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Monday, November 23
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Lady Hawks win County Championship
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DELIA LANDER/Photo special to Alachua County Today
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HIGH SPRINGS – It was a championship night for the High Springs Community School (HSCS) Lady Hawks Volleyball team as they won the Alachua County Middle School Championship Wednesday evening. The 12-0 Hawks faced 10-1 Westwood Middle School at Santa Fe High School, the host site for the championship match. The Lady Hawks captured their first championship, and one of the team’s captains, Allison Benton, could not have been happier.
“As a 5th grader I was a manager and we went to the finals and lost to Westwood; as a 6th grader we lost in the semi-finals to Westwood;
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Small town boy with big time dreams
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DIANE GORRICK/Photo special to Alachua County Today
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ALACHUA – Twenty-two year old soccer player Devala Gorrick moved from West Virginia to rural Alachua in 1989 at the age of two, the youngest in a large family, with five older brothers and one sister. His father and mother, Dennis and Diane Gorrick, signed all the kids up for the local soccer and basketball league. “We spent a lot of time driving from game to game, but it was worth it to keep the kids fit and busy,” laughs soccer mom, Diane.
Devala began his soccer career early, at four years old, as a forward for the Alachua Warriors. His first coach, Eric Nystrom
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Santa Fe Babe Ruth All-Stars 10U Softball District 4 Champions
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Special to /Alachua County Today Anna & Sarah Dincher, Kara Senn, Natalie Reveille, Allie Findley, Kaitlyn Nowling, Ashley Biddle, Anna Schutzler, Sarah Schramek, Hailey Raulerson, Bethany Thomas, Nicky Schuyler.
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The girls went undefeated this past weekend in Live Oak to become District 4 Champions.
Next stop: States in Ponte Vedra beginning July 1st. Your support would be greatly appreciated to get the girls to Ponte Vedra. Donations can be made to Santa Fe All Stars and mailed in c/o Hal Brady Rec Center, City Hall, Alachua, FL.
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Gatornationals: No experience required
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RICK BABSTON/Alachua County Today Tony Pedregon in his Quaker State Chevrolet was overtaken by Bob Tasca III driving his Motocraft Quick Lane Ford Mustang at 280.72 mph down Gainesville's raceway.
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GAINESVILLE – The four professional category winners at the 40th annual NHRA ACDelco Gatornationals on Sunday have a combined 63 national event wins.
On the surface, that would give the appearance of a veteran group hoisting the famed “Wally” trophies presented to the winner of each NHRA event.
However, a whopping 60 of those wins are owned by just two drivers.
That made for an interesting mix of the sport’s have’s and have not’s gracing the winner’s circle at Gainesville Raceway this weekend.
“What can I say,” said Bob Tasca III.
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SFHS field named after Shane
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file photo/Alachua County Today Santa Fe High School honored Coach Loretta Shane on Friday night by dedicating a softball field in her name.
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ALACHUA – Like a queen ant building her colony from the ground up, one local woman has faithfully guided Santa Fe High School (SFHS), nurturing the girls’ sports program for more than 32 years.
SFHS Dean Loretta Shane started working at the school in 1976, which marked the beginning of the second year of its female sports program.
Since her initiation into the uncharted world of girls’ sports, Shane has established herself as a pioneer while fighting for her teams’ rights to play and be heard.
Shane has accrued 536 wins in softball and 314 victories in
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