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Marty Pallman is a sports correspondent and broadcaster for Mainstreet Daily News. Marty has worked in play-by-play and as color commentator for high school and college sports for 15 years, as well as a writer. He currently works for the University of Florida and Santa Fe College as well as the "Voice of the Bishop Kenny Crusaders" on radio in Jacksonville. Marty has also assisted Mike Ridaught with The Prep Zone since 2008.
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Santa Fe remains third in regional volleyball poll
Sep 30, 2021
The beat goes on for the Ponte Vedra Sharks. Ponte Vedra, which won the last two 5A state titles and is now the top-ranked team in […]
Buchholz remains No. 3 in regional power poll
Sep 24, 2021
The 2021 high school football season is already four weeks in, and one thing has become certain about The Prep Zone Power Poll. The two best […]
Volleyball Power Poll ranks Santa Fe, Newberry
Sep 21, 2021
The more things change, the more they stay the same for high school volleyball teams in The Prep Zone Power Poll. The thing staying the same […]
Santa Fe aces lock down All Area pitching spots
Jun 24, 2021
The Santa Fe High School baseball team saw its season end with disappointment, when a five-run first inning led to a defeat at the hands of […]
Newberry headlines small school All Area Baseball Team
Jun 23, 2021
The 2021 season was historic for the Newberry baseball team. Coach Mike Spina’s Panthers lost only one game during the regular season, capturing a district and […]
All Area Softball Team stacked with talent
Jun 21, 2021
The last three years have something of a golden era for Trenton softball. The Tigers repeated as 1A state champions in 2021, going 20-1 after an […]
Newberry takes fifth in final power poll
Jun 9, 2021
GAINESVILLE — With the 2021 high school baseball season ending, kudos to the teams for safely making it through the season after a 2020 season was […]
Trenton takes third in final softball power poll
Jun 3, 2021
After a 2020 season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, high school softball safely navigated through the 2021 season in North Central Florida. And for the […]
Santa Fe No. 6 in latest baseball power poll
Apr 19, 2021
As the high school baseball season continues to head down the stretch, many good teams continue to move up in The Prep Zone Power Poll ranking […]
Trenton drops in power poll after 47-game streak ends
Apr 12, 2021
It had been almost three years since the Trenton Tigers had lost a regular season game. It finally took a special pitching performance to give the […]
Two state runner-up finishes highlight Coach of the Year winners
Apr 2, 2021
Taking a team to the first state title game in school history is quite a way to cap a career. So is going out as Coach […]
All Area: Santa Fe’s Ross, Jenkins lead big school boys
Apr 2, 2021
The 2020-21 season was historic for the Santa Fe (Alachua) High School boys basketball team. The Raiders just missed out on their first state boys basketball […]
Hawthorne, Trenton stars lead small school All Area Girls Basketball Team
Mar 30, 2021
Two local girls basketball teams advanced to the FHSAA 1A state semifinals in Lakeland this season: Hawthorne and Trenton. The Hornets beat Trenton in the semifinal […]
Trenton softball stays atop Prep Zone Power Poll
Mar 20, 2021
As high school softball heads toward the halfway point of the regular season and many teams head toward their spring breaks, some teams continue to dominate […]
Santa Fe boys finish No. 1 in final power poll
Mar 17, 2021
The 2020-21 boys high school basketball season during the COVID-19 pandemic had plenty of twists and turns. Some teams had to shut down, some for a […]
Hawthorne, Trenton girls crack top 10 in final power poll
Mar 10, 2021
The 2020-21 girls basketball season has come to an end with some teams finishing in some familiar places. But it was a historic year for other […]
Suwannee baseball ranked sixth in first area power poll
Mar 5, 2021
After a 2020 season cut short by the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, high school baseball is back. And the first all-classification regional rankings of the […]
Eastside (Gainesville) drops to No. 2 in all-classification regional rankings
Feb 18, 2021
GAINESVILLE — The high school boys basketball season has made it into the state playoffs as the road to Lakeland and the RP Funding Center begins […]
Eastside boys climb to No. 1 in basketball power poll
Jan 29, 2021
With only two weeks left in the regular season for high school boys’ basketball, there’s a change at the top of The Prep Zone Power Poll […]
Columbia, Suwannee swamp All Area’s big school defensive unit
Jan 29, 2021
The big school defense for the inaugural Mainstreet Daily News/Prep Zone All Area Football Team has a distinctive Suwannee and Columbia feel to it. The two […]
All Area Football: Buchholz, Suwannee lead big school offense
Jan 28, 2021
2020 was a big year for big schools offensively in North Central Florida, and none were better than the Buchholz Bobcats and Suwannee Bulldogs. The two […]
Hawthorne’s Mackey, Lawrence highlight inaugural All Area Football Team
Jan 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a historic year for all the wrong reasons, but the town of Hawthorne will remember it for a much different reason: […]
Hawthorne girls up to No. 4 in regional all-classification rankings
Jan 23, 2021
The high school girls basketball season is moving into the home stretch with only a few weeks remaining until district tournament play. And as this week’s […]
Nease up, Hawthorne down in new girls basketball power poll
Jan 9, 2021
GAINESVILLE—There’s a new No. 1 team in The Prep Zone Power Poll for girls basketball we start 2021. The Nease (Ponte Vedra) Panthers were 6-0 over […]