The Jackson boys had an excellent showing in the Class 2A state track and field meet on Friday, with hurdler Nieko Garnes winning one individual event and helping out on the champ 4x400 relay team.

High school spring football is here. Monday marked the official start of the spring football practice around the state. A look at storylines entering 2025, head coaches in new spots, top players to watch and more.

The Bob Hayes Invitational track and field meet heads back to the University of North Florida on Saturday morning and is ready to roll out the welcome mat to some of the top athletes in the state.

The exhibition game, which celebrates the history the Negro League in Jacksonville, features local rivals Raines and Ribault high schools. Both head coaches -- who are in their first years with their respective teams -- said they consider it an honor to play in the game.

Duval County Public Schools rivals William M. Raines High School and Jean Ribault High School will play in an exhibition game on Friday at VyStar Ballpark.

Raines star Jyon Simon is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX defensive player of the year.

Raines quarterback TJ Cole, the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX offensive player of the year, flirted with area passing history and led Raines to the state championship game. As good as the individual success was — and it was very, very good — Cole says the job for the Vikings is not yet finished.

The Bulls brought down the curtain on the 2024 season with a 41-0, running clock romp over Raines in the Class 3A state championship game at Pitbull Stadium.

News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney reveals his prediction for the high school football championship. The game is Saturday night at 7:30 at FIU’s Pitbull Stadium in Miami.

Raines High School is gearing up for an exciting showdown against Miami Northwestern in the state championship this weekend in Miami. The local community is rallying behind the team, showing unwavering support as the big day approaches.

With all the hype and pageantry around the Class 3A state championship game, Raines head coach Donovan Masline has kept one point front and center — when the game kicks off at 7:30 Saturday night, it’s just a regular football game.

The Raines football team is playing for a state championship on Saturday night in Miami. Here’s what you need to know about the showdown.

Good luck, Vikings! All of Jacksonville is rooting for you to bring the championship trophy back home.

Teddy Bridgewater has turned Miami Northwestern into a force to be reckoned with, having won more games this season than the previous two combined.

Raines High School is gearing up for an exciting showdown against Miami Northwestern in the state championship this weekend in Miami. The local community is rallying behind the team, showing unwavering support as the big day approaches.

It looks like the Raines High School band is getting help from one of Jacksonville’s biggest celebrities.

The News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 6 boys high school basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday — except during the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas — through the regular season. Records are through Dec. 10.

To fully appreciate the peaks, Donovan Masline knew he had to make it through the valley first. And 2020, for Raines, the most NFL-rich pipeline in the News4JAX coverage region, was a valley.

Raines has set an ambitious goal of raising more than $50,000 to cover expenses to play in the State Championship game and for other associated costs. The funds are vital to ensuring the team and supporting crew has the resources it needs for their journey to the state title game.

Troy Butler laid a hit into Ryan Downes near midfield. The ball spurted free. Jyon Simon grabbed it on the ground. Simon rose up immediately, holding the ball up high. Raines was 42 seconds and a victory formation away from the Class 3A state title game and now just a victory away from the fourth FHSAA football state championship in school history.

Three high school football teams are playing in the state semifinals on Friday night and after appearances in next week’s state championships. Here’s a glance at the matchups.

Wednesday marks the first of the three-day early signing period for high school football players. Athletes can sign national letters of intent through Friday with their college program of choice.

The second round of the high school football playoffs are this week. Here is a glance of the matchups for local teams in the Rural and Class 1A-3A classes. Breakdowns for teams in Classes 4A, 5A and 6A will be published Wednesday and Georgia matchups will be published Thursday.

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.

Varsity 4 has you covered every step of the way for Week 9 of the high school football season. Check out the top four games and full schedule for this week of the season.

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. All game times are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

For the second time in three weeks, a major hurricane is shaking up the high school football schedule.

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.

Top-ranked Raines and rival Ribault collide on Saturday afternoon in the annual Northwest Classic, one of the best sporting events in the area.

It took games spaced apart across four days, but the sixth week of the high school football season is finally in the books. Headlined by Monday night wins by Super 10 wins from Bolles, Nease and Raines, the scrambled up week from Hurricane Helene is finally over.

It was a wild and chaotic week as Hurricane Helene shook up the high school football schedule. Teams played on Wednesday and Friday, with many pushing their Week 6 games to Monday, Sept. 30. But quite a few teams squeezed in their games. Here’s a look at the results and the ever-changing schedule.

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.

After coming to Raines from its biggest rival, Timothy Cole has embraced the Vikings culture and in turn been embraced by the school’s students and fans and definitely his new teammates. All that was even before Friday night.

When Bolles hosts Raines Friday night to begin the high school football season, Bulldogs junior wide receiver Naeem Burroughs will be lining up against his older brother, Quincy Burroughs, alma mater. Both star receivers with similar goals of achieving success in the sport they love.

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.

The News4JAX flag football team will be published Wednesday’s throughout the regular season. Records are through March 26 games.

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

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. 2.

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.

The high school playoff field is set.

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

Raines and Ribault will go head-to-head on the gridiron Saturday at 2 p.m. in their yearly rivalry game.

The News4JAX Super 10 football rankings will be published Tuesday’s during the regular season.

The 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.

It doesn’t count in the standings, but the Heritage Classic between Raines and Ribault is something far greater than just an exhibition game that doesn’t count for a win or a loss.

Watch the Camden County Wildcats take on the Raines Vikings in the third round of the Fortegra Basketball Invitational on the campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville’s South Campus on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. The Fortegra Basketball Invitational is brought to you by CSI Companies and High School 9:12.

The fifth annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational Presented by CSI Companies tipped off Thursday at the South Campus of FSCJ.

The News4JAX Super 6 girls basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday during the regular season. Records are through Dec. 5.

For the first time since 2016, two of the most storied high school football programs in northeast Florida will meet when Raines faces Bolles in the regional finals.

It’s the second round of the high school football state playoffs. A glance at the matchups in the Metro division.

The road to the high school football state playoffs is set.

High school football season is back. That means our football predictions are back, too.

Week 2 of the high school football season is in the books. Take a look at Friday night's scoreboard, our television coverage and next week's schedule.

The News4JAX high school football Super 10 will be published on Tuesdays throughout the high school football regular season.

Family and friends on Friday gathered to remember an educator, who served as a guidance counselor at Raines High School for 35 years.

The high school football season begins on Aug. 19 in Georgia and Aug. 26 in Florida. A glance at schedules for the 2022 high school football season.

Calling it a tough and emotional decision but the right one for right now, Greg Coleman said the decision to move the area’s most iconic track and field meet from Raines High School to UNF was necessary to take it to the next level and beyond.

On Saturday, dozens of people showed up to an Inaugural Scholarship Walkathon in honor of 16-year-old Talen Birt.

Two area boys brought home individual state championships in the Class 3A state track and field meet on Friday night in Gainesville.

On Friday night, Myjai Sanders’ NFL dream paid off when the Arizona Cardinals picked him in the third round of the draft. Sanders, a 6-foot-5, 255-pound edge rusher who played at Raines and Camden County high schools, was the 100th overall selection.

Four area girls wrestlers and one local boys grappler brought home state championships in Kissimmee.

James Day, a longtime coach at Raines and one of the founders of the prestigious Bob Hayes Invitational track and field meet, died unexpectedly on Saturday night.

It was a step back in time Friday night at 121 Financial Ballpark, where Raines and Ribault high school players played a pre-season game, giving a nod to the past in the 3rd annual High School Heritage Classic.

Family, friends and community members came together in song and prayer on Tuesday to remember former Raines High School principal and longtime football coach Jimmie Johnson.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Feb. 2.

Jacksonville native Myjai Sanders has his eyes set on the NFL draft.

The final signing period for high school football athletes begins Wednesday when players can sign letters of intent with colleges.

Saying the area had lost a “legend,” Raines High School announced that longtime principal and football coach Jimmie Johnson died.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 25.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 18.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 11.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 4.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season with the exception of a break for the holidays. Records are through Dec. 21.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season with the exception of a break for the holidays. Records are through Dec. 14.

The first day of the high school football early signing period arrives on Wednesday. A glance at players who have been reported to be signing today. This list will be updated throughout the week.

Week 9 of the high school football season is in the books. How area teams fared on Friday night and looking ahead to Week 10.

The high school football season is in full swing and News4Jax has you covered. The Super 10 rankings will be a fixture on Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

A glance at team-by-team schedules for area teams in Florida and southeast Georgia.

Seven Duval County high schools rescheduled outdoor graduations set for the evening because of rain in the forecast.

Area relay teams were electric. Rheinhardt Harrison was blazing. And the Bolles girls, well, they were everywhere.

The high school track and field state championships return to the University of North Florida this week, and local athletes are positioned well to stand atop the podium in their hometowns.

After terrorizing quarterbacks here on the First Coast while at Raines High School, JaQuan Bailey played college football at Iowa State. There, he continued to terrorize quarterbacks in the Big 12.

It’s an early season baseball game with only bragging rights on the line. But Raines and Ribault playing under the lights at 121 Financial Ballpark and donning the jerseys of a team from the long-gone Negro Leagues is a big story. The makeup game between the two Northwest Jacksonville rivals —which was originally scheduled for Feb. 12 as a preseason scrimmage — is now an actual regular season game. There’s been a renewed focus on the rich baseball history here. That was the same place where the Negro League Red Caps played for three years.

Bishop Kenny girls basketball players celebrate their 60-55 overtime win over Raines in the Region 1-4A playoff opener on Thursday night. Bishop Kenny’s 60-55 overtime win over rival Raines headlined the opening round games. The Crusaders (18-9) knocked off Raines in the regional final a season ago to reach the state semifinals. Other winners on Thursday night included Oakleaf edging Lake Mary (66-63) for its first playoff win since 2016. AdIn its first playoff game since 2012, Jackson trounced Maclay 65-18.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Solomon Kindley doesn’t remember how many times that they came back, but the point was delivered time and again with every former player that returned to Raines. He showed up with a carload full of laptop computers and gave them to Raines students. Kindley hand delivered 22 new Lenovo laptops to students at the school. “I got called out of class, I was like, ‘what do they need me in the office for?’ They were like, ‘it’s a surprise, it’s a surprise.’ And it was a great surprise. “They came back and just inspired me,” Kindley said of former Raines players who came back to the school, sometimes with gifts, but most times with just their presence.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As part of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp’s salute to Black History Month, the club will be hosting the second annual High School Heritage Classic exhibition game between Raines and Ribault high schools at 121 Financial Ballpark. The Raines and Ribault players will wear custom Jacksonville Red Caps uniforms in a tribute to the Negro Leagues team from 1938 to 1942. Throughout the exhibition game, there will be historical references to Negro Leagues players and teams. “Personally, this is a dream come true,” said Andrea Williams, the Jumbo Shrimp’s director of community relations. The Raines Vikings defeated the Ribault Trojans 8-4 in the inaugural High School Heritage Classic in February 2020.

(2) Raines (16-4), Class 4ANotable wins: Bishop Kenny, Flagler Palm Coast, Hawthorne, Jackson, Lake Mary, Parker, Ribault (twice), Sandalwood, Valdosta. (1) Oakleaf (16-1, Class 7A)Notable wins: Bishop Kenny, Flagler Palm Coast, Jackson, Mandarin, Nease, Orange Park (twice), Ponte Vedra. There’s a big one ahead on Jan. 26, a home game against Jasmyne Roberts and Bishop Kenny. Why they’re here: The Panthers have stumbled as of late, losing games to Spruce Creek, Bishop Kenny and previous No. (NR) Bartram Trail (12-6, Class 7A)Notable wins: Bishop Kenny, Flagler Palm Coast, Orange Park, Providence, University Christian.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4Jax Super 6 girls basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season with the exception of a break for the holidays. (1) Oakleaf (13-0, Class 7A)Notable wins: Bishop Kenny, Jackson, Mandarin, Orange Park, Ponte Vedra. They have two more games this week, including a Thursday home game against Super 6 team Nease. (3) Raines (13-4), Class 4ANotable wins: Bishop Kenny, Flagler Palm Coast, Hawthorne, Jackson, Lake Mary, Ribault, Sandalwood, Valdosta. (4) Ribault (12-3, Class 4A)Notable wins: Bartram Trail, Bishop Kenny, Colonial, Dr. Phillips, Fletcher, Legacy Early College, Mandarin, Parker.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4Jax Super 6 girls basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. (4) Oakleaf (9-0, Class 7A)Notable win: Bishop Kenny, First Coast, Mandarin, Orange Park. 1 Bishop Kenny, a game that Fantasia James erupted for 30 points in. (3) Raines (9-3), Class 4ANotable wins: Bishop Kenny, Jackson, Lake Mary, Sandalwood, Valdosta. (1) Bishop Kenny (8-3), Class 4ANotable wins: Bartram Trail, Episcopal, St.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4Jax Super 6 girls basketball team will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. (1) Bishop Kenny (5-1), Class 4ANotable wins: Bartram Trail, St. Why they’re here: The Crusaders got back in action Tuesday night with a 58-37 win over a solid Bartram Trail. (3) Nease (4-1, Class 7A)Notable wins: Columbia, Spruce Creek. Why they’re here: Best win of the week among Super 6 teams belonged to Nease, which beat No.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – This week of high school football has games on both Thursday and Friday night, including the first postseason games of the year. The Commanders (5-4) will host Tallahassee Rickards in the Round 2 play-in game next week. Westside routed host Yulee 32-7 in another Region 1-5A play-in game. The Wolverines will host Raines (3-6) in the Round 2 play-in game next week. Week 10 scoresThursday, Nov. 5Bartram Trail 42, Raines 26Daytona Beach Mainland 7, Bolles 3Newberry (8-1) at Paxon (3-4), canceledSandalwood 29, Jackson 0Trinity Christian 29, Ribault 6PlayoffsRegion 1-5A, Play-in game, Round 1: Westside 32, Yulee 7Region 1-5A, Play-in game, Round 1: White 34, Bishop Kenny 31

(3) Trinity Christian (5-1), Class 3ALast week: d. Lee, 14-6. (6) Baker County (6-1), Class 5ALast week: d. West Nassau, 28-12. This week: vs. Gainesville (1-2), 6 p.m.Glance: Generals struggled offensively against Trinity last week and haven’t faced the best competition outside of that. Dropped out: Sandalwood (5-1, Class 8A), lost to Mandarin, 29-12; Fletcher (4-1, Class 7A), have missed last two weeks due to COVID-19. On the bubble: Fletcher (4-1, Class 7A); Hilliard (6-0, Class 1A); Ponte Vedra (5-2, Class 6A); St. Augustine (4-2, Class 6A); Sandalwood (5-1, Class 8A), Suwannee (6-2, Class 5A).

Raines and Ribault met in the 51st Northwest Classic on Saturday at Raines. The Vikings used six interceptions, including three by Kyree Hammond, to rout rival Ribault 44-20 in the 51st Northwest Classic on a picture-perfect afternoon at the Graveyard. A muffed kickoff pinned Ribault back at its own 3 on the next drive and Christian McNair intercepted Santana Jackson and walked into the end zone. A bad snap on a punt rolled out of the end zone and led to a safety. And Raines recovered a muffed punt by Ribault that set up a touchdown.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Five players with area ties were among those invited to the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. The NFL released the final list of 337 players who were invited on Friday. Among those going to Indianapolis are three from Gateway Conference schools, Raines alums Solomon Kindley and Michael Pinckney, and White High product Javarius Davis. Glynn Academy graduate Deejay Dallas and Oakleaf graduate Shaquille Quarterman round out the list of players who were invited. The scouting combine is Feb. 23 to March 2.

SALISBURY, N.C. – A quarterback at a North Carolina college, who once played at both Raines and Ribault high schools in Jacksonville, has been paralyzed after a shooting in which at least six people were wounded during a party at a restaurant, police said. Livingstone College junior Ryan Williams, 21, of Jacksonville, Florida, was among the victims shot at a Salisbury restaurant early Sunday, said Salisbury police spokesman Greg Beam, who was cited by news outlets. Five other Livingstone students were wounded, and two of them were Williams' teammates, according to police. Three students from Catawba College, which is also in Salisbury, were also injured in the incident, police said. The officers were still outside when the shooting occurred, he said.

JACKSONVILLE, 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.

It was a sweet Senior Night for Sinclair, the Bartram Trail defensive back. Bartram Trail (10-0) has been playing football for 20 seasons. His second interception came with Bartram Trail leading 14-0 in the second quarter. You cant recover from those things a lot of the time.Wileys defense did play well, holding Bartram Trail to 266 total yards. By then, the celebration was underway on the Bartram Trail side.