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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. He teaches 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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St. Francis Catholic stuns Oak Hall on late shot
Feb 3, 2025
Eastside wins fourth game, stays alive in district play.
Ridaught: District championship week for girls, boys hoops
Feb 3, 2025
Two-time defending Hawthorne girls and Williston boys 1A state champs ready for three-peat run.
Ridaught: Newberry backcourt duo join 1,000-point club
Jan 31, 2025
Senior Sarah Beaulieu and junior Brandy Whitfield top milestone this season.
Ingram, Johnson named Coach of the Year
Jan 31, 2025
Hornets advance to fifth straight state championship game, while Panthers claim first district title in 17 years.
Santa Fe pulls away from Eastside, wins 3A-District 4 title
Jan 31, 2025
Raiders scored three second-half goals to defeat Rams and win second straight district championship.
Newberry leads big school defense
Jan 30, 2025
Panthers led area with four All Area selections, followed by Buchholz and Eastside with three apiece.
Branford battery sign letters of intent
Jan 29, 2025
Pitcher Laila Arnold will play for FGC and catcher Morgan Brennan will join Eastern Florida State College.
P.K. Yonge wins 6th straight district title
Jan 29, 2025
Senior Faith Hardy has hat trick for Class 2A-District 3 champions.
Newberry pulls away to sweep Bradford
Jan 27, 2025
Junior point guard Brandy Whitfield scores game-high 24 points for Panthers.
Ridaught: New Trenton football coach Bryant Frye hopes to duplicate past success
Jan 27, 2025
A little over a week ago Bryant Frye was named the new head coach of the Trenton football program. He’s made a lot of phone calls […]
Hawthorne dominates small school offense All Area team
Jan 27, 2025
Rural state runner-up Hornets placed five on team, followed by state runner-up Union County with three.
Trenton’s Marlo signs to play Division-I baseball
Jan 24, 2025
Jordan Marlo will play for University of West Georgia in Atlantic Sun Conference.
Ridaught: Williston, Hawthorne in elite district
Jan 24, 2025
District 7 features top two boys and girls basketball teams in Rural classification.
Collett’s 29 helps St. Francis Catholic earn split with CCS
Jan 24, 2025
Countryside Christian girls win 38-30 on Senior Night.
Williston second, Hawthorne No. 12 in regional rankings
Jan 22, 2025
Unbeaten Wildwood takes over the top spot in girls basketball power poll.
School record highlights big night at The Rock
Jan 18, 2025
Ruby Patterson makes school record nine 3-pointers, while Newberry boys remain undefeated.
Ridaught: Gainesville High hosts inaugural girls weightlifting county meet
Jan 17, 2025
Five Alachua County teams compete in meet.
Free throw with 4.7 seconds left lifts Columbia past Buchholz
Jan 15, 2025
9-0 run by the Tigers turns 6-point deficit into a 3-point lead in fourth quarter.
GHS softball’s Braylin Cook, McKenna O’Sullivan sign collegiately
Jan 13, 2025
Cook to attend Alabama State University while O’Sullivan will play at Santa Fe College.
Ridaught: Football playoffs heating up, winding down
Jan 13, 2025
College, NFL playoffs featured five straight days of post-season action.
Williston cruises, Buchholz falls at Red Devil Classic
Jan 10, 2025
Host Lady Red Devils improve to 11-2.
Ridaught: P.K. Yonge girls believing in another final four run
Jan 10, 2025
Lady Blue Wave prepare for deep postseason run.
P.K. Yonge’s Emma Mansfield, Elliot Pancoast celebrate college signings
Jan 9, 2025
Mansfield signed to play softball, while Pancoast will play soccer.