Prep basketball roundup: Palatka girls wiped out by Eastside, 57-22
Each Christmas break between 2012-19, Palatka was the place to be for high school basketball.
In the matchup of former Crescent City players-turned-coaches, it was the elder of the two coaches whose team prevailed Friday night.
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Thursday
Midday: 2-0. FB: 0. Evening: 5-9. FB: 4.
Friday
Midday: 0-4. FB: 1. Evening: 6-1. FB: 8.
Palatka Junior-Senior High School girls weightlifting coaches Katelynn Smith and Pam Sharpe prefer not to think about the past and focus only on the future.
Less than 72 hours after the 2023 high school football season was over, the Florida High School Athletic Association was already making huge decisions for the 2024 season.
Yahaira Esquivel scored off a corner kick opportunity and that would be all the scoring on the evening as visiting Crescent City defeated DeLand, 1-0.
The Palatka Junior-Senior High boys basketball team, which trailed by as many as 25 points late in the third quarter, cut the lead to seven before falling, 71-64, Tuesday at Ocala Forest.
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Midday: 3-4. FB: 6. Evening: 1-8. FB: 2.
PICK 3
Midday: 3-5-4. FB: 6. Evening: 3-9-0. FB: 2.
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Forgive the Crescent City Junior-Senior High girls basketball team for a little excessive celebration Monday night as the Raiders were in unfamiliar territory.