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Jacksonville Area Golf Association Scholarship Trust celebrates 50th year of helping students
For the 50th year, the Jacksonville Area Golf Association is helping First Coast high school students defray their college expenses — a list that has swelled to more than 400, who have received more than $2 million in assistance. The association honored 16 more recipients from the JAGA Scholarship...
Feedback meetings on Duval school closing ideas sart with pushback from Beaches neighbors
A sea of pink flowed into Fletcher High School for the first of seven public meetings that Duval County School Board members scheduled to get feedback on potential closings or changes at dozens of schools. The response from most on the Beaches-centered crowd boiled down to two words: Not here. ...
Vault, run & walk: Creekside's Maya Till celebrates graduation to remember at FHSAA track
Once upon a time in track and field annals, today's triple jump held the name of hop, step and jump. On Saturday, Maya Till invented an entirely new event: the vault, run and walk. In the space of about an hour on Saturday afternoon, the Creekside senior placed at the...
Seasoned Spartans: After past setbacks, St. Johns Country Day awaits baseball breakthrough
One at-bat at a time, St. Johns Country Day is applying the lessons learned in North Carolina to bring a baseball trophy back to North Florida. Back in the final four for the third time in four years, St. Johns Country Day continues its chase for a first Florida High School Athletic Association...
FHSAA state championships: Omaria Gordon sets record in 4A track
JACKSONVILLE — Omaria Gordon clinched her long-awaited girls long jump state championship with a monster third leap of 20-feet, 5 ¾-inches on Saturday at UNF. With that in mind and three more events to go on her loaded Saturday schedule, the Olympia High senior could easily have passed on her fourth allowed attempt and moved on No way. Gordon, the best long jumper in Central Florida history, ...
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