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Trenton baseball season ends in state semifinals

3 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Mike Ridaught

Things were looking good for the Trenton baseball team on Wednesday afternoon in the FHSAA Rural State Semifinals at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers. The No. 3 seed Tigers took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but No. 2 seed Lafayette (Mayo) scored five unanswered runs in a 5-1 win, ending the Tigers’ season at 24-5. “This isn’t a team we have here in Trenton, it’s a family,” said Trenton coach Chris Marlo following the game. “These players love playing for one another.
5 Newberry athletes sign collegiately

3 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Mike Ridaught

It’s been a special year for Newberry High School athletics. Five more Newberry scholar-athletes reaped the benefits and will get the opportunity to play college sports. On Tuesday afternoon, Anna Grace Bennett (New College of Florida), Malana Kennard (Florida Gateway College), Sarah Priester (Baptist University of Florida), Jacob Green (Baptist University of Florida), and Amiri Legette (Gordon State College) signed with their respective new schools.
Alachua County agrees to new Regional Transit System spending contract

3 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Seth Johnson

The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted Tuesday on the next version of its agreement to support Gainesville’s Regional Transit System (RTS) bus routes and asked that the city return weekend service to GRACE Marketplace and the Gainesville Regional Airport. The BOCC also voted on enhanced infrastructure surtax oversight and public art for the new criminal courthouse.
Defending state champion Trenton headed back to final four

3 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Mike Ridaught

The defending FHSAA Class 1A state champion Trenton softball team is headed back to the final four. On Tuesday night at John A. Vickers Field, solo home runs by senior shortstop Olivia Weaver and sophomore catcher MacKenzie Fisher were the difference in a 2-1 win at home against Williston in the FHSAA Rural Region 4 Final. “It feels amazing,” said first-year head coach and former Tigers’ assistant Kevin Benson.
Ridaught: Trenton, Buchholz baseball final four bound again

5 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Mike Ridaught

For the second consecutive year, the Trenton and Buchholz baseball teams are back in the final four. In 2024, Trenton upset Newberry, 4-3, in the Class 1A-Region 4 Final to advance to its first state semifinal since 2018, while Buchholz edged Hagerty (Oviedo), 1-0, to earn its first trip to the state tournament in program history. The Tigers, who won Class 1A state titles in 2013 and 2017, lost in the state semifinals to Bozeman (Panama City), 10-0, while Buchholz finished as state runners-up.
Kanapaha Middle School student arrested after mass shooting threats

5 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | C.J. Gish

A 14-year-old Kanapaha Middle School student in Gainesville was arrested Monday after posting two separate threats on social media to shoot and kill students last week. According to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) release, deputies arrested a 14-year-old male suspect at Kanapaha Middle School on Monday and charged him with two felony counts of Written/Electronic Threat of a Mass Shooting/Terrorism Act.
Former Gainesville mayoral candidate, Rosenthal, indicted for murder in Tennessee

5 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Seth Johnson

A Giles County Grand Jury in Tennessee indicted Adam Arthur Rosenthal, 39, last week for first-degree murder and tampering with evidence, according to the Pulaski Citizen. His case will now move to the circuit court, and the next hearing is in July. Rosenthal, a 2022 Gainesville mayoral candidate, went missing in 2024, with a report filed with the Gainesville Police Department. Then, Tennessee law enforcement arrested Rosenthal in December for the death of Darren Cody Gambrel.
Myers, Briggs and Gainesville: How popular personality type test found its home

5 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Seth Johnson

What do Tim Tebow and Tom Petty have in common? No, not Gainesville or the University of Florida. They’ve both exhibited the ISFJ personality type, according to the Personality Database. This four-letter combination is one of 16 personality types in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the most widely used test for personality. Millions of people take the test each year.
Buchholz beats Pace in extras, heads back to final four

6 days ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Mike Ridaught

With their backs against the wall, the Buchholz baseball team found a way. On Saturday night, the Bobcats defeated nationally ranked No. 20 Pace on the road, 5-4, in eight innings in game three of a best-of-3 FHSAA Class 6A-Region 1 Final. Blake Brewer’s one-run double in the top of the eighth inning helped lead the Bobcats (32-2), who are ranked 11th nationally by MaxPreps, to the final four for the second consecutive season.
UF/IFAS: Prepare your landscape and trees for the hurricane season

1 week ago | mainstreetdailynews.com | Brad Buck

Given the damaging impacts of hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton last year, you may want to prepare your landscape and trees for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season – and the sooner the better. “Best management practices include supporting soil health through appropriate fertilization, monitoring landscapes and trees for pests and disease, managing tree roots for health and structure etc.,” said Alyssa Vinson, urban forestry agent for UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County.