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Branford’s Nathalia Veal (middle) was the LCR’s Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year last spring. (COURTESY)

Branford’s Nathalia Veal (middle) was the LCR’s Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year last spring. (COURTESY)

PREP ROUNDUP: Branford's Nathalia Veal named to academic all-state team

JORDAN KROEGER
Thursday, April 7, 2022
BRANFORD — Branford’s Nathalia Veal was named to the FHSAA’s Dairy Farmers All-Academic All-State Team on Wednesday, an honor reserved for 24 graduating student-athletes who excel in both athletics and academics. Veal has a 4.0 grade point average and ranks first in her senior class.
Seth Stockton set a new school record in the triple jump at the Oak Hall mini meet on Tuesday. (COURTESY)

Seth Stockton set a new school record in the triple jump at the Oak Hall mini meet on Tuesday. (COURTESY)

PREP ROUNDUP: Tuesday's results and stats for track & field, softball

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Columbia competed at Oak Hall’s seven-team mini meet on Tuesday, with Seth Stockton setting a new school record in the triple jump with a leap of 14.49m to win first place. Stockton broke Latrell Williams’ mark of 13.77, which he set back in 2014.
Columbia’s Hayden Gustavson celebrates after hitting a double against Suwannee on Tuesday night. The game was called in the third inning due to rain with the Tigers leading 1-0. A makeup date is to be determined. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia’s Hayden Gustavson celebrates after hitting a double against Suwannee on Tuesday night. The game was called in the third inning due to rain with the Tigers leading 1-0. A makeup date is to be determined. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

FHSAA RANKINGS: CHS, SHS still No. 1 in baseball regions, FWHS leaps into playoff field

JORDAN KROEGER
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
There were no changes in baseball for Columbia and Suwannee in the latest FHSAA rankings released on Tuesday. Columbia (10-2) is still ranked No. 1 in Region 1-5A by a large margin with a 15.352 rating, which is third highest in Class 5A and 24th in the entire state.
CHS, FWHS, SHS, BHS

CHS, FWHS, SHS, BHS

PREP ROUNDUP: Monday's baseball/softball/tennis results and stats

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Here are the results and stats for Monday's baseball, softball and tennis events in the area: BASEBALL — Fort White 13, Taylor County 1: The Indians (7-4) run-ruled the Bulldogs (2-8) in five innings Monday night in District 6-1A action for their sixth straight win.
Fort White head coach Rick Julius looks on during a game against Union County on March 4. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Fort White head coach Rick Julius looks on during a game against Union County on March 4. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

PREP BASEBALL: Fort White raising money to battle cancer ahead of Thursday’s game vs. Keystone Heights

JORDAN KROEGER
Monday, April 4, 2022
FORT WHITE — Fort White’s game against Keystone Heights on Thursday won’t just be about baseball. It’ll be for a much bigger cause. Both schools have teamed up with Vs. Cancer, a signature fundraising campaign of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, to raise money to help fight pediatric cancer.
South Carolina's Aliyah Boston holds the trophy after defeating UConn in the NCAA national championship on Sunday in Minneapolis. South Carolina won 64-49 to win the championship. (ERIC GAY/Associated Press)

South Carolina's Aliyah Boston holds the trophy after defeating UConn in the NCAA national championship on Sunday in Minneapolis. South Carolina won 64-49 to win the championship. (ERIC GAY/Associated Press)

WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Staley leads South Carolina over UConn for second NCAA title

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, April 3, 2022
MINNEAPOLIS — Dawn Staley hoisted the championship trophy high, strutted around the court and stopped for a brief victory dance. She handed over the hardware to South Carolina's student band, then headed back to midcourt for more merriment.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski watches play during Saturday's Final Four contest against North Carolina in New Orleans. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press)

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski watches play during Saturday's Final Four contest against North Carolina in New Orleans. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press)

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: North Carolina knocks out Krzyzewski, takes down Duke in Final Four

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, April 2, 2022
NEW ORLEANS — For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him. After that, he found his wife, Mickie, and they made the slow, sad walk, hand-in-hand, off the Superdome floor.
Kansas forward David McCormack celebrates after scoring against Villanova in Final Four on Saturday in New Orleans. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press)

Kansas forward David McCormack celebrates after scoring against Villanova in Final Four on Saturday in New Orleans. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press)

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Kansas cruises to win over Villanova in Final Four

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, April 2, 2022
NEW ORLEANS — Ochai Agbaji followed a celebrating stream of Kansas players off the floor at the Final Four, their shouts of “One more!” echoing all the way up the tunnel of the Superdome and right to the door of their locker room. One more game awaits, the biggest of their careers.