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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.
Columbia wrestler Joseph Rice won the 170-pound weight class at the Battle at the Border IBT hosted by Yulee on Saturday. (COURTESY)

Columbia wrestler Joseph Rice won the 170-pound weight class at the Battle at the Border IBT hosted by Yulee on Saturday. (COURTESY)

WRESTLING: Columbia places third at Battle of the Border

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Columbia took third place out of 17 teams at the Battle of the Border IBT hosted by Yulee on Saturday. Brett Millard (106 class), Thomas Greene (152) and Joseph Rice (170) each won titles, while Shawn Raggins (195) finished runner-up.
Wesley McGriff, a veteran of the Southeastern Conference, has joined Florida head coach Dan Mullen's staff. (UAA COMMUNICATIONS)

Wesley McGriff, a veteran of the Southeastern Conference, has joined Florida head coach Dan Mullen's staff. (UAA COMMUNICATIONS)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Florida tabs veteran SEC coach McGriff to coach secondary

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, January 9, 2021
GAINESVILLE — Florida announced the hiring of Wesley McGriff as its secondary coach Saturday, replacing two assistants coach Dan Mullen fired after the team's worst defensive season in more than a hundred years. Mullen parted ways with secondary coaches Ron English and Torrian Gray last week.
Columbia's Shyheim Brown is the LCR's Defensive Player of the Year. (JEN CHASTEEN/Special to the LCR)

Columbia's Shyheim Brown is the LCR's Defensive Player of the Year. (JEN CHASTEEN/Special to the LCR)

FALL ALL-AREA: Brown named LCR's Defensive Player of the Year

JORDAN KROEGER
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Daytona Beach Mainland was driving with the lead, looking to put Columbia away with the clock winding down in the Region 1-6A semifinals. But the Buccaneers didn’t have an athlete on their squad quite like Tigers defensive star Shyheim Brown.