The biggest shopping day of the year was just as big last Friday at the Municipal Course.

It was a game that almost sent the winning coach to the hospital. It was that exciting, and in the brief history of the Peniel Baptist Academy six-man football program, that big.

May the showdown in Santa Fe get started.

GAINESVILLE – Statements were made Saturday night in the Swamp. Florida’s 40-17 thumping of Florida State is sure to give way to more statements – in church, at parties and on the golf course.

The date: Friday, Dec. 3, 1982.

The place: Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Welcome to the first day of the last month of the year. Actually, it’s the first day of the last month of the 2010 decade.

One team will be really young. Another is trying to build off of what good fortunes they had in a 10-win season. A third team starts with a new head coach and new enthusiasm.

An unfunny thing happened on the way to challenging for state playoff positions in Putnam County girls basketball in 2020.

New districts.

The seventh annual Turkey Trot For Hope race in downtown Palatka saw Grady Martin win the overall two-mile title, while running standout Talisa Fletcher won the women’s title.

The Thanksgiving holiday will be a good one for the Palatka High School girls soccer team.