Mandarin quarterback Tramell Jones is staying in-state, committing to the Florida Gators after a weekend visit to Gainesville.

The high school football playoffs begin this week. Here is a glance of the matchups for local teams in Class 3A-7A divisions.

News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney reveals his predictions for the first round of the high school football playoffs. All game times are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

The high school football regular season is off and rolling. News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 10 is here. It will be published on Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Think we’ve got a team ranked too high or a program not ranked at all? Send us a message on Instagram (@Sports4Jax) or sports@wjxt.com.

Coaches at public high schools in Florida have to look at the time they invest against their limited financial return and answer the same internal question every year. Is all of that still worth it? One group in the state is trying to do something about those poor wages. News4JAX takes a deep look into coaching salaries here.

A busy Thursday night of high school football, capped with a little bit of history.

A 71-year-old Mandarin man has been reportedly missing by family members on Tuesday.

Top-ranked Raines, No. 2 Nease and seventh-ranked Mandarin all wrapped up district championships on an action-packed Friday night.

News4JAX hands out a list of questions to high school football players and coaches before the start of every season covering a variety of topics. This year, we received responses from 136 players and 39 from coaches. Both are asked to not vote for their own team or teammates or coaches on select questions. This is what they had to tell us.

Bolles and Raines rolled in a pair of Super 10 high school football showdowns in Week 9 on Friday night.

High school football season is back. That means our football predictions are back, too.News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will reveal his picks for the week each Thursday.

The Florida High School Athletic Association will push the start of the football playoffs back a week due to the barrage of weather-related issues, including a couple hurricanes, that schools around the state have endured this season.

A busy Week 7 of the high school football season is all but in the books, with one very big game left on the schedule.

The CIA is offering advice to people in North Korea, Iran and China who want to share information with intelligence officials — without getting caught.

Recovery efforts were in full effect across Northeast Florida, especially in Mandarin neighborhoods.

The Week 6 high school football predictions are a day earlier than normal due to Tropical Storm Helene.

It was a wild Week 5 of the high school football season as the halfway mark officially arrived. Here’s a glance at notables, scores and schedules from Friday night.

Bradford wore down the Mustangs, displaying a three-headed Wildcat attack in the final quarter that allowed the host Tornadoes to rally and topple Mandarin 18-13 in the Varsity 4 Game of the Week.

The Mandarin Mustangs are a force to be reckoned with. It's mostly due in part because of three players: QB Tramell Jones, WR Jaime Ffrench Jr., and DB Drake Stubbs.

Contractors have final approval to tear down old Kmart in Mandarin. Home Depot will replace the Kmart which is located at 9600 San Jose Boulevard.

A bicyclist was killed Friday morning after he was struck by a car while riding in the Mandarin area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Mandarin romped to a 47-0 win over Atlantic Coast in the battle for the Principal's Cup on Friday night during Week 2 of the high school football season. Photographer Kevin Nguyen captured the game in photos in this gallery.

Through two weeks of the high school football season, the heavyweights are beginning to emerge.

Mandarin receiver Jaime Ffrench ended months of speculation on his college future when he verbally committed to Texas during a pep rally at the school on Friday morning.

The News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 6 high school volleyball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Aug. 27 games.

The high school football regular season cranks up in full this week and News4JAX/Varsity 4 have you covered every step of the way. We’ll have four games to watch, the next four best best and the full schedule in our Thursday coverage. All gametimes are 7 p.m. unless indicated.

The high school football regular season in Florida starts up on Friday and our News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 10 is here. It will be published on Tuesday through the end of the regular season.

Republican Jessica Baker is seeking re-election in Florida House District 17, which covers the portion of Mandarin that is east of Old St. Augustine Road and Hood Landing Road, as well as a large portion of the Southside south of Beach Boulevard. She’ll face Democrat Bryson Morgan in November.

The News4JAX VARSITY 4 high school football preseason top 10 rankings.

High school football season in Florida begins in less than a month. News4JAX has you covered. Here are the team-by-team schedules for schools in the North Florida coverage region.

More than 100 players who played high school football locally or list the area as their hometown are in the new EA Sports College Football 25 video game.

The best of the best high school football players were given an exclusive invitation to compete at the Rivals Five-Star and Jacksonville was well represented with nine different players competing in the event.

Mandarin’s Tramell Jones joined the short list among the top high school quarterbacks in area history with one very exclusive honor on Friday.

A man was injured after he was shot during an argument at an apartment complex in Mandarin Thursday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Sasha Maric was never after the headlines or the recognition. The Mandarin defender was perfectly content in his spot in the back of the area’s most relentless defense.

The Creekside girls put a bow on the high school track and field state championships at UNF on Saturday night, nabbing four individual championships en route to the first team title in program history.

A Duval County Public Schools officer was accused of battery with no injury and a security guard was fired for inappropriate statements made of a sexual nature to students.

The City of Jacksonville announced it will keep the Legends Center open until 10 p.m. Saturday for those people who are still being affected by power outages caused by Friday’s storms.

Sheriff T.K. Waters and dozens of other Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office members participated in the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Walk in the Southside, Mandarin and Nocatee areas Saturday morning.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 24.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 17.

Tramell Jones will compete with the best high school quarterbacks in the country this summer

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 10.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 3.

The man accused of shooting and killing a teenager in the parking lot of a Mandarin apartment complex late last year will face a judge Thursday morning.

The News4JAX flag football team will be published Wednesday’s throughout the regular season. Records are through April 2 games.

The Mandarin Art Festival kicked off Saturday and features local art, a Green Market and a Bake Sale.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through March 27.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through March 20.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through March 5.

Officials with Duval County Public Schools are set to hold a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning for a brand-new building at set to be constructed at Mandarin High School.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was able to arrest a 19-year-old man accused of murder thanks to the help of an informant who wore a recording device in jail.

A 19-year-old man was arrested and accused of murder in the shooting death of a 16-year-old that happened in Mandarin in December 2023, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The Mandarin boys soccer team bowed out of the state playoffs just one win away from the state semifinals.

The Mandarin boys soccer team is one of only two local teams still standing in the state playoffs.

The Mandarin boys soccer team led a handful of first-round winners on Tuesday night in the state playoffs.

A woman told the police that the three teens accused of stealing guns from her Mandarin home broke into her closet that’s equipped with a fingerprint-locking system.

Duval County Public Schools sent a message to families of students at Mandarin Middle School and Atlantic Coast High School, announcing additional security on Wednesday.

Wednesday is national signing day when high school athletes can sign national letters of intent with college programs.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys high school basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Jan. 31.

The News4JAX Super 6 girls high school basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Jan. 29.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys high school basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Jan. 23.

The family of a 16-year-old killed at a party in Mandarin in December is calling on the shooter to come forward.

Mandarin safety Drake Stubbs, the All-News4JAX defensive player of the year, was often at the forefront in that leadership role for state runner-up Mandarin.

JEA issued a boil water advisory for several customers in the Mandarin area Friday morning after a water main was broken in San Jose Boulevard.

The News4JAX Super 6 girls high school basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Jan. 8.

Just before the New Year began, a 16-year-old was killed in a shooting in Mandarin. Then, the shooting death of a 14-year-old in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood marked Jacksonville’s first homicide of the year.

The News4JAX Super 6 girls high school basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Jan. 1.

16-year-old dead after shooting at late night party

The Florida High School Athletic Association released its new classification and district assignments for football on Friday morning, unveiling some new twists for area teams.

There are some fabulous light displays all over Northeast Florida, but there's one that's invite-only. Here's your invitation to a house in Mandarin where the snow is always falling.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys high school basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Dec. 19.

It’s still a year away, but the Class of 2025 is officially on the recruiting clock. And that class is positioned to be one of the most loaded we’ve seen in years.

Wednesday marks the first of three days this month where high school football players can sign national letters of intent with colleges. The area is poised to have a significant number of players sign this week instead of waiting until national signing day on Feb. 7, 2024

Bobby Ramsay is making the move back into the Duval County coaching ranks.

Thousands of runners sprinted through the streets of San Jose and Mandarin Sunday for the annual Ameris Bank Jacksonville Marathon -- the city’s oldest long-distance foot race.

On the anniversary of the most memorable night in Mandarin football history, Miami Columbus settled the score.

Mandarin has been one of the area’s constant Super 10 teams all season. Can the Mustangs win just the second state championship in program history when they face Miami Columbus on Friday at 3 p.m. in Tallahassee?

Bradford, Mandarin and St. Augustine are headed to the state championship games next week in Tallahassee after winning state semifinal clashes on Friday night.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys soccer rankings will be published every Friday during the regular season — except during Christmas week. Records are through Nov. 30 games.

It’s the state semifinal round of the high school football playoffs. Three area teams are still alive in the Metro classification, Bolles, Mandarin and Trinity Christian. A look at the playoff matchups for those teams this week.

The state semifinals are the next stop for Bradford, Bolles, Mandarin, St. Augustine and Trinity Christian.

It’s the third round of the high school football state playoffs and the area still has three teams standing in the regional finals. Bolles, Mandarin and Trinity Christian are all chasing berths in the state semifinals in the Metro division.

Baker County, Bartram Trail, Bolles, Bradford, Mandarin, St. Augustine, Trinity Christian and Union County all won second-round games on Friday night.

The final week of the high school football season is here, and the bubble watching has begun.

After Week, 10 the playoff picture is coming into focus. Eight district champions were crowned this week, with one big one left to go.

We’re nearly through eight full weeks of the high school football season, with one big game left.

The News4Jax Super 6 high school volleyball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Sept. Oct. 10 games.

News4JAX hands out a list of questions to high school football players and coaches before the start of every season covering a variety of topics. This year, we received responses from 100 players and 25 from coaches. Both are asked to not vote for their own team or teammates or coaches on select questions. This is what they had to tell us.

The News4Jax Super 6 high school volleyball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Sept. Oct. 3 games.

Week 6 of the high school football season is in the books, with one notable upset headlining Friday night’s action.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

A woman died Thursday after she was found unresponsive in a pool at her apartment complex on San Jose Boulevard, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

The News4Jax Super 6 high school volleyball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Sept. 19 games.

Week 4 of the high school football season is complete, and some teams are nearing the halfway mark of the 2023 season. Here are scores, headlines and highlights from Friday night.

We’re nearly through three weeks of the high school football season and some big storylines have started to take shape.

The second week of the high school football season is largely in the books.

The News4Jax Super 6 high school volleyball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Aug. 29 games.

We’re off and running in the high school football season. Let’s jump in to a busy and exciting Week 1 of the season.

Mandarin started quick and pulled away late to beat Fletcher in a Gateway Conference showdown in Week 1 of the high school football season. Kevin Nguyen captured the game in photos. Click through his gallery here.