Column: Prominent programs of the past decade

  • Two-time county player of the year Naykee Scott led Crescent City High School's football team to a 2018 state tournament victory over Fort Meade before losing to Hawthorne in the regional semifinal. (GREG OYSTER / Special To The Daily News)
    Two-time county player of the year Naykee Scott led Crescent City High School's football team to a 2018 state tournament victory over Fort Meade before losing to Hawthorne in the regional semifinal. (GREG OYSTER / Special To The Daily News)
  • Crescent City's long-time coach, Holly Pickens, put her words forward to her volleyball team in the Region 4-1A championship game at Union County, a game the Raiders won to reach the FHSAA 1A Final Four in 2011. (Daily News file photo)
    Crescent City's long-time coach, Holly Pickens, put her words forward to her volleyball team in the Region 4-1A championship game at Union County, a game the Raiders won to reach the FHSAA 1A Final Four in 2011. (Daily News file photo)
  • The Crescent City High School boys soccer team reached the state tournament eight times during the decade, and had a number of county players of the year, including 2013 standout John Spence. (Daily News file photo)
    The Crescent City High School boys soccer team reached the state tournament eight times during the decade, and had a number of county players of the year, including 2013 standout John Spence. (Daily News file photo)
  • Palatka High School's boys track team had a strong resurrection starting in 2012 behind then-coach Steven Gonzalez. One of his standouts was speedster Ka'Ven Berry, a two-time Daily News Boys Track Athlete of the Year in 2014 and '15. (Daily News file photo)
    Palatka High School's boys track team had a strong resurrection starting in 2012 behind then-coach Steven Gonzalez. One of his standouts was speedster Ka'Ven Berry, a two-time Daily News Boys Track Athlete of the Year in 2014 and '15. (Daily News file photo)
  • The Palatka High School boys basketball team won district championships five times in the 2010 decade and made the Final Four four different times under three different coaches, including Donald Lockhart, shown in the 2013 FHSAA 5A Final Four in Lakeland with guards Da'Carr Smith (left) and Terence Evans. (Daily News file photo)
    The Palatka High School boys basketball team won district championships five times in the 2010 decade and made the Final Four four different times under three different coaches, including Donald Lockhart, shown in the 2013 FHSAA 5A Final Four in Lakeland with guards Da'Carr Smith (left) and Terence Evans. (Daily News file photo)
All this month, we’ve been honoring the best of last decade in Putnam County sports. Next week, we reveal the final three moments in our Top 20 countdown. But in this spot the last few weeks, I’ve…

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