CHRISTOPHER FOY

Grayson Howard knew the tradition when he got to Jackson High School. There hadn’t been much of it, at least positive anyway, on Main Street in quite some time.

Christopher Foy helped rebuild the Jackson High football program and restored the pride long dormant on Main Street.

Though his team is out of the playoffs, Grayson Howard will represent Jackson one more time. January 7 in the All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. On Saturday, Howard received his All-American Bowl jersey.

The opening night of the state playoffs in the area are done and what a night it was.

Four Gateway Conference programs wrapped up district championships on Thursday night and stamped their tickets for the state playoffs on the first of two nights of football this week.

It’s Week 9 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.

After more than a decade of struggles, Jackson is contending again. If the Tigers beat Raines a week from Friday, they’ll clinch the district title for the first time since 2009.

High school players had their say. How about their head coaches? We surveyed area coaches before the season began. This is what they had to say.

He sees it in the hallways and at pep rallies. He sees it when people ask him where he’s going to play college football at. There’s pure excitement at Jackson High School. There’s pride. And Grayson Howard is a big reason why.

High school football is back, for a few weeks at least, with spring practices opening Monday across the state. A few sights and sounds from Monday’s opening day of spring.

The high school football playoffs begin this week. News4Jax takes a look at the games in Class 1A-4A.

Lin Shell, a former star football player at Jacksonville University and an assistant coach at Jackson High School, died on Thursday.

Spring football is in full swing and the News4Jax sports team is making stops at high schools across the area in its annual Spring Swing tour. One of Friday's stops: Jackson.