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BOYS BASKETBALL: Mumford named new Suwannee head coach

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, September 16, 2021
LIVE OAK — Time is not on Suwannee and Shane Mumford’s side. School started more than a month ago. Basketball practice is set to start in six weeks. Mumford, the Bulldogs’ new boys basketball coach, just met the players Thursday afternoon.
Suwannee running back Malachi Graham takes a carry up the field against Westside on Sept. 3 (PAUL BUCHANAN/Special to the Reporter)

Suwannee running back Malachi Graham takes a carry up the field against Westside on Sept. 3 (PAUL BUCHANAN/Special to the Reporter)

FRIDAY NIGHT PREVIEW: Suwannee seeks faster start vs. Ed White in district opener

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, September 16, 2021
LIVE OAK — Suwannee will get an early start tonight in Jacksonville. And that’s perfectly OK with coach Kyler Hall, whose team didn’t get to play last week after a midweek postponement due to covid-19 concerns surrounding Hawthorne.
Fort White’s defense converges for a tackle against Hamilton County on Sept. 10. (CHRISTINA FEAGIN/Special to the Reporter)

Fort White’s defense converges for a tackle against Hamilton County on Sept. 10. (CHRISTINA FEAGIN/Special to the Reporter)

FRIDAY NIGHT PREVIEW: Fort White focused on cleaning up mistakes vs. ‘pretty big’ Santa Fe

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Thursday, September 16, 2021
FORT WHITE — The Indians have been on clean-up duty this week. Following Fort White’s 27-13 win over Hamilton County on Friday, there was a concerted effort among the coaching staff to fix the mistakes that blemished an otherwise great all-around game from each side of the ball.
Florida running back Dameon Pierce gets past South Florida safety Vincent Davis on a run on Sept. 11 in Tampa. (CHRIS O'MEARA/Associated Press)

Florida running back Dameon Pierce gets past South Florida safety Vincent Davis on a run on Sept. 11 in Tampa. (CHRIS O'MEARA/Associated Press)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: No. 11 Florida welcomes favored, top-ranked Alabama to Swamp

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, September 16, 2021
GAINESVILLE — Florida’s Dameon Pierce flashed an ear-to-ear grin as he contemplated his response. “How’s it feel to be such huge underdogs at home against top-ranked Alabama?” If anyone was going to say anything controversial, it likely would have been the outspoken and vivacious running back.
Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton (10) scrambles out of the pocket as he is chased by Jacksonville State defensive end Umstead Sanders (12) on Sept. 11 in Tallahassee. Jacksonville State won 20-17. (PHIL SEARS/Associated Press)

Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton (10) scrambles out of the pocket as he is chased by Jacksonville State defensive end Umstead Sanders (12) on Sept. 11 in Tallahassee. Jacksonville State won 20-17. (PHIL SEARS/Associated Press)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Demon Deacons host struggling Seminoles to start ACC play

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Wake Forest and Florida State are in very different positions heading into Saturday’s meeting to open Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer, left, prepares to lead his team onto the field before a game against the Houston Texans on Sept. 12 in Houston. (SAM CRAFT/Associated Press)

Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer, left, prepares to lead his team onto the field before a game against the Houston Texans on Sept. 12 in Houston. (SAM CRAFT/Associated Press)

NFL: Meyer says 'no chance' he lands at USC

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
JACKSONVILLE — Urban Meyer rarely, if ever, experienced anything like this at Ohio State or Florida. Ten penalties, six dropped passes, three turnovers, down 20 at halftime. Confusion on the sideline and in the huddle.
Columbia's Bailey Campbell (left) and Brandi Oliver (right) dive for a ball against P.K. Yonge on Tuesday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia's Bailey Campbell (left) and Brandi Oliver (right) dive for a ball against P.K. Yonge on Tuesday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

PREP VOLLEYBALL: P.K. Yonge rallies to edge Columbia in tiebreaker

JORDAN KROEGER
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
It couldn’t have been any closer. Locked in a fifth deciding set, Columbia and P.K. Yonge delivered blow after blow to one another down to the final point. The teams even exchanged match point three times as they pushed each other to the limit.