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Columbia coach Steve Faulkner listens to senior Dante Brown during a second-half huddle Tuesday night. (SCOTT LAPEER/Special to the Reporter)

Columbia coach Steve Faulkner listens to senior Dante Brown during a second-half huddle Tuesday night. (SCOTT LAPEER/Special to the Reporter)

BOYS BASKETBALL: Columbia routs Gainesville for fifth straight win

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
GAINESVILLE — Suffocating pressure and dizzying speed helped Columbia build a quick lead Tuesday night in boys basketball, as the Tigers ran shorthanded Gainesville ragged for a 61-42 win at the Purple Palace.
Columbia guard Na’Haviya Paxton is fouled by Vanguard’s Jadah Kingcade as she drives to the basket on Tuesday night. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia guard Na’Haviya Paxton is fouled by Vanguard’s Jadah Kingcade as she drives to the basket on Tuesday night. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Vanguard snaps Columbia's 4-game winning streak

JORDAN KROEGER
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Down by three, Na’Haviya Paxton drove the lane hoping to score and draw a foul. She came up with neither. Instead, Vanguard held on to defeat Columbia 57-54 and escape with a road victory as Paxton’s shot bounced off the rim with no whistle.
Alabama Crimson Tide receiver DeVonta Smith rushes for a 42-yard touchdown against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday in Miami Gardens. (KEVIN C. COX/Getty Images/TNS)

Alabama Crimson Tide receiver DeVonta Smith rushes for a 42-yard touchdown against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the College Football Playoff National Championship game on Monday in Miami Gardens. (KEVIN C. COX/Getty Images/TNS)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: No. 1 Alabama beats No. 3 Ohio State for national title

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
MIAMI GARDENS — The celebration was at once familiar and unique. The confetti cannons sent a crimson and white shower into the air and Alabama players ran to the sideline to grab their championship hats and T-shirts.
Columbia’s Marcos Medina-Rodriguez chases down possession of the ball against Keystone Heights on Monday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia’s Marcos Medina-Rodriguez chases down possession of the ball against Keystone Heights on Monday night. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

BOYS SOCCER: Medina-Rodriguez’s late PK lifts Columbia past Keystone Heights

JORDAN KROEGER
Monday, January 11, 2021
Chris Truman couldn’t convert his penalty kick for Keystone Heights. But Marcos Medina-Rodriguez? He doesn’t miss for Columbia. Medina-Rodriguez struck a PK into the right side of the net in the 77th minute to lift the Tigers to a 1-0 victory over the Indians at Tiger Stadium Monday night.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Fort White routs Cedar Key

NEWS STAFF
Monday, January 11, 2021
Jacovya Major scored 20 points with seven rebounds and two assists to lead the Fort White past Cedar Key 60-26 at home on Monday. Dacaria Armstrong also had 18 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks for the Lady Indians (4-4) against the Lady Sharks (0-13).
Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban raises the Leishman Trophy after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 31-14 in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game at AT&T Stadium on Jan. 1 in Arlington, Texas. (CARMEN MANDATO/Getty Images/TNS)

Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban raises the Leishman Trophy after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 31-14 in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game at AT&T Stadium on Jan. 1 in Arlington, Texas. (CARMEN MANDATO/Getty Images/TNS)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: No. 1 Alabama looking for 6th title under Saban vs. Ohio State

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, January 10, 2021
MIAMI — Trying to figure out which of Nick Saban’s Alabama teams is best is akin to picking Michelangelo’s greatest work of art or Ernest Hemingway’s best novel. They are all excellent in their own way.