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Columbia quarterback Kade Jackson leads his team on the field before a game last season. (FILE)

Columbia quarterback Kade Jackson leads his team on the field before a game last season. (FILE)

PREP SPORTS: FHSAA votes for 1-year reclassification plan for 2021-2022

JORDAN KROEGER
Monday, March 8, 2021
The Florida High School Athletic Association’s board of directors voted unanimously Monday to reclassify all sports for one year only due to complications from the covid-19 pandemic. It’s a change from the typical two-year cycle, which the FHSAA will likely to go back to after next school year.
Florida's Tyree Appleby (22) goes to the basket against Tennessee's Jaden Springer (11) and Yves Pons (35) on Sunday

Florida's Tyree Appleby (22) goes to the basket against Tennessee's Jaden Springer (11) and Yves Pons (35) on Sunday

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Vols rally to beat Gators, who fall to No. 5 seed in SEC tourney

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, March 7, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Victor Bailey Jr., John Fulkerson and Keon Johnson scored 14 points apiece and Tennessee rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Florida 65-54 on Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams.  Tennessee (17-7, 10-7 SEC) secured the No.
Suwannee’s 4x400 relay team placed third at the Santa Fe Invitational on Saturday. Pictured are Ahman Philmore (from left), Brian Fuery, Garrison Beach and Brandon Pratt. (COURTESY)

Suwannee’s 4x400 relay team placed third at the Santa Fe Invitational on Saturday. Pictured are Ahman Philmore (from left), Brian Fuery, Garrison Beach and Brandon Pratt. (COURTESY)

PREP TRACK & FIELD: Suwannee, Branford win several events at Santa Fe Invitational

NEWS STAFF
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Suwannee’s track and field teams shined at the Santa Fe Invitational on Saturday, with several athletes taking home gold medals. For the girls, V’Kaylynn Ward won 100 hurdles (16.11), Mon’tayasia Jones won the high jump (5-03.75), Hiliyah Walker won the long jump (16-02.
Suwannee wrestlers Timothy Jolicoeur (left) and Austin McKinney (right) stand with coach John Wainwright after reaching the medal stand at the Class 1A state meet on Saturday. (COURTESY)

Suwannee wrestlers Timothy Jolicoeur (left) and Austin McKinney (right) stand with coach John Wainwright after reaching the medal stand at the Class 1A state meet on Saturday. (COURTESY)

PREP ROUNDUP: Jolicoeur, McKinney reach medal stand for Suwannee at state

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Timothy Jolicoeur led all area wrestlers at state with a fifth-place finish in the 126 class at the Class 1A state meet on Saturday. Jolicoeur pinned Wakulla Isaiah Wilson at the 2:41 mark in the fifth-place match.
Florida State's Sardaar Calhoun, left, drives in as Notre Dame's Nikola Djogo (13) defends during the second half Saturday in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame won 83-73. (ROBERT FRANKLIN/Associated Press)

Florida State's Sardaar Calhoun, left, drives in as Notre Dame's Nikola Djogo (13) defends during the second half Saturday in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame won 83-73. (ROBERT FRANKLIN/Associated Press)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Notre Dame upsets No. 11 Florida State

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, March 6, 2021
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — This time, Notre Dame made enough plays to knock off a ranked team. It had been a while. Prentiss Hubb scored 22 points, Dane Goodwin had 15 and Notre Dame beat No. 11 Florida State 83-73 on Saturday.
Columbia High School's track is overdue for an upgrade, one coach Lawrence Davis hopes to make happen at a meeting on March 11. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia High School's track is overdue for an upgrade, one coach Lawrence Davis hopes to make happen at a meeting on March 11. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

PREP TRACK & FIELD: Columbia coach Lawrence Davis to hold meeting in hopes of upgrading school’s track

JORDAN KROEGER
Friday, March 5, 2021
Lawrence Davis is in the second season of his second stint as Columbia’s track & field coach. The first was from 1991-1993. Back then, the school had an asphalt track. Today? It’s the exact same and it’s condition has degraded.
Columbia pitcher Truitt Todd hurls to the plate against Santa Fe during the fifth inning Friday night in Alachua. (MORGAM MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia pitcher Truitt Todd hurls to the plate against Santa Fe during the fifth inning Friday night in Alachua. (MORGAM MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

PREP BASEBALL: Santa Fe mercy-rules Columbia in five innings

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Friday, March 5, 2021
ALACHUA — Sometimes the wheels just fall off. Such is baseball.  For Columbia on Friday night, the wheels just all happened to fall off at the same time.  The Tigers fell to Santa Fe in the two rivals’ second and final regular season meeting in a 10-0 run-rule loss on the Raiders’ senior night.