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Ficklin 3RBI triple, Ballinger no-hitter fuel Broncos region win

Middleburg High pitcher Cloey Ballinger embraces her catcher Madi Strickland after Ballinger finished off another no-hit inning in Broncos 5-1 region quarterfinal win over Milton on Thursday. Middleburg advances to region semifinal against No. 2 seed Matanzas (22-1) and an 1-0 winner over Ponte Vedra in their quarterfinal.

Mallory Ficklin hit a three-run triple in support of Cloey Ballinger’s no-hitter as host Middleburg rallied late to defeat Milton 5-1 in a Region 1-5A quarterfinal on May 8. The Broncos, now …

OCALA - With state cross country powerhouse Belen Jesuit landing five runners in the top 10 to crush the field at the Florida Horse Park Invitational Cross Country, Fleming Island High senior Jacob …
High School Sports
St. Johns Country Day School pitcher Brayden Harris has a handful of double figure strikeouts outings and added to his state leading total with 10 against University Christian in the Spartans 11-1 region 1-1A championship series opener win Monday night. Harris was ranked No. 1 in strikeouts prior to the game with 131; add 10 to 141 now and was ranked seventh nationally.

Spartans dime UC in baseball 1A region

ORANGE PARK - A homer by Madden Williams and 10 strikeouts from pitcher Brayden Harris fueled a workmanlike 11-1 five inning win for the St. Johns Country Day School Spartan baseball team over …
St. Johns baserunner Preston Cole slides just out of reach of University of Christian catcher's glove to score gamewinner in 8-7 region championship win over University Christian.

Spartans to Final Four; Clay season over

ORANGE PARK - In true championship form, the St. Johns Country Day School baseball team, the defending Class 2A champion, proved their mettle with a scintillating finish in nine innings with a walk …

Indians track finishes with Thomas double district champion

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS - Keystone Heights High distance runners Ryder Thomas and Hunter Sheppard finished with a late-season flurry with Thomas winning district titles in the 1600 and 3200 and both runners …

FHSAA Softball Regions

Indians' softball survive district final loss

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS - Middleburg, Clay and Oakleaf high schools all earned softball district titles last week with five of the seven high schools; minus Ridgeview and St. Johns Country Day School, all …

FHSAA Tennis
Fleming Island High singles and doubles tennis player Zach Hyatt

FIHS, SJCDS get to state tennis

ORLANDO - Fleming Island's girls and boys tennis teams' seasons have both ended with top singles Zach Hyatt and Katie Baird both finishing up in the quarterfinal rounds of the singles championship …

 Dreadnaughts get two state titles
The Fleming Island Dreadnaughts football 10-Under and 14-Under football team both won state championships in Daytona Beach recently with the 10-Unders Dreadnaughts team, above, winning 35-0 over …
Oakleaf High coach Heather Han has four district titles and four region runs with a region final in 2022, but is chasing the legacy of Oakleaf's state title from nearly a decade ago, 2017.
Five of seven area softballs in region playoffs
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS - Middleburg, Clay and Oakleaf high schools all earned softball district titles last week with five of the seven high schools; minus Ridgeview and St. Johns Country Day School, all …
Three hurdlers capable of state medals will be, from left, Orange Park's Erin Strother, Fleming Island's Meadow Shubert and Middleburg's Mikayla Burns.
Verger, Collins, Underwood, Lawson all region champs
PENSACOLA - In two separate region track championships, a Clay County foursome will be returning home with region championship gold medals as area tracksters work on Friday and Saturday to reserve …
Oakleaf had one of the more rugged and tough to bring down with one tackler ball carriers in Chris Foy II, who now heads to Edward Waters College and there are plenty of big bodies in the Knights' backfield in week one including C.J. Moses here.
Football is back!! Spring ball begins
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - Apparently, Clay High's newest head football coach has been kind of scouting the Clay County football scene for quite a bit before landing about a month ago at Clay High School. …
The Devils made them do it
Clay High baseball fans, led by Gabby Bridges up front, react to play on field as Blue Devils won a 2-1 region semifinal game with a dramatic seventh-inning, two-run homer by L.J. Martin to beat …
Former Oakleaf High offensive tackle Jalen Rivers, here in action with University of Miami, was big part in Hurricanes offense that put up a 536 yards per game offense and 7.4 yards per carry, both tops in the NCAA.
OHS tackle Jalen Rivers selected by NFL Bengals
Former Oakleaf High football standout and track and field state champion Jalen Rivers was selected by the NFL Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round, the 153rd overall pick. Rivers was a versatile …
Jacksonville area tennis players Michelle Reid, left, and Cindy Haines pushed Fleming Island's Kaite Baird and Stephanie Axne into overtime before losing a 10-8 10 point overtime match in the Tennis4Cancer Womens A division. Reid is a numerous times Tennis4Cancer champion.
Fleming Island teens win Tennis4Cancer crown in OT
EAGLE HARBOR - A "discussed" point and an overtime set proved exciting tennis for two Fleming Island teens who were embarking on a shot at the title at the Tennis4Cancer doubles tennis tournament …
Clay High wide receiver and defensive back Kirra Dodson, noe of fastest runners on Blue Devils lineup, had two breakaway runs to set up Clay offense in 20-6 win over Orlando Jones in region playoff opener.
Jones scores first, Clay rolls for 20
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - For Clay High's flag football team, putting their 13-0 record in Class 2A was going to be against a host of new faces to face in the upcoming region playoffs. "Our new …
The double rush tandem of Audrey Ellis, left, and Daisy Fletcher was enough to disrupt the high-octane offense of Fletcher High and give the Golden Eagles a 26-0 region playoff win over Fletcher. Fleming Island travels to Chiles in Tallahassee for round two.
Eagles reverse district playoff loss
JACKSONVILLE - With a huge defensive effort by their smallest player, the Fleming Island High flag football team used seven deflected passes from rusher Daisy Fletcher to, ironically, knock host …
Former Middleburg High track and cross country standout Emma Mussante, center, holds the Pat McFadden scholar athlete award given to her for outstanding athletics as well as academics. With Mussante are FSC coaches Matt Levassiur and Stephanie Bylander.
Mussante senior season finishing with flurry
DAYTONA BEACH - Middleburg High track and cross country standout graduate Emma Mussante topped off her senior season as one of top distance runner at Florida Southern College with a second place …

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OHS Williams leaves 'Canes
Checking out colleges
OHS Kistler blasts game-winning homer
MHS Mussante earns 10Km All-South Region selection
FIHS Dobson gets second lacrosse NCAA Ring
SJR State College’s Vallad atones for late error with game-winning 2-run homer
AUBURN, Ala. – One of the SEC's top scorers will be joining Auburn women's basketball for 2024-25 as Taliah Scott has signed with the Tigers, head coach Johnnie Harris announced Monday. Scott, a …
PHILADELPHIA — Temple Women's Basketball Head Coach Diane Richardson announced that Alabama A&M guard Kaylah Turner has signed with Temple University ahead of the 2024-25 season. The rising …
MELBOURNE, Fla. – Florida Tech men's basketball graduate student David McCullough and senior Elias Martin earned all-conference recognition, as announced by the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) on …
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Florida Southern women's track team opened up action at the Embry-Riddle Running Elements Classic Friday afternoon with six new top-10 all-time records while the Moccasins …
JACKSONVILLE - Ridgeview High grad Joel Nesi, a fifth year senior at Flagler College took his shot with two laps left of the Bob Hayes Collegiate 5,000 meters track race Friday night at University of …
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. | The Alabama A&M University women's basketball team honored four seniors prior to Saturday's Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) regular season finale as the Bulldogs …
TUSCALOOSA, AL - The No. 6 Alabama gymnastics program remained unbeaten on the season as the Crimson Tide (5-0-1, 2-0-1 SEC) earned a hard-fought 197.575-197.425 victory Saturday against the No. 8 …
Former Fleming Island High linebacker Abram Wright snagged an interception with a three-yard return in Rutgers's 31-24 win over Miami Hurricanes in Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
BRONX, N.Y. – Rutgers football (7-6) defeated Miami (7-6), 31-24, on Thursday at the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. It marked the program's seventh bowl championship, sixth under head coach …
Former Ridgeview High football standout Glendon Miller heads to the end zone with a third-quarter interception against Auburn in Maryland's 31-13 win in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville.
NASHVILLE, TN -- With a scintillating "Pick-Six" interception return for a touchdown on a first down pass in the second half by defensive back Glendon Miller, Maryland won its third bowl in a row – …
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Oakleaf High's Ava Tolbert spins around teammate Jaydyn Beall after scoring winning run in Knights 2-1 region quarterfinal win over BartramTrail on Thursday.
OHS Maddox challenged; delivers walk off blow
OAKLEAF - Bartram Trail High's softball coaches took the risk of putting Oakleaf High senior pitcher Charlotte "Charley" Maddox in the batter's box in a tense bottom of the seventh inning game tied …
Oakleaf High senior trackster Devin Collins, here in the 100 meters at the recent Don Hall Invite at Orange Park High, won his region 1-4A long jump title on Saturday at Seminole High School and will be in the region 100 as well.
Verger, Collins, Underwood, Lawson all region champs
PENSACOLA - In two separate region track championships, a Clay County foursome will be returning home with region championship gold medals as area tracksters work on Friday and Saturday to reserve …
Five of seven area softballs in region playoffs
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS - Middleburg, Clay and Oakleaf high schools all earned softball district titles last week with five of the seven high schools; minus Ridgeview and St. Johns Country Day School, all …
Middleburg High senior Kerra Clarida yells as she rounds third base after hitting monster homer in Broncos 5-4 district championship win over Fleming Island.
Eagles' hot start; Broncos fast finish with Strickland, Clarida homers
MIDDLEBURG - Fleming Island High softball opened in thunderous fashion in their district 3-5A championship game against Middleburg High with a three run homer from Ashlyn Madine with Jolee Rich …
Clay High junior Grace Miller hit an eighth inning double for three runs to fuel a come from behind 5-4 district championship win over Pedro Menendez for the Lady Blue Devils.
Miller walk off gets Lewis district trophy
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - When his softball season started, Clay High softball coach Matt Lewis had a bit of enthusiasm for the youth of his incoming team and even said "This could be a very fun and …
Clay High batter Cole Carnell lets his two run homer rip in fifth inning as Clay beats Escambia 6-2 to take the region 1-4A three game series 2-0 and advance to a second in two years region final. Clay will wait for the finish of the No. 1 Arnold vs. No. 3 Choctowhatchee series, tied at 1-1 with Choctowhatchee's win last night, to determine the travel plans for the region final. A win by Choctowhatchee keeps Clay home, with a win by Arnold sending the Blue Devils on the road for at least the first two of the three game series.
He's back! Carnell joins blast party
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - With a monstrous fifth inning two-run homer, Clay High batter Cole Carnell put his name on the now-explosive list of hot bats for the Blue Devils as Clay won their region 1-4A …
St. Johns Countrry Day School batter Nick Bowden, No. 3, celebrates his home run with teammates during Spartans 8-7 thriller win in region 1-1A semifinal series win over North Florida Christian. St. Johns, the No. 1 seed, will host the region final series starting May 5. St. Johns will play the winner of the University Christian vs. St. Joseph Academy semifinal series that is heading to a game three.
Dantzler sends Spartans into Regional Final
Chandler Dantzler’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted host Saint Johns Country Day School to an 8-7 victory over North Florida Christian on April 29, giving the …
Clay High senior weightlifter Emma Heck has dominated her sport for four years and finished up with a fourth state title and the Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Weightlifter of the Year award.
Clay’s Heck, Fleming Island's Coultis take Dairy Farmer honors
GAINESVILLE  – Clay High School senior Emma Heck has been selected the 2025 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Weightlifting with Fleming Island High's girls weightlifting coach Sean Coultis taking …
Seamark Mud Run big race on perfect day
Photos by Randy Lefko, Clay Today Sports Editor
University of Miami offensive tackle Jalen Rivers was a five-spot offensive linemen for Hurricanes.
Bengals Select OT Jalen Rivers With 153rd Overall Pick
Former Oakleaf High football standout and track and field state champion Jalen Rivers was selected by the NFL Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round, the 153rd overall pick. Rivers was a versatile …

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