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Bryan Shelton steps down from coaching Gators’ men’s tennis program
How Oak Hall School’s lacrosse team has become one of the region’s best
As the program marches through the state tournament, the story of how Oak Hall has been elevated under coach Jonathan Montes is detailed below. Growing up, Jaxson Lamb wanted to be the next Wes Welker, a former New England Patriots wide receiver. He played all sorts of sports growing up, …
Read More »Albert “Ray” Massey Park reopens after $2 million renovation
On Friday, kids were joyfully screaming as they pushed each other around on a purple playground spinner. Smiles beamed across their faces after popping out of an orange slide and laughs could be heard as their parents pushed them on a swing. After the city closed it in 2020 to …
Read More »Carillonneurs carry on a UF tradition in Century Tower
Growing up, Katie Mann always had a passion for music. She started out playing the piano but moved to playing the classical cello for 10 years. She also plays the banjo. “I play whatever instrument I can find,” she said. Mann, a junior at the University of Florida, is one …
Read More »North Marion boys basketball team fights through heartbreak
In mid-January, Timothy Yarn was watching the North Marion High School girls basketball team play against Hawthorne High School. Yarn, the head coach of the North Marion boys varsity basketball team, cheered on the Broncos and prepped his team for a matchup with the Hornets. In the stands, Shirley Ann …
Read More »Gainesville residents hopeful of University Avenue becoming safer after $8M grant
Addison Sutton, 22, was making her way to Midtown for a night out with friends one evening in 2022. While waiting at the intersection of Southwest 13th Street and West University Avenue, she saw lights from a private ambulance service heading west on University Avenue. She stopped and waited to …
Read More »Competitiveness on and off the field helps Johnny Wiggs build top junior college baseball program at Santa Fe
Every year before the beginning of the fall baseball season, Santa Fe College baseball head coach Johnny Wiggs holds a ping pong tournament in the baseball clubhouse. It started about a decade ago, according to Wiggs, and the head coach dominated it since it started. But Brock Edge completed the …
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