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Columbia’s Skyler Ziegaus is the LCR’s Girls Soccer Player of the Year for a third straight season. (MANDI SLOAN/Special to the Reporter)

Columbia’s Skyler Ziegaus is the LCR’s Girls Soccer Player of the Year for a third straight season. (MANDI SLOAN/Special to the Reporter)

WINTER ALL-AREA: Ziegaus 3-peats as LCR's Girls Soccer Player of the Year

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Skyler Ziegaus merely scratched the surface of what she was capable of her first two years at Columbia. But as a freshman in a covid-ridden season, her coaches and teammates knew there was something special about her even before she was named the Lake City Reporter’s Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
Columbia's McKenna O'Sullivan makes contact with a pitch against Middleburg last Friday. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia's McKenna O'Sullivan makes contact with a pitch against Middleburg last Friday. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

PREP ROUNDUP: Scores and stats from 4/4/23

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
BASEBALL — Suwannee 5, Madison County 0: Logan Brooks pitched six innings, allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out six batters to lead the Bulldogs past the Class 1A No. 7 Cowboys on the road Tuesday night.
Columbia third baseman Ayden Phillips celebrates after hitting a two-run home run against Buchholz on Tuesday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia third baseman Ayden Phillips celebrates after hitting a two-run home run against Buchholz on Tuesday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

PREP BASEBALL: Columbia blows big lead, then beats Buchholz behind Phillips' bat

JORDAN KROEGER
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Ayden Phillips was just trying to put the ball in play. With the bases loaded and Grant Bowers eagerly waiting on third base with one out, Phillips just got a piece of Buchholz pitcher Aidan Kastensmidt’s slider as it crossed home plate.
FGC guard Antewan Webber rises for a layup against Pitt CC in the South Atlantic District B championship on March 11. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

FGC guard Antewan Webber rises for a layup against Pitt CC in the South Atlantic District B championship on March 11. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: FGC guard Webber named NJCAA first team All-American

JORDAN KROEGER
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Florida Gateway College point guard Antewan Webber was named to the NJCAA Division II All-American first team on Tuesday. Webber was the sole freshman selected to the first team and is FGC’s first basketball All-American since the re-establishment of athletics in 2017.
The Hunt the Front Super Late Model Southbound Throwdown will take place this Friday and Saturday at All-Tech Raceway. (HEATH LAWSON/Special to the Reporter)

The Hunt the Front Super Late Model Southbound Throwdown will take place this Friday and Saturday at All-Tech Raceway. (HEATH LAWSON/Special to the Reporter)

AUTO RACING: Hunt the Front makes debut at All-Tech Raceway

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The engines will be revving and the action coming fast and furious this weekend when a new racing series debuts at All-Tech Raceway, drawing some top notched competitors from around the country for Easter Weekend racing.
CHS, FWHS, SHS, BHS, LHS

CHS, FWHS, SHS, BHS, LHS

PREP ROUNDUP: Scores and stats from 4/3/23

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
BASEBALL — Lafayette 9, St. Francis Catholic 1: Lane Brock, Matthew Jenkins, Evan Buchanan and Bryson Herron combined to throw a two-hitter with 13 strikeouts to lead the Class 1A No. 1 Hornets (10-3) past the Wolves (5-9) at home Monday night.
Suwannee’s Austin McKinney is the LCR’s Wrestler of the Year. (COURTESY)

Suwannee’s Austin McKinney is the LCR’s Wrestler of the Year. (COURTESY)

WINTER ALL-AREA: McKinney named LCR's Wrestler of the Year

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
LIVE OAK — The path to a record-setting season began a year ago, almost as soon as the Suwannee wrestling season ended. That’s when SHS coach John Wainwright’s phone started buzzing a bit more often. “After the banquet I noticed it, the texts were more frequent,” Wainwright said.
Connecticut guard Tristen Newton celebrates after their win against San Diego State in the national championship game on Monday in Houston. (BRYNN ANDERSON/Associated Press)

Connecticut guard Tristen Newton celebrates after their win against San Diego State in the national championship game on Monday in Houston. (BRYNN ANDERSON/Associated Press)

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UConn smothers San Diego State to win March Madness

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, April 3, 2023
HOUSTON — After six games and 240 minutes of pure dominance that ran through March, then part of April, it finally became clear there was only one thing that could stop the UConn Huskies. The final buzzer.
Suwannee’s weightlifting team poses with its two trophies after sweeping the District 5-1A titles on Friday. (PAUL BUCHANAN/Special to the Reporter)

Suwannee’s weightlifting team poses with its two trophies after sweeping the District 5-1A titles on Friday. (PAUL BUCHANAN/Special to the Reporter)

BOYS WEIGHTLIFTING: Suwannee sweeps District 5-1A titles

NEWS STAFF
Monday, April 3, 2023
LIVE OAK — The Suwannee boys weightlifting team wasn’t perfect at the District 5-1A meet Friday at the SHS gym.