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Today's Sports

  • Williston girls fall in opener...

    By Steve Jarboe

    For the Pioneer

    The Williston Lady Red Devil Basketball team opened their first game in the Eastside Holiday Tournament short on players. They were four players short from the regular roster and played with just eight players dressed.

    The team also came up short, after playing three quarters of intense basketball against the Bradford Lady Tornadoes and lost the game 57-45.

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  • Devils play Friday at 3 p.m.

    Williston High School's boys basketball team kept its record unblemished last Friday with a 59-50 win over Dixie County on the road.

    The victory left the Red Devils with an 8-0 record, and a perfect 5-0 through the first half of district play.

    The next game for WHS will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Ocala Vanguard, when the Devils take on North Marion in the first round of the Kingdom of the Sun. A win would put them in an 8 p.m. game on Saturday, while a loss would result in a 3 p.m. contest on Saturday.

    The tournament continues through Tuesday, Dec. 30.

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  • Bronson takes sting out of...

    With leading scorer James Rivers still out of action, nursing a sore ankle, the Bronson Eagles took the sting out of the Lafayette Hornets on Dec. 19, and flew to a 73-56 win before a half-filled gym in Bronson.

    The Eagles took their first lead as the first quarter came to an end 14-12. The Hornets continued to keep pace with the Eagles and trailed by just three points, thanks to a 3-point basket by Antwan Brown as the first half ended with the Eagles leading 27-24.

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  • Williston tops Lake Weir to win...

    SPARR - It’s back to the district wars for one game for Williston High School’s unbeaten boys basketball team, riding high after a victory in the Tim Brinkley Memorial Tournament at North Marion.

    Williston defeated Lake Weir, 60-53, Saturday night to take the title.

    The Red Devils travel to Dixie County Friday night to complete the first round of the district schedule, then wait a week before playing in the prestigious Kingdom of the Sun tournament at Ocala Vanguard.

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  • Win over Vanguard started big...

    SPARR - It was a good way to make an opening statement at the Tim Brinkley Memorial Tournament last week.

    Williston’s boys came out and led all the way in defeating Ocala Vanguard, 71-59.

    Jacques Edwards led all scorers with 18 points, followed by Isaac Floyd with a double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds) and James Hunt with 13 points. Deonte Welch contributed nine points and nine assists.

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  • WHS reached finals by topping...

    SPARR - After three quarters, it appeared that Williston had finally had enough.

    The boys basketball team was engaged in a battle with host North Marion in the Tim Brinkley Memorial Tournament and had pulled to a hard-fought 12-point lead going into the final eight minutes.

    But then the Devils exploded, outscoring the Colts 24-5 in the final quarter to take a 70-39 win in the tournament semifinals.

    At the beginning of the period North Marion made the score even closer, scoring the first bucket to make it 46-36.

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  • Middle School boys win in two...

    The Williston Middle School boys basketball team ran the gauntlet Monday night as it hosted the Ruth Rains Rangers. The Red Devils went from a cold-shooting first quarter to a dominating double overtime win, 45-39, before a screaming crowd at the Middle School gym.

    After a cold shooting first quarter the Red Devils ended the quarter trailing 9-6. The defense stepped up in the second quarter of play and held the Rangers to just one basket as the Red Devils, behind a six-point performance by Tre Wilson, jumped ahead of the Rangers 15-11, as the first half came to an end.

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  • Middle School girls finish strong

    The Williston Middle School Lady Red Devils got off to a slow start as they played host to the Ruth Rains Lady Rangers Monday evening. The Red Devils fell behind as the first quarter ended. A three-point second quarter basket by Jani Ross and a six-point scoring burst in the third quarter by Maria Maldonado lifted the Red Devils to a 33-21 win.

    Red Devil Coach Priscilla Fugate said, “We simply forgot how to play defense in the early going and it took us several time outs to start to play our game.”

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  • Devils top Indians

    CHIEFLAND – It was a good finish to the opening week of the high school basketball season for the Williston boys.

    The Red Devils took advantage of cold free-throw shooting by Chiefland to knock off the Indians, 61-43. Chiefland missed 17 free throws in the game.

    The Red Devils pulled out to a 38-19 halftime lead, then withstood a Chiefland rally in the second half to get the win.

    Williston scored the first seven points of the game. Deonte Welch opened with a jumper off a nice pass from Isaac Floyd, Jacques Edwards hit layup and then swished a three-pointer.

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  • Williston starts season 4-0

    Fort White had its eight minutes of fame. After that, it was welcome to the real world.

    Williston’s boys basketball team won its fourth straight game, all in the district, by defeating the visiting Indians, 77-37, Tuesday night.

    The schedule gets a little tougher this weekend as the Red Devils head for a three-day tournament at North Marion starting tonight, where they’ll play Ocala Vanguard at 7:30 p.m. The Friday and Saturday schedules depend on Thursday’s result.

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