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Columbia’s Jasper White placed second in 100m and third in the 200m at Santa Fe’s Last Chance meet on Saturday. (DYLAN ASPENWALL/Special to the Reporter)

Columbia’s Jasper White placed second in 100m and third in the 200m at Santa Fe’s Last Chance meet on Saturday. (DYLAN ASPENWALL/Special to the Reporter)

PREP TRACK & FIELD: Top performers from Columbia, Suwannee at Last Chance meet

NEWS STAFF
Monday, April 18, 2022
Stacy White and Abigail Candler led Columbia’s girls at Santa Fe’s Last Chance Meet on Saturday, with White winning the triple jump with a leap of 9.89m and Candler taking first in the 800m in a time of 2:36.95. White also finished second in the 100m (12.94), third in the 200m (27.
Columbia’s Grant Bowers is tagged out at home by Union County Blake Agner in the second inning on Friday. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia’s Grant Bowers is tagged out at home by Union County Blake Agner in the second inning on Friday. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

PREP BASEBALL: Controversial call leads to walk-off loss for Columbia at Union County

JORDAN KROEGER
Friday, April 15, 2022
LAKE BUTLER — A foul ball that may not have been led to one controversial sequence, to say the least. That was bad news for Columbia. Trevon Lee got two favorable ball calls before slamming a shot over the left field wall to tie the game in the top of the seventh.
Suwannee’s Josh Fernald slides safely into home plate to score against Lincoln in the fifth inning on Friday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Suwannee’s Josh Fernald slides safely into home plate to score against Lincoln in the fifth inning on Friday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

PREP BASEBALL: Frier, Bulldogs topple Trojans on walk off

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Friday, April 15, 2022
LIVE OAK — Camdon Frier certainly has a flair for the dramatic. The Florida State commit has already knocked a walk-off home run this season against Mosley on March 21. He was looking for another dinger to end Friday’s game against Lincoln.
Columbia’s Brayden Thomas slides safely into home plate behind Truitt Todd (15) and Ty Jackson (12), who all scored on Kade Jackson’s bases-clearing double, in the sixth inning of Thursday’s game against Middleburg. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia’s Brayden Thomas slides safely into home plate behind Truitt Todd (15) and Ty Jackson (12), who all scored on Kade Jackson’s bases-clearing double, in the sixth inning of Thursday’s game against Middleburg. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

PREP BASEBALL: Jackson scores on balk to cap Columbia rally over Middleburg

JORDAN KROEGER
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Kade Jackson has been putting in the work in practice, sometimes even on his own. That hard work paid off on Thursday night.
Fort White’s Ciara Byrd is tagged out by Bell’s Michelle Heilig as she tries to steal second base on Thursday night. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Fort White’s Ciara Byrd is tagged out by Bell’s Michelle Heilig as she tries to steal second base on Thursday night. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

PREP SOFTBALL: Fort White’s rally comes up short in district loss to Bell

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Thursday, April 14, 2022
FORT WHITE — The Indians had a pair of golden opportunities to at least tie the game, if not win it, Thursday night at Coach John Wilson Field. Each time, Bell pitcher Ashlee Thomas slammed the door on any potential comeback.
Fort White’s Madalyn Keen slides safely into home plate to beat the tag from Branford catcher Morgan Brennan as N’Coreyia Atkins looks on during Wednesday game. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Fort White’s Madalyn Keen slides safely into home plate to beat the tag from Branford catcher Morgan Brennan as N’Coreyia Atkins looks on during Wednesday game. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

PREP SOFTBALL: Fort White bounces back with 15 hits to down Branford for district win

JORDAN KROEGER
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
FORT WHITE — Head coach Michele Padgett was pretty blunt after Fort White’s loss to Lafayette on Tuesday. “We just did not hit the ball.” When Branford visited on Wednesday, they crushed it. The Class 1A No. 4 Indians tallied 15 hits, led by Kadence Compton’s 3-for-4 night, to roll past the No.