Columbia, Fort White, Suwannee, Branford and Lafayette were in action on the hardwood and on the pitch on Thursday.
Here are Thursday's scores and stats.
BOYS BASKETBALL
— Fleming Island 74, Columbia 58: Carson Crawford scored 24 points, Bryce Robinson added 12 points and Griffin Schulz finished with 10 to lead the Golden Eagles (6-3) over the Tigers (3-5) in their opening Gold Championship Division game at the Battle on the Island. Kadrian Wilson scored 20 points to led CHS, which was outscored 40-17 in the first half.
— Bradford 69, Fort White 40: Drey Lally scored 10 points and DeSean Lally added nine, but the Indians (3-3) dropped their third straight to the Tornadoes (2-1) in Starke.
— Hamilton County 74, Lafayette 34: Jakori Johnson, Cayden Merine and Jaworski Williams all scored 13 points while Hayden Tabor and Brandon Robinson added 11 apiece to lead the Trojans (7-2) over the Hornets (2-6) in Jasper. Lane O’Steen led LHS with 12 points.
— Suwannee 66, Madison County 60
— Branford 81, Joshua Christian 69
GIRLS BASKETBALL
— Fleming Island 68, Branford 18: Gianna Crawford scored 32 points to lead the Golden Eagles (7-3) over the Buccaneers (4-4) their opening Championship Division game at the Battle on the Island. Amyah James led BHS with five points.
— Lafayette 58, Hamilton County 21: Havyn Richardson scored 25 points, Jada Copeland added 11 points and seven steals, and Sophia Kendrick recorded a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Hornets (7-4) over the Trojans (1-5) in Jasper.
— Madison County 39, Suwannee 13
— Bradford 33, Fort White 28
BOYS SOCCER
— Columbia 5, Lafayette 0: Colyn Weatherspoon, Griffin Roberts, Ryan Steele, Angel Gomez and Matthew Shotwell each scored a goal as the Tigers (7-5-2) to shut out the Hornets (4-4-2) in Mayo to snap a four-game skid. Josiah Hopkins and Roberts each had an assist, and CHS goalkeepers Logan Wheeldon and Masina Sapp each had one save to keep the slate clean.
— Newberry 3, Branford 0
GIRLS SOCCER
— Columbia 3, Lafayette 3: Laelle Thompson recorded a hat trick courtesy of assists from Kiara Thompson, AJ Stanley and Leah Shields to help the Tigers (6-5-2) come away with a draw against the Hornets (5-4-1) in Mayo. CHS goalkeeper Sadie Sparks finished with seven saves.
— Newberry 6 Branford 0