounced back after dropping the first … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School’s Brysen Tomlinson finished in a two-way tie for fourth as the Tigers played Branford in a Sept. 11 boys golf match at Lake City’s Quail Heights Country Club. The Tigers had a team score of 224, while Branford’s score was 200. Tomlinson made par on one hole … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights and Union County tied for second behind Columbia in a Sept. 9 girls golf match at Lake City’s Quail Heights Country Club. The Indians and the Tigers each had a team score of 237, with Columbia winning the match with a score of 168. Keystone’s Aubrey Brooks and Union’s … Read more
Sept. 11 —LBMS volleyball at Williston, 6 p.m./7 p.m. —UCHS JV/varsity volleyball at Bradford, 5:30 p.m./6:30 p.m. Sept. 12 —UCHS varsity football, home vs. Baldwin, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 —LBMS golf vs. Branford at the Country Club at Lake City, 4 p.m. —LBMS volleyball at P.K. Yonge, 6 p.m./7 p.m. Sept. 16 —LBMS golf vs. … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford Middle School’s football team scored all five of its touchdowns in the first half in defeating visiting Lake Butler 36-8 on Sept. 9. The Tornadoes (3-0) are winning their games by an average margin of 31 points per game. They opened the season with a 26-6 win over Lake City … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Florida Highway Patrol said a 17-year-old High Springs man was killed when his motorcycle rear-ended an SUV on State Road 121 Friday night. According to an FHP report, the biker was traveling southbound about a mile south of the O.J. Phillips Recreation Complex when the collision occurred at 6:49 p.m., … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Union County School Board kicked off its September 9 meeting with a recognition for the Lake Butler Rotary Club, thanking the group for supporting students and school programs. Superintendent Mike Ripplinger called the organization a “great partner” to the Union County School District, particularly at the high school level. He … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Union County Commissioners delayed a decision on a proposed merit-based raise policy following a contentious debate over the county’s questionable financial outlook. The proposed policy change, explained by County Coordinator Jimmy Williams, would have given county department heads more autonomy in granting pay raises. Williams presented the idea as a precursor … Read more
