The first week of the high school football season kicks off Friday night. Here are four games to watch followed by the next four best options. All games begin at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

High school football season is back and so are our weekly predictions for local games. Each Thursday during the season, News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will offer his picks on the games.

The News4JAX Varsity 4 Super 6 high school volleyball rankings will be published each Wednesday during the regular season. Records are through Aug. 26 games.

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.

e’ve asked head coaches to submit ballots each week by ranking their top 10 teams among the area’s 53 programs who compete in the Florida High School Athletic Association’s state playoffs.

The opening week of the high school football season is in the books and three losses by Super 10 teams means a shakeup is in order.

Enrique Ordonez rushed for 194 yards on 18 carries, Aiden Phifer flashed accuracy and arm strength while passing for 261 yards and the Nease defense stifled host Ponte Vedra for the opening 20 minutes on the way to a 38-28 victory in the 17th edition of the Battle of the Bridge.

The first week of the high school football season kicks off Friday night. Here are four games to watch followed by the next four best options. All games begin at 7 p.m. unless indicated.

High school football season is back and so are our weekly predictions for local games. Each Thursday during the season, News4JAX sports editor Justin Barney will offer his picks on the games.

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.

The high school football regular season is off and running in the Peach State. Here are the week-by-week schedules for the six Georgia teams in the News4JAX coverage region.

High school football season is back! Most teams in the area kicked off their seasons with preseason classics on Friday night, but there were a handful of games that counted.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX preseason Super 10 is here. Records shown are from the finish of 2024. During the regular season, the Super 10 will be published on Tuesdays.

The Raines High School football team’s season opener against Miami Central is off.

Varsity 4 and News4JAX has been counting down the days to the high school football regular season with a player each day. We started the countdown at 25 days out and are slowly making our way to kickoff on Aug. 22 by spotlighting a different player each day.

Baker’s Sports high school football media day was in full swing Friday at EverBank Stadium, the annual de facto launch point as teams prepare for the regular season.

Baker's Sports high school football media day serves as the unofficial launching point of the season. Athletes descend on the stadium and answer questions, pose for photos and talk about the season. News4JAX captured representatives from teams in this photo gallery above.

Some high school teams marked the start of fall practices by kicking things off at midnight to get things going as the march to the regular season begins. Here’s what you need to get caught up on the 2025 season.

Click through the images in our photo gallery here to see News4JAX photographer Christopher Smith’s shots of local high school football players at Sunday's Jaguars training camp practice.

The Florida Department of Education has taken aim at the state’s governing body of high school sports about the scrutiny around Miami Northwestern football coach Teddy Bridgewater after he self-reported providing food, rides and medical treatment for his players last year.

The high school football season kicks off in August and here are the weekly schedules for Northeast Florida teams for the 2025 season.

The high school football season is right around the corner and the schedules are here. Below are schedules for teams in the News4JAX coverage region, which includes north Florida and southeast Georgia.

The second installment of the EA Sports college football game has an abundance of local talent in the game.

Mandarin's Jaylen Lewis is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX boys track and field athlete of the year.

St. Johns Country Day star Brayden Harris is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX baseball player of the year.

Trinity Christian ace Aaron Watson is the next Conqueror whose young dream of playing professional baseball is finally coming true. Watson is a projected day-one pick during the July 13th MLB Draft.

Fletcher's Jasmine Cross is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX flag football player of the year.

Ponte Vedra's Ryker Kemp is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX boys lacrosse player of the year.

Episcopal's Brooke McCoy is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls lacrosse player of the year.

Nease's William Chaves is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX boys tennis player of the year.

The Jaguars are kicking off their ‘Summer of Youth Football’ campaign, aiming to grow the game for boys and girls across Northeast Florida and beyond. Jaguars PREP is hosting seven events aimed at helping more than 2,000 boys and girls develop their skills, prepare for the season—and fall in love with the game.

Nease senior Kylie Kochis is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls tennis player of the year for the second time in her career.

Matanzas star Leah Stevens leads the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX softball team.

Deebo Coleman, the All-News4JAX basketball player of the year in 2021, will try and leave his mark in a different sport as his career winds down at UCF.

Marty Lee started coaching with one small promise to himself all those years ago. If Lee could walk away at the very end of his coaching career at First Coast High School knowing that he’d made his mentors proud, then he’d have fulfilled that promise.

The Florida High School Athletic Association put an exclamation point on its final board of directors meeting of the school year on Tuesday, voting to bring in a shot clock in playoff basketball next year, expanding a subset of the football playoffs and tinkering with the baseball postseason again.

Orlando’s The First Academy toppled Trinity Christian 7-2 to win the Class 2A state championship at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers on Wednesday afternoon.

Aaron Watson and the Trinity Christian baseball team is one win away from a storybook ending.

The St. Johns Country Day baseball team came up short in its back-to-back quest.

All four local teams stalled out in the regional finals, meaning that there will be no area teams in the state semifinals for the first time since 2003.

St. Johns Country Day made an early lead stand up and now heads back to the state baseball championship game to defend its title.

Baldwin, Matanzas, Paxon and University Christian are the final area softball teams still standing in the state playoffs.

The Mandarin boys track and field team used a pair of individual championships to finish as Class 4A state runner-up as the state meet wrapped up on a busy and wet Saturday night at UNF’s Hodges Stadium.

The Jackson boys had an excellent showing in the Class 2A state track and field meet on Friday, with hurdler Nieko Garnes winning one individual event and helping out on the champ 4x400 relay team.

The high school softball playoffs are in full swing, with 11 local teams moving on to the second round.

Mandarin junior forward Emir Trto leads the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX boys soccer team.

Mason Hauseman scored in overtime and Ponte Vedra handed Lake Mary its first loss of the season in a 10-9 game in Naples. Ponte Vedra (19-3) will face either Plant or St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday for the state title.

Bartram Trail's Brooke Gosse is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls soccer player of the year.

Suwannee senior Marshall White is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX boys wrestler of the year.

Trinity Christian's Aaron Watson and St. Johns Country Day's Brayden Harris were electric in leading their teams to wins on Monday night in the baseball playoffs.

Flagler Palm Coast's Christina Borgmann is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls wrestling team

Clay, St. Johns Country Day, Suwannee, Trinity Christian, Union County and University Christian have made it through two rounds of the postseason and have a shot at the state semifinals.

The high school softball playoff field is set, with 30 teams from the area reaching the postseason and the regional quarterfinals (May 7-8) include a handful of all-local first-round collisions.

Jackson point guard Jahari Simmons is the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX boys basketball player of the year.

Bolles star Abby Knauff leads the Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls basketball team.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published each Thursday in the regular season. Records are through April 30 games.

Nease tennis star Kylie Kochis put a bow on her high school career Wednesday, winning the Class 3A overall singles championship in a thriller.

The Nease girls tennis team brought home the Class 3A state championship on Tuesday afternoon in Altamonte Springs.

Clay, St. Johns Country Day, Trinity Christian and Union County are all headed to the high school baseball regional finals.

The first day of spring football practice brought an unwelcome sight at Terry Parker High School. Head coach Mike Holloway noticed Monday that the facilities had been broken into and helmets, jerseys, and cleats were missing.

High school spring football is here. Monday marked the official start of the spring football practice around the state. A look at storylines entering 2025, head coaches in new spots, top players to watch and more.

The first day of spring football practice brought an unwelcome sight at Terry Parker High School. Head coach Mike Holloway noticed Monday that the facilities had been broken into and helmets, jerseys, and cleats were missing.

Illinois receiver and former Atlantic Coast High School star Pat Bryant II became the first local player to hear his name called in the NFL draft on Thursday night.

Ten local flag football teams are headed for the second round of the state playoffs.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published each Thursday in the regular season. Records are through April 23 games.

Columbia, Creekside and Tocoi Creek won their baseball playoff openers on Wednesday night and are just one victory away from moving on to next week’s regional semifinals.

The opening night of the new-look high school baseball playoffs is in the books

The high school flag football brackets are set and 15 local teams are headed to the state playoffs.

The revamped high school baseball state playoff brackets are out, and two area teams landed No. 1 seeds in the postseason.

The Varsity 4 Super 6 high school baseball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published on Fridays during the regular season. Records are through April 17.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published each Thursday in the regular season. Records are through April 16 games.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX flag football Super 6 rankings will be published Wednesday through the end of the regular season. Records are through April 15 games.

The spring signing period for high school athletes inking letters of intent is in full swing. A look at area athletes who are signing with colleges.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 boys lacrosse rankings will be published each Tuesday in the regular season. Records are through April 14.

The Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls lacrosse Super 6 rankings will be published through the end of the regular season. Records are through April 13 games.

The Varsity 4 Super 6 high school baseball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published on Fridays during the regular season. Records are through April 3.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published each Thursday in the regular season. Records are through April 9 games.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX flag football Super 6 rankings will be published Wednesday through the end of the regular season. Records are through April 8 games.

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.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 boys lacrosse rankings will be published each Tuesday in the regular season. Records are through April 7.

The Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls lacrosse Super 6 rankings will be published through the end of the regular season. Records are through April 6 games.

The Varsity 4 Super 6 high school baseball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published on Fridays during the regular season. Records are through April 3.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday in the regular season. Records are through April 2 games.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX flag football Super 6 rankings will be published Wednesday through the end of the regular season. Records are through April 1 games.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 boys lacrosse rankings will be published each Tuesday in the regular season. Records are through March 31.

The Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls lacrosse Super 6 rankings are back after a week off for spring break. Records are through March 30 games.

The Varsity 4 Super 6 high school baseball rankings presented by the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will be published on Fridays during the regular season. Records are through March 27.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday in the regular season. Records are through March 26 games.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX flag football Super 6 rankings will be published Wednesday through the end of the regular season. Records are through March 25 games.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 boys lacrosse rankings will be published each Tuesday in the regular season. The Super 6 is back after a one-week pause for spring break. Records are through March 24.

The Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls lacrosse Super 6 rankings are back after a week off for spring break. Records are through March 23 games.

The Varsity 4 Super 6 high school baseball rankings will be published on Fridays during the regular season with the exception of a week off for spring break. The next Super 6 will be published March 28. Records are through March 13.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 softball rankings will be published each Thursday in the regular season with the exception a week off for spring break. The next Super 6 will be published on March 27. Records are through March 12 games.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX flag football Super 6 rankings will be published Wednesday through the end of the regular season with the exception of a week off for spring break. The next Super 6 will be published March 26. Records are through March 11.

The Varsity 4 News4JAX Super 6 boys lacrosse rankings will be published each Tuesday in the regular season. The Super 6 will have a one-week break for spring break and resume March 25. Records are through March 10 games.

The Varsity 4 All-News4JAX girls lacrosse Super 6 rankings will be published each Monday in the regular season. Records are through March 9 games. This will be the final Super 6 until March 24 following a week off for spring break.

Ponte Vedra stood up to a basketball powerhouse until the very end on Friday night.

The Varsity 4 Super 6 high school baseball rankings will be published on Fridays during the regular season. Records are through March 6.

The Ponte Vedra boys basketball team will face Blanche Ely on Friday in Lakeland for the state championship. A look at the matchup.

Tocoi Creek’s push for a spot in the basketball state title game ran out of steam at the finish.