An 8-year-old girl successfully defended her mother by stabbing her grandmother with a kitchen knife during an attack Monday at their Clay County home, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Nease got redemption for a playoff loss to Oakleaf last year with a 45-7 blowout on Friday night. News4JAX had photographer Quan Nguyen capture the game in this photo gallery.

Friday night wrapped up the regular season in Florida for most teams, with Super 10 teams Bolles and Oakleaf rolling to blowout wins to put a bow on 2025.

Mandarin topped Oakleaf 31-14 on Friday night to win the district championship. News4JAX had photographer Quan Nguyen capture the game in this photo gallery.

Twenty seniors walked across the field for Senior Night at Mandarin, never knowing a point during high school when the Mustangs weren’t district champions. They walked off the field Friday night never having come up empty when it comes to district titles.

Week 9 of the high school football season lived up to the billing, with a pair of Super 10 thrillers to headline a busy Friday night.

High school football season is in full swing and we’ve kicked off something new this year. We’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 sixth week of the high school football season is 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 in full swing and we’ve kicked off something new this year. We’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.

With back Xander Edwards topping 100 yards again, Bolles ground down the host Knights with long drives. At the same time, the Bulldogs defense rose up with some excellent play up front, capped by defensive lineman Asher Ghioto scoring the final touchdown of the Varsity 4 Game of the Week, a 38-6 romp over previously unbeaten Oakleaf, ranked third in the Varsity 4 Super 10.

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 line formed early for the newest restaurant to open its doors in Oakleaf: popular chicken tender chain Raising Cane’s.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Another teen was arrested in connection to a shooting near a soccer field in Oakleaf Plantation that left a juvenile victim injured.

A juvenile was shot during an altercation that broke out at a packed soccer field in Oakleaf.

A juvenile was shot during an altercation that broke out at a packed soccer field in Oakleaf.

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 Jan. 8 games.

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 Jan. 1 games.

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. 18 games.

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.