The 2020 high school track and field season started off well for Interlachen High School senior Elizabeth Finley on Thursday.

For every Putnam County high school sports fan who has seen their team’s hopes and dreams smashed by a big-money private school out of Jacksonville, I give you Wednesday:

Another week, another big-bucks bass tournament on the St. Johns River.

CRESCENT CITY – The moment called for one huge sigh of relief.

That Palatka Panther magic resurfaced Wednesday night.

Now the Panthers’ boys basketball team will one again play for a district championship.

It has been 34 years since Interlachen High School was here last – the Florida High School Athletic Association girls basketball playoffs.

The three Putnam County competitors in Friday’s Florida High School Athletic Association class 1A girls weightlifting championships will have to push to make the medal stand.

Ontarriyus Reid and Delton Nealy of Palatka each emerged victorious in the St. Johns River Athletic Conference meet Wednesday at St. Augustine High School.

Basketball practice delayed Senior Night for the Palatka High School wrestling team on Tuesday.

No problem.

It’s been a good-news, bad-news week already for Crescent City High School boys soccer coach Jeff Lease, and it’s only Wednesday.