Clay County is in the process of approving the rezoning and construction of two new buildings at Oakleaf Junior High and Lake Asbury Junior High. They will be the first two junior high schools in the county to accommodate 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.

Parents of Clay County students should prepare for potential changes, as the school board considers new attendance boundaries for junior high schools.

The News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 6 girls soccer rankings will be published every Thursday during the regular season — except during Thanksgiving and Christmas week. Records are through Dec. 11 games.

It’s the third round of the high school football state playoffs and eight teams are still standing. After this week’s games, the remaining teams in each classification will be reseeded by the FHSAA MaxPreps rankings points and state semifinal hosts will be determined. All games are Friday night.

Eight local teams in Florida and one in Georgia are still standing in the high school football state playoffs.

The opening round of the high school football playoffs is in the books, with some history-making wins and some agonizing losses for area programs. Moving on to the second round were 15 teams from the News4JAX Florida coverage area and three from south Georgia.

The high school football regular season is almost in the books.

The high school football regular season is off and rolling. News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 10 is here. It will be published on Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Think we’ve got a team ranked too high or a program not ranked at all? Send us a message on Instagram (@Sports4Jax) or sports@wjxt.com.

Bolles and Raines rolled in a pair of Super 10 high school football showdowns in Week 9 on Friday night.

The high school football regular season is off and rolling. News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 10 is here. It will be published on Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Think we’ve got a team ranked too high or a program not ranked at all? Send us a message on Instagram (@Sports4Jax) or sports@wjxt.com.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office sent its dive team to a lake in the Oakleaf area where a body was seen in the water.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting on Jacksonville’s Westside.

A teen and an adult were shot at an apartment complex in Oakleaf, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The first round of the high school softball playoffs are in the books, with Creekside, Fort White, Middleburg and Oakleaf all moving on to the next round.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 24.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 17.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through April 10.

Raising Cane’s, a popular spot for chicken tenders with locations all across the country, has plans to open a new restaurant on Jacksonville’s Westside, according to News4JAX’s news partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.

The News4JAX flag football team will be published Wednesday’s throughout the regular season. Records are through March 26 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school baseball rankings will be published each Friday during the regular season. Records are through March 21 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 high school softball rankings will be published Thursday’s during the regular season. Records are through March 5.

One person died and another person was taken to a hospital Thursday morning following a home fire in Middleburg.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys high school basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Dec. 19.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys high school basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Dec. 12,

The News4JAX Super 6 boys high school basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday — except during Christmas week — through the regular season. Records are through Nov. 28.

County Commissioners working to develop property in Oakleaf. Residents have been forced to pay to use Jacksonville library over the county line.

It’s Week 7 of the high school football season. We take a look at the top four games, the next four options and the full schedule for teams in north Florida and south Georgia.

Week 4 of the high school football season is complete, and some teams are nearing the halfway mark of the 2023 season. Here are scores, headlines and highlights from Friday night.

Former Oakleaf High School assistant football coach Ben White was arrested Thursday and accused of inappropriately touching students at the school.

At the stroke of midnight, the clock began ticking on the high school football season.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 19 games.

Sheriff Michelle Cook identified the man as Landen Hillman from Oakleaf.

The Oakleaf girls basketball team’s second trip to the state semifinals ended in difficult fashion.

After Oakleaf lost in the playoffs last season, it didn’t take long for the leaders on the girls’ basketball team to start working toward a better season. Now, the Knights are back in the final four.

The state semifinals are the next stop for Bishop Kenny, Oakleaf, Providence and St. Johns Country Day.

It’s on to the second round of the high school basketball playoffs for 10 local teams.

The Bishop Kenny, Oakleaf, Providence, Ridgeview and St. Johns Country Day’s girls basketball teams all stamped their tickets to the third round of the state playoffs on Tuesday night.

The opening round of the girls high school basketball state playoffs are in the book and nine teams are moving on.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Feb. 7.

The girls high school basketball playoff brackets out and area teams are ready to roll.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 24.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 17.

The News4JAX Super 6 girls basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 16.

The News4JAX boys soccer Super 6 rankings will be published each Friday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 12 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season.

The News4JAX Super 6 girls basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 2.

The News4JAX boys soccer Super 6 rankings will be published each Friday during the regular season. Records are through Dec. 15 games.

The Oakleaf Renegades are coming home with a Pop Warner national title.

Watch the Providence Stallions take on the Oakleaf Golden Knights in the second round of the Fortegra Basketball Invitational at Florida State College of Jacksonville’s South Campus on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. The Fortegra Basketball Invitational is brought to you by CSI Companies and High School 9:12.

The Fortegra Invitational may soon need to add Providence to the tournament’s title.

The fifth annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational Presented by CSI Companies tipped off Thursday at the South Campus of FSCJ.

A high school in Clay County had to be evacuated Tuesday morning after an unknown smell wafted through the campus, officials said. The district later discovered the smell was related to a septic leak.

Two men were shot Saturday afternoon while driving on Argyle Forest Boulevard near Cecil Commerce Center Parkway in the Oakleaf area, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said.

Two candidates are in the running to become the next Clay County Commissioner for District 2, a district that covers the Oak Leaf area in the northern part of the county.

The News4JAX high school football Super 10 will be published on Tuesdays throughout the high school football regular season.

The driver killed in a crash Monday on Argyle Forest Boulevard has been identified as 17-year-old David Mustafa, a rising senior at Oakleaf High School.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was shot in an Oakleaf neighborhood Sunday evening.

Clay and University Christian punched their tickets to the softball state semifinals on Friday night.

Eight area high school softball teams were in action during the second night of the opening round of the state playoffs. Only four managed to move on.

The News4JAX Super 6 baseball rankings will be published each Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 25 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Monday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 24 games.

The Florida High School Athletic Association will go forward with the biggest change to the high school football playoff structure ever, again voting to proceed with the Metro and Suburban overhaul this year on Monday.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Monday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 17 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 baseball rankings will be published each Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 11 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Monday through the end of the regular season. Results are through April 10 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 baseball rankings will be published each Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Results are through March 28 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Monday through the end of the regular season. Results are through March 20 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 baseball rankings will be published each Tuesday through the end of the regular season. Results are through March 14 games.

The News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Monday through the end of the regular season. Results are through March 11 games.

A man died after being shot multiple times outside a home in the Oakleaf area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Bradford, Clay and Suwannee reeled in girls weightlifting team state championships, while individual lifters won 18 titles in Port St. Joe, including Bradford’s record-setting Mahailya Reeves.

A glance at the first-round matchups. All games are 7 p.m. unless indicated. Seeds and records listed.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 25.

The News4JAX Super 6 girls basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 24.

The News4JAX Super 6 boys basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 18.

The News4JAX Super 6 girls basketball rankings will be published each Tuesday during the regular season. Records are through Jan. 17.

A total of 31 area teams from Florida and Georgia are in the state playoff field after the Florida High School Athletic Association and Georgia High School Association unveiled playoff brackets on Sunday.

The high school football season is in full swing and News4Jax has you covered. The Super 10 rankings will be a fixture on Tuesday’s during the regular season. All games are Friday at 7 p.m. unless indicated. District games indicated by an *.

Sept. 11, 2001, is a date that impacts all Americans, but the annual reminder is perhaps most painful for families that lost a loved one in the tragic events as they unfolded 20 years ago.

High school football season is back, and with it, our weekly predictions on games in the area. News4Jax sports editor Justin Barney reveals his weekly high school football picks every Thursday.

Oakleaf marched up and down the field with its powerful offensive line and ground game taking control and knocked off Orange Park 42-21 in a rainy finale of the WW Gay Mechanical Contractors Bold City Showcase at Bolles on Saturday night.

A glance at team-by-team schedules for area teams in Florida and southeast Georgia.

High school football is back and so is its headlining opening week event — the W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc. Bold City Showcase on WJXT Channel 4.

Multiple parents in Oakleaf are speaking out after numerous children have been hit by cars at the intersections around the large roundabout that’s located near Oakleaf High School and Plantation Oaks Elementary School. And Clay County officials are taking action following outcry from parents and inquiries from News4Jax.

High school softball season is in full swing and so are our News4Jax Super 6 rankings. They will be published every Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through April 20.

High school softball season is in full swing and so are our News4Jax Super 6 rankings. They will be published every Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through April 13.

High school softball season is in full swing and so are our News4Jax Super 6 rankings. They will be published every Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through April 6.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – High school softball season is in full swing and so are our News4Jax Super 6 rankings. (2) Ridgeview (9-1, Class 4A)Notable wins: Bartram Trail, Fletcher, Keystone Heights, Oakleaf, Paxon, West Nassau. (NR) Baker County (7-2, Class 4A)Notable wins: Keystone Heights, Middleburg, Paxon, Trinity Christian. (4) West Nassau (5-2, Class 3A)Notable wins: Keystone Heights, Middleburg. Dropped out: Episcopal (3-2, Class 3A).

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – High school softball season is in full swing and so are our News4Jax Super 6 rankings. (3) Ridgeview (4-1, Class 4A)Notable win: Bartram Trail, Fletcher, West Nassau. 4 Bartram Trail (9-0). The win over West Nassau was classic, a three-run rally in the top of the seventh. Not a whole lot of room for concerns for West Nassau.

The best season in Oakleaf girls basketball history finished two wins short of a state championship. The Knights started fast but cooled off after that in a 69-52 loss to Tampa Plant in the Class 7A state semifinals at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland on Friday afternoon. Nyla Jean led Plant with 26 points. AdOakleaf guard Taliah Scott had 26 points and Fantasia James added 15. Both of those players are sophomores and return in 2022 to try and help to Knights contend for a state championship.

When the season was paused, and eventually canceled due to COVID-19, our Super 6 looked like this — Ridgeview, Oakleaf, West Nassau, Episcopal, Bartram Trail and Atlantic Coast. Glance: The Knights are always a pick to land high in the Super 6 and they open 2021 in a familiar position. Ridgeview (1-1, Class 4A)Notable win: Atlantic Coast. Episcopal (1-0, Class 3A)Notable win: Atlantic Coast. Others: Baldwin (3-0, Class 3A; Clay (1-0, Class 4A); Creekside (1-2, Class 6A); First Coast (3-0, Class 6A); Fletcher (1-1, Class 6A); Keystone Heights (1-1, Class 3A); Mandarin (1-1, Class 7A); Middleburg (1-0, Class 5A); Paxon (2-1, Class 4A); Providence (0-1, Class 3A).

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Four area girls basketball teams have state semifinal berths in sight. Three area teams play at home (Bishop Kenny, Oakleaf and St. Augustine). Region 1-5AAdFort Walton Beach (17-3) at St. Augustine (25-1): The Yellow Jackets just keep right on winning. Another victory would send St. Augustine to the state semifinals for the first time since a trip in 2001. A win would send St. Augustine to the final four where it would face Orlando Jones or Palm Bay on Feb. 25.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tuesday night is the second round of the girls high school basketball state playoffs. St. Augustine beat Ponte Vedra 47-29 in the regular season, and then edged the Sharks 49-45 in the district championship. The Trojans won 51-50 in OT this season, 44-38 last season, 54-50 in 2019 and 52-39 in 2018. That sets up a rematch of the district championship game, won 46-35 by the Christians. C/F Jaidy Mejia (11.2 ppg) and G Laura Gonzalez (10.2 ppg) lead NFEI.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Area girls weightlifters brought home eight individual championships at the high school state tournament. Tyler Bauer (Bartram Trail) 335. Bartram Trail 16. Mahailya Reeves (Union County) 390; 4. Union County 19; 4.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The first signing day for high school football athletes came and went in December. A look at athletes from around the area who signed letters of intent on national signing day. Athletes who played sports other than football and signed on Wednesday can be found here. AdThis list will be updated throughout the day and in the weeks to come as more athletes finalize their college plans. Full Screen Full Screen 1 / 19 Mandarin baseball player Brennan Baker signs with Tallahassee Community College.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The News4Jax Super 6 girls basketball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season with the exception of a break for the holidays. (1) Oakleaf (12-0, Class 7A)Notable wins: Bishop Kenny, Jackson, Mandarin, Orange Park, Ponte Vedra. Two very tough opponents to end the week in Spruce Creek on Friday and Bishop Kenny on Saturday. (3) Raines (10-4), Class 4ANotable wins: Bishop Kenny, Jackson, Lake Mary, Ribault, Sandalwood, Valdosta. But their most impressive win of the season came earlier this week against a full-strength Bishop Kenny squad in a 51-50 overtime thriller.

N4J pick: Bartram Trail 31, Oakleaf 30. N4J pick: Sandalwood 23, FPC 21. N4J pick: St. Augustine 33, Escambia 31. Baker County (7-2) at Raines (4-6), 7 p.m.: The Vikings defense against the Wildcats offensive front. N4J pick: Snyder 28, Out-of-Door 20..

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Shawn Lequin Braddy, the man who was sought by Clay County deputies in connection to a deadly shooting in Oakleaf, was shot and killed by police Tuesday in Maryland, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said a Montgomery County police officer was wounded by the suspect. “We ask that you keep the Montgomery County task force detectives in your prayers,” interim Chief Hector Velez, with Prince George’s County Police Department, said during a news conference. Marcus Jones, the Montgomery County police chief, said the officer was shot in the upper body. Family members identified the woman killed Monday in Clay County as Tiara McDaniels, 33.

OAKLEAF, Fla. – Clay County deputies are looking for a man in connection with a deadly shooting Monday in Oakleaf. In a statement, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said deputies believe Shawn Lequin Braddy was involved in a shooting Monday morning on Grayson Lane in the Oakleaf area. McDaniels’ family said she was at home with her children when the shooting happened. McDaniels had a child with Braddy and filed a domestic violence injunction against him in 2013. Resources availableIf you or someone you know is or has been a victim of domestic violence or abuse, these resources are also available:

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The high school football playoffs are in full swing. Here’s a glance at Friday’s playoff scoreboard and the playoff schedule for next week. Playoffs, Week 2Friday, Nov. 13Region 1-8A, Play-in game, Round 1Sandalwood 28, Mandarin 13Nease (1-7) at Oakleaf (6-3), canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, Oakleaf wins by forfeitByes: Bartram Trail, Flagler Palm Coast, Oakleaf. Region 1-7A, Play-in game, Round 1Gainesville Buchholz 46, Creekside 13Tallahassee Lincoln 42, First Coast 8Atlantic Coast 47, Fletcher 21Fleming Island 21, Tate 0Region 1-6A, Play-in game, Round 2Lee 42, Fort Walton Beach 6St. Augustine 38, Mosley 24Matanzas 7, New Smyrna Beach 6Pensacola Escambia 44, Middleburg 0Columbia 14, Ponte Vedra 0Region 1-5A, Play-in game, Round 2Arnold (2-4) at Baker County (7-2), canceled due to COVID-19, Baker County wins by forfeitRaines 28, Westside 20Ribault 38, Fort Walton Beach Choctawhatchee 33Suwannee 14, Parker 7Tallahassee Godby 64, Paxon 0Tallahassee Rickards 21, White 14Bye: Baker County. Region 2-5A, Play-in game, Round 2Orange Park 20, Citrus 7Menendez 32, Mount Dora 27Clay 43, Leesburg 0Ridgeview 38, Tavares 20Region 2-4A, Regional quarterfinalsBradford 40, Keystone Heights 14Bolles 44, Villages Charter 14South Sumter 28, Palatka 7Fernandina Beach 34, West Nassau 22Region 1-3A, Regional quarterfinalsEpiscopal 41, Interlachen 19Florida State University High 42, Jackson 6Trinity Christian 20, Baldwin 3Region 1-2A, Regional quarterfinalsUniversity Christian 41, Aucilla Christian 16North Florida Educational 40, Rocky Bayou Christian 0Victory Christian 39, St. Joseph 0Region 3-1A, Regional quarterfinalsFort White 21, Branford 20Union County 42, Bell 0Hilliard 22, Lafayette 21, OTPlayoffs, Week 3Friday, Nov. 20Region 1-8AOakleaf (7-3) at Bartram Trail (8-1)Flagler Palm Coast (4-3) at Sandalwood (7-2)Region 1-7AFleming Island (7-2) at Tallahassee Chiles (1-5)Tallahassee Lincoln (6-1) at Atlantic Coast (4-5)Region 1-6ALee (6-1) at Pensacola Pace (4-3)Pensacola Escambia (8-0) at St. Augustine (7-2)Daytona Beach Seabreeze (4-4) at Columbia (3-5)Daytona Beach Mainland (7-1) at Matanzas (6-3)Region 1-5ATallahassee Godby (4-3) at Ribault (2-6)Baker County (7-2) at Raines (4-6)Suwannee (8-2) at Pensacola Pine Forest (3-4)Region 2-5AMenendez (4-5) at Orange Park (4-5)Ridgeview (7-3) at Ocala Vanguard (6-1)Atlantic (1-5) at Clay (8-1)Region 2-4ABolles (7-2) at Fernandina Beach (7-3)Bradford (5-5) at South Sumter (4-4)Region 1-3ATrinity Christian (8-1) at Episcopal (6-2)Region 1-2AUniversity Christian (5-4) at St. John Paul II (5-3)North Florida Educational (2-6) at Tallahassee North Florida Christian (5-2)Region 3-1AUnion County (7-3) at Fort White (2-6)Madison County (8-2) at Hilliard (8-0)