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Mike Ridaught is sports director for Mainstreet Daily News. Mike hosts a weekly high school sports show at Sonic Drive-In from August - May and does play-by-play for a Game-of-the Week on 106.9 FM “I Am Country" during football season. The fall of 2025 he completed his ninth year of teaching a play-by-play class at the University of Florida. He does play-by-play for the Cal Ripken World Series in Branson, Mo., in August. Mike is also founder of The Prep Zone.
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The Rock sends seniors out with mercy rule win
Jan 30, 2026
The Rock sends seniors out with mercy rule win
Williston hires Cedderick Daniels as its next football coach
Jan 30, 2026
Daniels was previously the defensive coordinator at Hawthorne.
Ridaught: Girls, boys soccer enter final month of the season
Jan 30, 2026
Regional quarterfinals start on Monday for girls and Tuesday for boys.
Ingram, Whittemore earn All Area coaching honors
Jan 30, 2026
Hawthorne’s Cornelius Ingram repeats as small school coach of year, Buchholz’s Whittemore named big school COY.
Season-high 13 3s lifts Buchholz past Williston
Jan 29, 2026
Jacob Bromirski has five of Bobcats’ eight 3-pointers in first quarter.
FHSAA Board of Directors vote 11-1 to move Rural football to 1A
Jan 29, 2026
Unanimous vote to create independent league under FHSAA authority.
Buchholz, Eastside dominate All Area big school defense
Jan 29, 2026
Bobcats and Rams each placed four selections, followed by Columbia with two.
District champion P.K. Yonge boys soccer to be guests on “The Prep Zone Sports Show”
Jan 28, 2026
Williston hosts Buchholz in Thursday’s final hoops regular-season broadcast.
P.K. Yonge edges Williston to win 2A-District 3 title
Jan 28, 2026
Lady Blue Wave win seventh straight district title on Monday night.
Ridaught: Girls, Boys basketball enter final week of regular season
Jan 26, 2026
District playoffs run Feb. 2-7.
Hawthorne leads small school offense All Area team
Jan 26, 2026
Chiefland, Oak Hall and Williston each placed two apiece on All Area first team.
Newberry, Williston split hoops doubleheader
Jan 24, 2026
Williston girls win via mercy rule while Newberry boys pull away in second half.
Ridaught: P.K. Yonge girls, Santa Fe boys soccer aim to repeat
Jan 23, 2026
It’s a big weekend for girls and boys high school soccer as the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) district tournament semifinals and championships approach. The […]
Willison, Newberry girls ranked in top 6 in regional basketball power poll
Jan 21, 2026
Bolles closes in on No. 1 Bishop Kenny as head-to-head looms.
Buchholz outtoughs Newberry to even season series
Jan 20, 2026
Junior Jacob Bromirski had a game-high 17 points for the Bobcats.
Buchholz boys hoops, soccer featured in this week’s sports broadcasts
Jan 20, 2026
Unbeaten Buchholz soccer guests on Wednesday’s “The Prep Zone” sports show.
District soccer tournaments begin today
Jan 20, 2026
Two area girls teams and four area boys teams are No. 1 seeds.
Barrage of 3s, defense help Buchholz defeat Eastside
Jan 17, 2026
Senior Lucas Bhatia had six 3-pointers and game-high 22 points.
Ridaught: Buchholz varsity, JV soccer teams finish unbeaten
Jan 16, 2026
Bobcats sport 14-0-1 record heading into district playoffs.
Cornelius Ingram resigns as Hawthorne football coach
Jan 15, 2026
Hawthorne alum won over 100 games and three state titles in 11 seasons.
Buchholz nets season-high 9 goals to win City Cup
Jan 15, 2026
Senior Teague McNeal had a hat trick as Buchholz finished unbeaten.
Rural, city showdowns highlight hoops broadcast coverage
Jan 14, 2026
Eastside girls weightlifting lift off first prep sports show of 2026.
Ridaught: Regular seasons end soon for high school soccer and basketball
Jan 12, 2026
District playoffs start next week for soccer and first week of February for basketball.
Girls draw, boys roll at P.K. Yonge soccer doubleheader
Jan 10, 2026
P.K. Yonge junior Cooper Schackow has hat trick in 9-1 win over Newberry.