In a pivotal matchup on Friday, the Raines Vikings’ leading rusher Tadarius Washington is set to make his return as the team faces Yulee (7-1) with the district championship hanging in the balance.
Jacksonville is expecting a rainy, windy weekend with the heaviest showers on Sunday. News4JAX Meteorologist Katie Garner breaks down the timeline, what to expect, and key safety tips for commuters, beachgoers, and Friday football fans.
Jacksonville is in for a warm and mostly dry weekend, ideal for Jaguars and high school football games. Expect rain and cooler temps starting Monday. Get the details from Meteorologist Katie Garner and The Weather Authority.
Raines High School senior Ziyon Butler tributes his work in the weight room to his transition from an undersized freshman into a Georgia State football commit.
The Raines Vikings' Week 1 game against Miami Central has been canceled. Last year's state runner-up will now open their 2025 season against Sandalwood in Week 2.
The push to pay all high school coaches better in Florida hit the state Capitol on Tuesday morning as members of the Florida Coaches Coalition spent more than five hours meeting with lawmakers and making their case for better pay.
As the Raines High School football team prepares to play Miami Northwestern in the 3A state title game in Miami, alumni, including some famous names you might recognize, are excited about the game and showing their support.
The best of the best high school football players were given an exclusive invitation to compete at the Rivals Five-Star and Jacksonville was well represented with nine different players competing in the event.
At Friday night’s football game at Fletcher High School against Ed White High School, extra precautions were put in place to help keep fans safe.
The Duval County School Board is implementing enhanced security measures at local high school football games following two incidents at local that happened within the last two months.
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Just before the game between First Coast High School and Atlantic Coast High School, a woman battling stomach cancer was honored on the 50-year line by players and coaches on both teams. She’s the 31-year old sister of the Atlantic Coast High School Football coach Mike Montemayor. And tonight was the first time little Tyler got to attend a football game coached by his uncle. So right before the start of the game, Milani was escorted out onto the field where she was honored by both teams and people in the stands. The coach of the First Coast High School Football team says he was using that moment to teach his players about life off the football field and what it truly means to be strong in the face of adversity.
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Dowie went headfirst across the goal line on the score and went end over end. On Hilliard’s final offensive possession of the game, Dowie was intercepted and gave chase on the return. He had made it through emergency brain surgery, yet here he was, straining to get oxygen into his lungs. It was crazy [to not be able to talk].”‘He’s our miracle'A year after brain surgery, Dowie isn’t slowed down at all by his head injury. “I think it’s funny.”As for regrets about how his senior year went, Dowie said that he doesn’t think like that.
