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Columbia’s basketball team poses with the District 2-5A championship trophy after defeating Rickards 68-38 on Friday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia’s basketball team poses with the District 2-5A championship trophy after defeating Rickards 68-38 on Friday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Columbia routs Rickards for first district title since 2020

JORDAN KROEGER
Friday, February 10, 2023
Two years without a district title was too many for Columbia head coach Steve Faulkner. He made that clear to the Tigers before they took the floor for Friday’s District 2-5A championship. And after one quarter, it was clear they listened.
A Columbia soccer player dribbles the ball during a match this past season. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

A Columbia soccer player dribbles the ball during a match this past season. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

PREP SPORTS: Florida backs off athlete menstrual data, but debate lingers

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, February 10, 2023
Florida has backed off its effort to force athletes to give their high schools information about their menstrual cycles after the debate sparked opposition nationwide, and now, the state is facing questions about whether the plan was based on politics or policy.
CHS, FWHS, SHS, BHS, LHS

CHS, FWHS, SHS, BHS, LHS

PREP ROUNDUP: Scores & stats from 2/9/23

NEWS STAFF
Friday, February 10, 2023
BOYS TENNIS Santa Fe 6, Suwannee 1 Singles — No. 1 Evan McMillan lost 8-7 — No. 2  Jake Wooley lost 8-0 — No. 3 Josh Jahuey won 8-5 — No. 4 Devan Tran lost 8-1 — No. 5 Calay Anderson lost 8-0 Doubles — No. 1 McMillan/Wooley lost 8-0 — No. 2 Jahuey/Tran lost 8-3
Columbia forward Ty’jahn Wright flies for a dunk as Ridgeview forward Jairus Moore contests during Wednesday’s District 2-5A semifinal. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia forward Ty’jahn Wright flies for a dunk as Ridgeview forward Jairus Moore contests during Wednesday’s District 2-5A semifinal. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Columbia aims to win first district title since 2020 against Rickards

JORDAN KROEGER
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Four years ago, Columbia ended a 19-year district title drought. Then, the Tigers went back-to-back en route to their first Final Four berth since 1968. It set a new standard for basketball at Columbia, one the Tigers are aiming to reach again after coming up empty handed the past two seasons.
Columbia goalkeeper Haley Schrader makes a save against Lecanto during the Region 1-5A quarterfinal on Tuesday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia goalkeeper Haley Schrader makes a save against Lecanto during the Region 1-5A quarterfinal on Tuesday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

PREP SPORTS: FHSAA cuts menstrual questions from athletic forms amid criticism

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, February 9, 2023
ORLANDO — Questions about female athletes’ menstrual history will no longer appear on the medical forms that Florida high school students have to fill out before participating in sports, though the new form will still ask athletes for their sex assigned at birth, rather than just their sex.