The No. 5 Florida Gators (10-1, 5-1 SEC) upset the No. 2 Louisiana State Tigers (7-3, 4-2 SEC) 198.150-197.950 Friday evening. Florida earned a season-high score of 198.150.
Senate Bill 1122 — cited as the “Historic Florida Monuments and Memorials Protection Act” — was filed by Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, in December 2023. If enacted, it would protect historic monuments and memorials from removal, holding local governments legally liable for enforcing ordinances or rules around those withdrawals.
The winner of the Florida Invitational Step Show’s Stroll Off competition, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, is focusing on its community and celebrating Black culture — despite an arrest that occurred at the event last weekend.
After yet another day of SEC championships, Florida led in the men’s leaderboard with 893 points while the women’s team led with 765.5 points.
The Gators (14-11, 5-8 SEC) took home a massive 86-70 victory over the Tigers (11-15, 2-11 SEC) following a pair of bitter losses in the last week.
Florida and LSU are the only two teams in the SEC continuously in line for the conference championship trophy. With the season coming to a close, UF, LSU and Kentucky are currently tied with 4-1 records.
Behind a four-hit night from Michael Robertson, the Gators baseball team earned its second win of the season over UNF 13-4.
The No. 24 Florida Gators (18-8, 8-5 SEC) fell to the No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide (19-7, 11-2 SEC) 98-93 in an overtime thriller at Coleman Coliseum on Wednesday.
This past season, Sims set the new 100-yard backstroke record as well as securing three individual top-three finishes while Ivey set a new program record in the 200-yard freestyle.
The offense and UF’s pitching staff helped lead the No. 14 Florida Gators (10-2) to two wins over the North Florida Ospreys (6-5) 10-0 and 14-0 in Jacksonville at the UNF softball complex.
The Florida lacrosse team will play in the Big 12 Conference next season and is moving on from the American Athletic Conference.
The No. 4 Florida Gators (1-1) routed the North Florida Ospreys (1-2) 10-0 Tuesday night to secure their first victory of the season. Florida’s pitching suffocated the Ospreys’ lineup in a 10-run drubbing, which ended in seven innings.
Florida earned five gold medals and one silver medal on day two of the SEC Championships. The Gators won big in the women’s 3-meter, men’s diving team event and men’s and women’s relay events, breaking multiple records along the way
Florida had a rocky start to the tournament on Saturday, struggling to get anything going in round one. The Gators recorded 14 bogeys as a team throughout the day and had three double bogeys on the front nine.
Florida freshman right-hander Liam Peterson will make his highly anticipated debut Tuesday against the UNF Ospreys. He is one of several freshman pitchers who will play an important role in the Gators’ rotation in 2024.
Newberry Education First initiative wants to convert Newberry public schools into charter schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. The three Newberry schools, Newberry Elementary, Oak View Middle and Newberry High, would operate under unified leadership addressing pertinent issues relevant to Newberry.
Despite a strong outing in the circle from Keagan Rothrock, the Gators softball team fell to Oklahoma State 3-0 Monday.
The No. 4/3 Florida Men’s and Women’s Swim and Dive teams traveled to Auburn, Alabama to compete for a second consecutive SEC Championship. The men’s team entered this week with an undefeated in-and-out of conference record of 7-0 while the women’s team are 7-1, with an undefeated conference record of 5-0.
The Florida Gators men's tennis team (4-4) handed the UCF Knights (7-1) their first loss of the season with a 6-1 victory in an emotional in-state rivalry match, Monday afternoon. After taking the doubles point, the Gators fed off the momentum and energy from the crowd to defeat the Knights for the 19th straight time since January 2001.
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