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High school football ‘24: A look at team schedules for the upcoming season
Read full article: High school football ‘24: A look at team schedules for the upcoming seasonHigh 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.
MLB draft: Atlantic Coast, Paxon, First Coast, Pierce County grads taken in draft
Read full article: MLB draft: Atlantic Coast, Paxon, First Coast, Pierce County grads taken in draftFour players who played high school baseball in the area were selected during the three days of the Major League Baseball draft.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: Baldwin moves back to top spot as season winds down
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: Baldwin moves back to top spot as season winds downThe News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 24.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: Episcopal moves up to top spot, win milestone for Middleburg coach
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: Episcopal moves up to top spot, win milestone for Middleburg coachThe News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 17.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: West Nassau back in rankings as top teams hold steady
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: West Nassau back in rankings as top teams hold steadyThe News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 10.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: Top teams hold steady as Baker County rejoins rankings
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: Top teams hold steady as Baker County rejoins rankingsThe News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 3.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: Baldwin cemented in top spot, Oakleaf moves up in rankings
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: Baldwin cemented in top spot, Oakleaf moves up in rankingsThe News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through March 27.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: Middleburg, Creekside move up, Oakleaf jumps into rankings
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: Middleburg, Creekside move up, Oakleaf jumps into rankingsThe News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through March 20.
News4JAX Super 6 flag football: Paxon moves up to No. 2 after win over Stanton
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 flag football: Paxon moves up to No. 2 after win over StantonThe News4JAX flag football team will be published Wednesday’s throughout the regular season with the exception of this week. Records are through March 6 games.
Boys high school basketball playoffs ‘24: Jackson-Ribault set up 5th meeting of season in 2nd round
Read full article: Boys high school basketball playoffs ‘24: Jackson-Ribault set up 5th meeting of season in 2nd roundThe second round of the boys high school basketball playoffs are set, including a major rematch between Gateway Conference rivals Jackson and Ribault.
News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball: Paxon jumps in rankings as Gateway final four set
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball: Paxon jumps in rankings as Gateway final four setThe 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.
News4JAX girls basketball Super 6: Ribault, Ridgeview move into rankings
Read full article: News4JAX girls basketball Super 6: Ribault, Ridgeview move into rankingsThe News4JAX Super 6 girls high school basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Dec. 18.
News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball: Providence jumps to No. 1 spot after Fortegra dominance
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball: Providence jumps to No. 1 spot after Fortegra dominanceThe 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. 12,
News4JAX girls basketball Super 6: Orange Park, Ponte Vedra move into rankings
Read full article: News4JAX girls basketball Super 6: Orange Park, Ponte Vedra move into rankingsThe News4JAX Super 6 girls high school basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Dec. 11.
6th Annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational
Read full article: 6th Annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball InvitationalWill Providence add another Fortegra Invitational basketball championship to its resume? The Stallions, ranked No. 6 in the News4JAX Super 6, have never lost a game in the tournament and have won three of the five championships. Can the Stallions (4-3) add a fourth when they clash with No. 3 Episcopal (7-0) in the championship game on Saturday night?
Man, teen shot during robbery in Jacksonville’s Paxon neighborhood
Read full article: Man, teen shot during robbery in Jacksonville’s Paxon neighborhoodAn adult and a teenage boy were shot Tuesday night in what police said was a robbery on Lucille Drive, just off Edgewood Avenue North, in the Paxon neighborhood.
High school football team schedules for the 2023 season
Read full article: High school football team schedules for the 2023 seasonThe high school football season begins next month. Here are team-by-team schedules for the 2023 season. Some teams have not finalized schedules. They will be updated as they are finalized.
Bolles boys, girls sweep track and field championships
Read full article: Bolles boys, girls sweep track and field championshipsThe Bulldogs swept the Class 2A team state championships on Thursday at UNF, winning the boys and girls titles. For the Bulldogs girls, it was their third consecutive title.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: Creekside moves up, Clay moves in to rankings
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: Creekside moves up, Clay moves in to rankingsThe News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 5 games.
News4JAX Super 6 flag football: White moves up after win over Paxon; milestone win for Fleming
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 flag football: White moves up after win over Paxon; milestone win for FlemingThe News4JAX Super 6 flag football rankings will be published each Wednesday through the regular season. Records are through April 4.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: No moving Baldwin, Episcopal; Creekside moves into rankings
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: No moving Baldwin, Episcopal; Creekside moves into rankingsThe News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through March 22 games.
Boys high school basketball ‘23: BK edges Bolles; Oakleaf wins 1st playoff game in program history
Read full article: Boys high school basketball ‘23: BK edges Bolles; Oakleaf wins 1st playoff game in program historyIt’s on to the second round of the high school basketball playoffs for 10 local teams.
New JSO bodycam footage released in high-speed chase that left several cars damaged, 1 injured
Read full article: New JSO bodycam footage released in high-speed chase that left several cars damaged, 1 injuredNew bodycam footage released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office shows the moments of a high-speed chase that ended with a police cruiser plowing through a fence on the Westside.
17-year-old driver led police on chase down Roosevelt Boulevard, arrest report reveals
Read full article: 17-year-old driver led police on chase down Roosevelt Boulevard, arrest report revealsThe driver who led police on an 8-mile chase last week from the Paxon area down Roosevelt Boulevard before he crashed a stolen pickup truck in Ortega is 17 years old, according to an arrest report.
Bodycam footage shows moments before Jacksonville officer shoots, kills family’s dog
Read full article: Bodycam footage shows moments before Jacksonville officer shoots, kills family’s dogPolice body camera footage obtained by News4JAX shows the moments leading to a Jacksonville police officer shooting and killing a family’s dog in the Paxon neighborhood.
News4JAX Super 6 softball: Bartram Trail, Ridgeview move in to rankings
Read full article: News4JAX Super 6 softball: Bartram Trail, Ridgeview move in to rankingsThe News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Monday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 3 games.
4 teens charged in home-invasion murder
Read full article: 4 teens charged in home-invasion murderFour teenagers ages 14 to 16 are charged with armed burglary, home invasion and second-degree felony murder in connection with the Sept. 6 fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man in a home on Huron Street in the Paxon neighborhood.
Man, 38, dies after shooting in Paxon area, Jacksonville police say
Read full article: Man, 38, dies after shooting in Paxon area, Jacksonville police sayA 38-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds just before 5 a.m. Wednesday in the Paxon neighborhood, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. He died at the hospital.
News4Jax Super 6 softball: Baldwin joins the mix in final rankings of the season
Read full article: News4Jax Super 6 softball: Baldwin joins the mix in final rankings of the seasonHigh school softball season is in full swing and so are our News4Jax Super 6 rankings. They will be published every Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through April 20.
News4Jax Super 6 softball: Baker County, Keystone Heights enter rankings for 1st time
Read full article: News4Jax Super 6 softball: Baker County, Keystone Heights enter rankings for 1st timeHigh school softball season is in full swing and so are our News4Jax Super 6 rankings. They will be published every Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through April 13.
News4Jax Super 6 softball: Rankings hold steady as teams hit midway point
Read full article: News4Jax Super 6 softball: Rankings hold steady as teams hit midway pointJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – High school softball season is in full swing and so are our News4Jax Super 6 rankings. (1) Oakleaf (11-1, Class 7A)Notable wins: Clay, Creekside, East Ridge, Episcopal, Gainesville, Keystone Heights, Providence, Ridgeview. (2) Ridgeview (13-3, Class 4A)Notable wins: Bartram Trail, Clay, Episcopal, Fletcher, Keystone Heights, Oakleaf, Paxon, West Nassau (twice). (5) Episcopal (8-4, Class 3A)Notable wins: Clay, Fletcher, Middleburg, Paxon, West Nassau. To cap their 2-0 Super 6 week West Nassau beat a solid Providence squad 8-2.
Boys basketball playoffs: Nine area teams move on to 2nd round
Read full article: Boys basketball playoffs: Nine area teams move on to 2nd roundJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The boys basketball season continued for nine area teams on Thursday night. Among some of the notables from the opening round:Fletcher won its first playoff game since 1996 with a 60-52 win over Daytona Beach Mainland in the Region 1-6A playoff. The Senators’ last win came in the second round of the 1996 postseason. Bishop Snyder edged Tallahassee Maclay 63-58 in Region 1-3A, the first playoff win — and 20-win season — in Cardinals history. West Nassau’s first playoff win in eight years, a 57-44 victory over Bishop Kenny, kept the odometer rolling on guard Deebo Coleman’s record-setting career.
Jackson tops Paxon to win Gateway Conference boys hoops title
Read full article: Jackson tops Paxon to win Gateway Conference boys hoops titleJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jackson won its third Gateway Conference boys basketball championship in the past four seasons on Friday night, knocking off Paxon 73-52. The Tigers won championships in 2018-19 before being upset in the conference quarterfinals a season ago. Paxon was trying to defend its Gateway crown that it won last season on a team headlined by eventual Mr. Basketball Isaiah Adams. Instead, it had to settle for runner-up, thanks to a Jackson surge before halftime that broke open a tight game. AdQuinnton Jackson had 19 points for the Golden Eagles (16-6) and Jakobe Williams followed with 18.
News4Jax boys basketball Super 6: Jackson moves up, Episcopal moves back in
Read full article: News4Jax boys basketball Super 6: Jackson moves up, Episcopal moves back inJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4Jax Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Thursday during the regular season with the exception of a two-week break for the holidays. (1) Providence (15-2, Class 3A)Notable wins: Carrollwood Day, Christ Church Episcopal (SC), Episcopal, Impact Christian, Ocala Forest, Orlando Evans, Ponte Vedra, Santa Fe, Seacoast Christian, Seffner Christian, Viera. (2) Bishop Snyder (10-4, Class 3A)Notable wins: Bartram Trail, Bishop Kenny, Episcopal, Greater Atlanta Christian, Impact Christian, Mandarin, North Florida Educational, Potter’s House Christian, Sagemont. (NR) Episcopal (10-3, Class 3A)Notable wins: Bishop Kenny, Bolles, Fletcher, New Smyrna Beach, Paxon, Seacoast Christian, West Nassau, Wolfson. The closing three games are challenging, at Bishop Kenny (Jan. 29) and Episcopal (Feb. 2), and home against rival Nease (Feb. 5).
News4Jax boys basketball Super 6: Bolles, Episcopal move in to rankings
Read full article: News4Jax boys basketball Super 6: Bolles, Episcopal move in to rankingsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4Jax Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Thursday during the regular season. (NR) Episcopal (4-1, Class 3A)Notable wins: Bishop Kenny, Fernandina Beach, Fletcher. Eagles get the nod here over Kenny, Paxon, Palatka and Providence. Dropped out: Bishop Kenny (3-2, Class 4A); Paxon (3-2, Class 5A). Others: Impact Christian (2-1, Class 2A); Nease (4-1, Class 7A); Orange Park (4-1, Class 5A); Palatka (4-0, Class 4A); Parker (3-0, Class 5A); Paxon (3-2, Class 5A); Ponte Vedra (6-0, Class 5A); Providence (3-1, Class 3A); Seacoast Christian (5-1, Class 2A); West Nassau (3-3, Class 4A); Westside (2-3, Class 5A).
High school football 2020: Team-by-team schedules, results from around the area
Read full article: High school football 2020: Team-by-team schedules, results from around the areaJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After a long delay to start the season due to a global pandemic, high school football season kicks off on Sept. 4 around Florida and Georgia. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced quite a few adjustments to schedules in 2020 and many teams have yet to finalize their schedules. Teams that don’t have opponents for a certain date or their schedules have not been provided are marked with a TBA. FLORIDAAll games start at 7 p.m. unless indicated. There will be no district champions declared in 2020, so district games are not identified.
Super 6 boys basketball: Lee, Paxon move up
Read full article: Super 6 boys basketball: Lee, Paxon move upJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4Jax boys basketball Super 6 poll will be published each Friday through the end of the regular season. (3) Lee (15-2), Class 5ANotable wins: Calvary Christian, Impact Christian, Orange Park, Palatka, St. Andrew’s Stanton, White. (4) Paxon (15-4), Class 4ANotable wins: Episcopal, Florida State University High, Fort Myers, Lee, Miller Grove (Ga.), Seminole, Sparkman (Ala.), West Nassau, White. (2) Impact Christian (11-3), Class 2ANotable wins: Bishop Kenny, Cornerstone Christian, Freedom Christian (NC), Paxon, Ribault, Seacoast Christian, Tampa Catholic, Westside. Others: Baker County (11-4, Class 4A), Bishop Snyder (8-8, Class 3A), Bolles (10-4, Class 4A), Bradford (8-3, Class 4A), Columbia (15-2, Class 6A), Creekside (8-6, Class 6A), First Coast (10-6, Class 6A), Fleming Island (10-7, Class 6A), Hilliard (13-1, Class 1A), Nease (10-6, Class 7A), Orange Park (11-5, Class 5A), Palatka (12-4, Class 4A), Ribault (6-7, Class 4A), St. Augustine (9-3, Class 5A), Westside (8-6, Class 5A), West Nassau (6-8, Class 4A), White (9-6, Class 4A).
HOOPS LIVE: West Nassau vs. Providence for Fortegra High School 9:12 championship
Read full article: HOOPS LIVE: West Nassau vs. Providence for Fortegra High School 9:12 championshipJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Eight of the area’s best boys basketball teams were on display -- on TV, radio and web -- during the second annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational at Episcopal School of Jacksonville. WATCH NOW: Championship game live on CW17 and News4Jax.com. WJXT Channel 4, CW17, News4Jax.com and 1010 XL continue to highlight high school sports on air and radio. Channel 4, CW17 and 1010 XL broadcast the Mandarin-Atlantic Coast football game in 2018, the Fortegra basketball event last December and the High School 9:12 Classic baseball event last February. Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational scheduleAll games at EpiscopalThursdayRECAP: West Nassau, Providence, Paxon, Episcopal win on day 1FridayPonte Vedra 50, Fletcher 48First Coast 62, Mandarin 57Semifinal No.
2019 high school football: Week-by-week schedules, results
Read full article: 2019 high school football: Week-by-week schedules, resultsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The 2019 high school football season continues early November and beyond for some. Here are the schedules for each week of the regular season. All games at 7 p.m. unless indicated. District/region games schedule with *. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.
Project 17 initiative announces its final 2 schools to get certified ATs
Read full article: Project 17 initiative announces its final 2 schools to get certified ATsOn Tuesday, Atlantic Coast and Fletcher were the last two high schools announced as the beneficiaries of full-time certified athletic trainers through the Project 17 program. It aimed to put a certified athletic trainer at every one of Duval Countys 17 public high schools by 2020. Once that was complete, those ATs would leave the Project 17 structure and transition to Duval County Public Schools employees as ATs. Currently, 12 certified ATs have gone through Project 17 and made it into the Duval system. The final five schools, Atlantic Coast, Fletcher, Mandarin, Paxon and Sandalwood, will complete Project 17 within the next two years.
Adult arcade held up 3 times before security guard killed during robbery
Read full article: Adult arcade held up 3 times before security guard killed during robberyJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - An adult arcade in Jacksonville's Paxon neighborhood was held up three times this year before a robbery early Monday morning when a security guard was shot and killed, police records show. On Feb. 2, a gunman ordered an arcade employee to open the safe and got away with $8,000, police said. Just after 2 a.m. Monday, the fourth robbery this year took place at High Score Arcade. When officers arrived, they found the security guard had been shot during the robbery. The High Score Arcade does have legal permits and is able to remain in business for another five months -- unless there is an extension.
Security guard shot, killed in adult arcade robbery
Read full article: Security guard shot, killed in adult arcade robberyJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A security guard was shot and killed early Monday morning during an arcade room robbery in Jacksonville's Paxon neighborhood. When officers arrived, they found the security guard was shot during the robbery. The security guard was transported to a local hospital, where he died. A man was shot and killed May 2 during a robbery at the Dream Arcade on Edgewood Avenue. In March 2018, a security guard shot and killed two robbers at the Spin City Sweepstakes Internet Cafe on Beach Boulevard.
Man shot, bullets nearly hit 2nd man lying in bed at home
Read full article: Man shot, bullets nearly hit 2nd man lying in bed at homeJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A man was wounded in a shooting near the Paxon neighborhood, and a woman says her father was lying in bed when he, too, was nearly struck by gunfire. Police said the shooting occurred in the street, and Delisha Ricks said bullets hit her home while she was cleaning. When she heard the shots fired, she ran to check on her father, finding him lying on the ground as he tried to take cover. According to Ricks, a bullet almost hit her father while he was in bed. "I want them to know that senseless shooting and hurting and harming other people, that doesn't make sense," Ricks said.
Suspected drug house raided in Paxon neighborhood
Read full article: Suspected drug house raided in Paxon neighborhoodJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Multiple people were taken into custody Monday afternoon after a raid at a home in the Paxon neighborhood. Roads in the neighborhood surrounding a home on Allandale Circle East were closed off by police officers during the raid. Neighbors said they have been concerned about suspected drug dealing going on at the house. People coming in and one time, my wife and I saw someone swap (something) right in front of us. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.
Suspected drug house raided in Paxon
Read full article: Suspected drug house raided in PaxonJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Witnesses said several people were arrested in the Paxon area of Jacksonville late Monday afternoon. Roads in the neighborhood surrounding a home on Allandale Circle East were closed off by Jacksonville Sheriff's officers during the raid. Neighbors said they have been concerned about suspected drug dealing going on at the house. People coming in and one time, my wife and I saw someone swap (something) right in front of us. They stop their cars right in front of us and they swapped (it) out the door.
Paxon takes down Stanton in annual 'Brain Bowl'
Read full article: Paxon takes down Stanton in annual 'Brain Bowl'JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The annual matchup between Paxon and Stanton was scoreless until the third quarter, when the Golden Eagles' Tyson Wright takes the hand off and goes 35 yards for the touchdown. Paxon takes a 7-0 lead. Then in the fouth quarter, Robert Florence goes in untouched from 10 yards out for another TD and the Eagles went on to win 21-7. "Great win for Paxon. This is the second year in a row Paxon has come out victorious in the annual matchup with Stanton that the students of Duval County's two academic magnet schools have nicknamed the "Brain Bowl."