On Apr. 25, former Florida High tackle Anthony “The Escalade” Belton was selected 54th overall by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the NFL Draft. Belton played a big part in the success of the NC State offensive line in college and plans to play a key role in the Packers pass […]
On Apr. 24, the Chiles boys tennis team (20-0) took on the Leon Lions (16-4) in the FHSAA 3A regional final match at Chiles High School. The last time these teams competed against each other was in a tournament style format at Tom Brown Park for the district title. Chiles had the slightest advantage over […]
On Apr. 24, the Chiles flag football team (12-4) hosted Navarre (10-7) in the first round of the FHSAA 3A regional tournament. This was the second meeting between these two teams this season with Navarre beating Chiles 15-6 earlier in the month on Apr. 3. This time around Chiles got revenge on the Raiders winning […]
On Apr. 22, the FHSAA 1A District 2 and 2A District 2 district tournaments took place in Tallahassee with nine teams competing. Maclay, Community Christian (CCS) and Florida High competed in the 1A district 2 championship while Chiles, Lincoln, Leon, Wakulla, Rickards and Godby competed in the 2A district 2 championship. Florida High and Chiles […]
The FHSAA District 2-3A boys and girls tennis tournament took place at Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee from Apr. 14 – Apr. 15. There were six teams participating with three teams from Leon County including Chiles, Lincoln and Leon. The Timberwolves won both the boys and girls titles. Chiles Boys Edge Leon in District Tournament, […]
After receiving a bye in the first round of the FHSAA 1A District 4 girls lacrosse tournament, the 3rd seeded Maclay Marauders (8-7) played the 2nd seeded Gainesville Hurricanes (16-3) in the semi-finals. Maclay lost in a nail-biting finish, 9-8. With this loss, the Marauders finished the 2025 season 8-7 and ranked 100th in the […]
The FHSAA recently concluded the 2A District 1 boys lacrosse tournament with three Leon County teams participating including Leon, Chiles and Lincoln. Chiles matched up against Leon in the first round of the tournament as the Timberwolves were seeded 4th and the Lions were seated 5th. Sense they were the lower seed, Chiles had the […]
On Apr. 4, the University of Florida held a two-day high school meet called the Pepsi Florida Relays that included some of the top athletes in the area. Multiple schools from Leon County competed while having two stand out performances from Maclay and Rickards athletes in the pole vault event. Maclay – Elizabeth Dowdy Auburn […]
On Apr. 8, the Florida High flag football team (11-3) played their last regular season game against Bradford (9-2) on senior night in Tallahassee. The Seminoles beat the Tornadoes 13-7, giving Bradford their second loss of the season and ending the regular season with 11 wins. It was a relatively low scoring game with only […]
Below are the Leon County rankings for 8 softball teams based on record and strength of schedule according to MaxPreps. Chiles finds themselves at the top spot of the Leon County rankings after a 9-3 win against Franklin County to continue their 5 game win streak. Rank Team Record FL Rank 1 Chiles 12-2 57 […]