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CHS's Goosby now a top-tackling player at Webber

Fleming Island High grad Braden Cunningham has been the starting center for Florida Atlantic University, which beat Navy, 38-30, on Sept. 12.

Two Clay County football athletes are getting big reps at their respective colleges as former Fleming Island High offensive lineman Braden Cunningham and former Clay defensive lineman Omar Goosby are …

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Fleming Island senior swimmer Noah Stotler, the Class 2A 200 free champion last year while at Clay High, was selected to the USA Junior National Team after a stellar summer that included a fifth-place finish in the 200 freestyle at the USA SPEEDO Junior National Championships in California.

Fleming Island swims to close win over Beachside

Clay, Ridgeview and Middleburg almost got through a tri-meet on Thursday, Sept. 10, before rain and lightning forced the schools to reschedule on Sept. 17 at Rolling Hills. Before the storms, (No. 1) …
Fleming Island's top two finishers, Madison Moore and Eve Schlotthauer (in green), ran in identical times of 21:22.2.

Keystone's Tyre, Gray top Indians at Horse Farm XC

OCALA - Melody Tyre and Hunter Gray took top team honors for Keystone Heights High's cross country teams as they competed at the prestigious - and fast - Florida Horse Park Invitational held …
Middleburg High freshman Reese Forkum eyes the ball for a serve in the Broncos' win over Ponte Vedra. The Broncos had a tough 3-2 loss to Trinity Christian Academy and 3-0 loss to Beachside following the Ponte Vedra win. They faced defending state champion Tallahassee Chiles on Sept. 10.

Eagles, Spartans lose season firsts

GREEN COVE SPRINGS - n the story text. You can take out the entire fleming Island opening up until the Middleburg segment and replace with this.  GREEN COVE SPRINGS - Fleming Island High's …

Orange Park senior Dakota Blake blasted from the starting blocks in the 50 free against St. Johns Country Day School. Blake finished second to Raiders teammate Zephan Leak.

Orange Park makes a splash against SJCDS

Orange Park makes a splash against SJCDS Orange Park got wins in all but three events to defeat St. Johns Country Day School in swim meet action on Thursday, Sept., at St. Johns. The host Spartans …

with clay story Clay High's offensive line was anchored by senior center Touni Saoud, as the Blue Devils dominated Palatka, 35-0, on Friday. They will host an explosive Orange Park Raiders team on Friday, Sept. 11.

Blue Devils shut out Panthers

PALATKA - The Clay High School Blue Devils rolled past the Palatka Panthers, 35-0, in a lightning-delayed game Friday, Sept. 4, at Bennett-Cooper Field. The dominant shutout triggered a running clock …

The Middleburg AA 8-Unders football cheerleaders got hyped up on the sidelines as the Broncos took on the Fleming Island Dreadnaughts on Saturday. See pics, page 30.
Raiders bounce back to blast Stingrays
ORANGE PARK - Orange Park High football coach Marcus Wimberly emphatically stated that his halftime talk with his team was not as emotional as the talk some of his seniors gave to their Raiders team …
FIHS's Strombeck, MHS's Rosset get top finishes in XC openers
JACKSONVILLE - Fleming Island High cross country runner JP Strombeck and Middleburg's Lauren Rosset posted top area finishes at area cross country season opening races. Jacksonville and Flagler Palm …
New Fleming Island High boys golf coach George Sauer surveys the first hole at the Fleming Island Golf Club. Sauer took over after the Bruce Cloud era included two state titles, a runner-up finish and an individual state championship.
FIHS Moody's lighting-fast start included 5-under 30 for nine holes
FLEMING ISLAND - Fleming Island High sophomore golfer Sophia Moody opened lightning fast (pun intended) in her 2026 season with a record-setting 5-under-par 30 on her first nine-hole outing at …
Clay High defenders Kamari Davis, Howard Hill and Cooper Blackwood combine to take down Matanzas running back Christian Perkins in the first half of the Blue Devils' 29-10 win Friday night. Clay will travel to Palatka on Friday.
CHS Davis bullies Clay to win
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - Clay High running back Kamari Davis ran for 129 yards and one of the Blue Devils’ three rushing touchdowns as host Clay pulled away from Palm Coast Matanzas for a 29-10 victory …
Fleming Island's offensive line, here with Easton Isbell, Joseph Wilkey, Kaleb Thrasher and Noah Moreno taking a break, dominated an Atlantic Coast defensive line that featured two NCAA Division I commits en route to a 33-0 Golden Eagles win.
Longmire powers Eagles to shutout win; 2TDs
JACKSONVILLE - Fleming Island High running back Zion Longmire ran for two touchdowns, and quarterback Greyson Critch passed for two more as the Golden Eagles kicked off their 2026 campaign with a …
MHS LB Hanifen battling from horrific accident
MIDDLEBURG - Former Middleburg High linebacker great Kadin Hanifen, who graduated in 2025, is battling back from a horrific electric scooter accident on Aug. 14 that has left him nearly incapable of …

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FIHS' Mei Chiang shreds FSCJ school XC record
MHS kicker Robison gets conference Specialist of the Week
MHS Rahn earns conference offensive player honor
The golfers participated in four-man scramble, closest to the pin and longest drive competitions.
OAKLEAF— The Psi Mu Nu Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity hosted its fifth-annual golf tournament on Friday, Aug. 22. As part of their Uplift in Action Foundation event, the group welcomed 92 …
JACKSONVILLE - A much discussed unfavorable onsides kick attempt by the visiting Green Bay Blizzard proved fruitful for the Jacksonville Sharks as Sharks defensive back Malik Jones snagged the second …
Middleburg High track and cross country graduate Emma Mussante finished up a four year career of outstanding running for Florida Southern College with a handful of post season awards and a bucket load of program records in numerous events.
MIDDLEBURG - Middleburg High cross country and track graduate Emma Mussante, having finished an astounding collegiate career at Florida Southern College, was honored with her choice as U.S. Track …
Clay High state champion wrestler Cale Hoskinson mentored a room full of young wrestlers in the same room that he was mentored in to become a state champion.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - With a team conference and an individual All-Conference first team selection, Clay High wrestling grad Cale Hoskinson returned home to share some of his wrestling IQ with young …
Florida State University is in a tenuous battle in a super regional game three with Oregon State with Clay High grad Max Williams one of the top RBI batters for Seminoles.
FLEMING ISLAND - The No. 9-seeded Florida State University baseball team rallied with two runs in the seventh and three in the eighth to beat Mississippi State 5-2 and win the Tallahassee Regional to …
Former Middleburg High volleyball standout Jenna Erwin recently finished up her Doctor of Physical Therapy work at University of South Florida.
MIDDLEBURG - In her day, Middleburg High volleyball great Jenna Erwin (Class of 2016) was a hard-charging, diving, pivoting athlete under the watchful eye of former coach Carrie Prewitt and now, …
Former Orange Park High Raider track and football athlete Sean Dixon, right, now a senior track runner at Oklahoma Baptist University won the NCAA Div. II 400 meter hurdles title in his first season at OBU.
JACKSONVILLE - Former Orange Park High track and football athlete Sean Dixon made the best of a rough college start and topped if off in May by winning a national track title, the 400 meters hurdles …
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 …
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 …
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Keystone Heights' DJ Hill had a fourth-quarter interception against Bell.
Clay High defender Adam Whigham blocked a punt from Orange Park's Dustin Smith in the Blue Devils' 63-18 district win Friday night. Clay's defense scored three times. The Blue Devils will head to Fernandina Beach on Friday, with Orange Park hosting Terry Parker.
MHS 2 in hole STAFF PHOTOS BY RANDY LEFKO Middleburg High junior athlete CJ Williams scored the lone touchdown in the Broncos' 48-6 district loss to Class 4A top-ranked St. Augustine  last …
Orange Park defensive end Corey Johnson (left) and teammate Bryson Pinkston celebrated a touchdown after picking up a blocked punt in the third quarter in the Raiders' win over Atlantic Coast.
Caleb Miller holds on while riding Space Ghost in the saddle bronc riding category during Saturday night's Clay County PRCA Rodeo at the Clay County Fairgrounds. The event was expanded to include a Sunday performance featuring Super Bull Riding at 2:30 p.m. Miller finished in a tie for third place behind winner Keene Justesen and second-place Red Nixon.
Clay County Rodeo to make an encore performance on Sunday
GREEN COVE SPRINGS – After two successful performances on Friday and Saturday, the Clay County PRCA Rodeo will return to the Cattlemen’s Arena on Sunday for an encore featuring bull riding and …
Area junior high and flag football teams danced around rain and lightning last week. Green Cove Springs got a win against Wilkinson in flag football, while Lakeside beat Orange Park Junior at …
Zac Bourgeois will compete in saddle bronc riding at this weekend's Clay County PRC Rodeo at the Cattlemen's Arena at the Clay County Fairgrounds.
Cowboy faces bumpy ride in saddle broncs to qualify for PRC Finals
GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Zac Bourgeois knows the rodeo season has reached crunch time. Literally. The Canadian saddle bronc rider has a month to move up in the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association’s …
Clay High linebacker Adam Whigham got ready for a play against Matanzas. Whigham snagged an interception and ran 42 yards to paydirt just before halftime to ignite the Blue Devils' 29-10 win.
Week Three Thursday, Sept. 3 Atlantic Coast at Orange Park. These two programs are on the verge of a breakout. Both are 0-2 with lopsided losses in Games 1 and 2. Orange Park lost to Andrew Jackson, …
Ryan Preece celebrated his win at last Saturday's Coke Zero Sugar 400 at the Daytona International Speedway. He now starts the 10-race NASCAR Cup Series' Chase for the Championship with momentum.
Preece fights way into NASCAR’s Chase for the Championship
DAYTONA BEACH – After winning his first race since becoming a crew chief in 2023, Derrick Finley said his driver, Ryan Preece, will follow up on his Chase for the Championship-clinching win on …
Fleming Island volleyball smasher Lauren Brosky scissors a shot in between two Bishop Kenny defenders in the Golden Eagles' 3-0 quasi-upset of the Crusaders in the season home opener. The Golden Eagles are now 2-0.
Eagles open home schedule with win over Bishop Kenny
FLEMING ISLAND - After the FHSAA changed the district lineups for area volleyball teams, Fleming Island High coach Amy Yoder made it very clear that Bishop Kenny, a 4A region finalist last year and a …

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