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By Jeff Moeller JACKSONVILLE (Florida Sports Wire) - When the Jaguars take the field Sunday, it will be two weeks until they last played. We’ll see if it was two weeks too long when they host Baltimore Sunday at TIAA Field. They last met the Chiefs in Kansas City on Oct. 13 and managed to stay with them in the opening half before Patrick Mahomes again did his magic in a 27-17 Chiefs’ victory. It was another one of their seven losses in which they couldn’t finish. If the Jaguars truly have begun to turn the corner, they should be in a tight game with Baltimore. We’ll see what they have been working on for the past two weeks. Keep it close. This will be a true test of where they are against a team that is generally underrated. It will also come down to putting the clamps on another instantaneous game changer. And they have to be ready against a Baltimore team that many have overlooked. The resurgence of Mahomes and the Chiefs and the Bills’ latest Thanksgiving Day win have shifted the f

By MIKE BONTS JACKSONVILLE (Florida Sports Wire) – After a week off the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-7) host the Baltimore Ravens Sunday at TIAA Bank Field. “You don’t spend a lot of time prepping for this game,” said Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson. “You spend more time looking at the first 10 and really evaluating that and trying to come away with some solutions, some answers, maybe some different things that we haven’t show or could possibly show here in the next seven games. It’s more about that and sort of the self-scout than it is kind of prepping for your next opponent.” The Jaguars are coming off a loss to Kansas City. Baltimore (7-3) is riding a four-game winning streak and has a one-game lead over Cincinnati in the AFC North. Jacksonville was off Week 11 while the Ravens won a physical game against Carolina. The Jaguars lead the all-time series, 12-10, but Baltimore has a 4-3 edge under head coach John Harbaugh. The two teams last met in 2020 when the Ravens rolled to a 40-

TALLAHASSEE (Florida Sports Wire) – Florida State scored 17 unanswered points early in the third quarter to build a 38-24 lead and then held on to beat rival Florida 45-38 Friday night in Doak Campbell Stadium. Trey Benson’s 17-yard touchdown run with 4:06 left in the game broke a 38-38 tie and Florida’s last-minute drive to send the game into overtime died when Anthony Richardson’s pass on fourth and long fell harmlessly into the end zone. While Seminoles quarterback Travis Jordan’s passing numbers were modest, he was nearly unstoppable running the ball. Jordan finished 13 of 30 through the air for 270 yards and a touchdown and gained 83 yards on 15 carries with a pair of touchdowns. FSU’s defense gave up some big plays through the air, but limited UF’s Richardson to just nine completions on 27 attempts for 198 yards but three of those were for touchdowns. Travis Etienne led UF’s running game with 129 yards on 17 carries. Florida State finishes the regular season with a 9-3 record an

TALLAHASSEE -    Florida State scored on seven of its first eight possessions and starting quarterback Jordan Travis was able to sit out the entire second half as the 20 th -ranked Seminoles cruised to a 49-17 win over the Ragin’ Cajuns in Doak Campbell Stadium Saturday afternoon. Travis completed 9-of-14 passes for 127 yards and a touchdown and rushed for two more scores as FSU mounted a 35-3 halftime lead. Trey Benson led a group of five running backs who gained 30 yards or more with 80 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.  Ten different FSU receivers caught a pass. FSU’s defense stifled Louisiana for most of the game limiting the visitors to just 4-of-14 on third downs.  The Seminoles recorded four quarterbacks sacks and six tackles-for-loss in the lopsided win. Louisiana quarterback Chandler Fields finished with 19 completions on 36 attempts for 159 yards and a touchdown.  The Ragin’ Cajuns’ top rusher Dre’lyn Washington managed just 57 yards on 10 carries, while Michael Jefferson

 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mike Wright threw for three scores and Ray Davis added 122 yards on the ground to lift Vanderbilt to a 31-24 SEC victory over Florida Saturday at FirstBank Stadium. Up 14-12 late in the third quarter, Wright found Gavin Schoenwald from 10 yards out and Ben Bresnahan for a 28-yard score in a 77-second span to break open the game.  The Commodores (5-6, 2-5 SEC) then held off a Gator rally, with Anthony Richardson finding Daejon Reynolds for touchdown passes covering 74 and 16 yards in the final period, to win back-to-back games for the first time this season. Wright finished the day 10 of 16 passing for 108 yards, while Davis carried 30 times in recording his third straight 100-yard effort. CJ Taylor led the Lady defense—which allowed just 45 net yards rushing—with 10 stops and a pass break up, with Anfernee Orji contributing eight tackles and Jeremy Lucien seven. Ventral Miller and Amari Burney paced the Gators (6-5, 3-5 SEC) with 11 and 10 tackles, respectively. Ric

(SportsDay photo by Nancy Beecher/Florida Sports Wire) JACKSONVILLE – Derek Lodermeier and Cristiano DiGiacinto each scored twice to give Jacksonville (5-5-0) a 5-2 win over Trois-Rivières (2-6-1) Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Arena. The Lions came into the game with just two wins this season. The Icemen were 3 of 4 on the power play. Ara Nazarian added his club leading fifth goal as the Icemen scored twice in six seconds to pull away from Trois-Rivières. Lodermeier’s power play goal in the opening minute of the third period gave Jacksonville a 2-1 lead. They were his first two goals of the season. Trois-Rivières’ tied it up on Colin Bilek’s fifth goal of the season. The clubs traded power play goals in the first period. DiGiacinto made it 1-0. Alex Breton skated in on goaltender Olaf Lindbom and tied the game with 15 seconds to play. The Icemen killed a 5 of 3 power play in the scoreless second. Lindbom made 16 saves. Joe Vrbetic stopped 22 shots for the visitors. The Icemen t

(SportsDay photo by Nancy Beecher/Florida Sports Wire) By Jeff Moeller It’s time to pull out the measuring stick again for the Jaguars. And it likely won’t be the last time. Their recent victory over the Raiders reignited the embers back to a steady flame of having a respectable football team again this season.  They had been saddled in a five-game losing streak. Now, the Jags have life again. Unfortunately for them, they will travel to Kansas City Sunday to meet the upstart Chiefs, who appear to be back on track with two straight wins and four in their last five. This is another example of the Jags’ roller-coaster season. Yet, this has been a year that already has exceeded expectations. There has been progress beneath the surface. It appeared fate may have been on the Jags’ side at the start of the season when they won two of their first three games, losing a tight game to the Commanders, and then posting an impressive shutout over the Colts and a thrashing of the Chargers.  This appe

  JACKSONVILLE (Florida Sports Wire) – Palencia Golf Club won its first JAGA/NFPGA Club Team Championship on Monday, November 7th by three shots, besting a field of 24 other teams at the King and Bear at The World Golf Village in the two best balls of four, net format.  This year’s tournament was the 25th playing of the championship, which is conducted by the Jacksonville Area Golf Association and the Northern Chapter of the North Florida PGA Section. The winning Palencia team posted an 18-under-par score of 126. Team members included Northern Chapter PGA member and Flagler College men’s and women’s golf coach Santiago Cavanagh and amateurs Larry Baker, Tom Cassady and Dannie Wilson. Three strokes back at 129 was the Deerwood Country Club team of pro Mitchell Haley, Sal Randisi, Melissa Heaton and Mat Nemeth. A trio of teams shared third place at 130. They were Palatka Golf Club – Andy Heartz (pro), Jeff Elledge, Ron Jerin and Ron Mullis, Sawgrass Country Club – Leonard Thompson (pro)

(Sports Day photo by Jim Brady/Florida Sports Wire) JACKSONVILLE (SportsTicker) – The South Carolina Stingrays (5-2-0-0) dropped their second game of the season on Tuesday to the Jacksonville Icemen (3-4-0-0) by a final score of 5-4 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The Stingrays’ power play converted on their second opportunity of the day as Carter Turnbull gave the Stingrays an early lead in the contest. Jacksonville’s Parker Gahagen kicked Andrew Cherniwchan’s pass to the tape of Turnbull where the rookie forward flipped the rebound into the back of the net for his sixth goal of the year. Jacksonville retaliated under four minutes later with Brendan Harris’ first marker of the season. South Carolina blocked an initial shot that settled in front of Harris where the forward sent a puck top shelf past Clay Stevenson to tie the game at one apiece. Luke Martin gave the Icemen their first lead of the game with his first goal of the season 40 seconds later. The blueliner fired a shot

SportsDay Photo by Nancy Beecher/Florida Sports Wire By Mike Bonts Florida Sports Wire JACKSONVILLE (Florida Sports Wire) - The Jacksonville Jaguars rallied from a 17-point deficit to defeat the Las Vegas Raiders 27-20 at TIAA Bank Field Sunday afternoon. The win snapped a five game losing streak. Travis Etienne ran for two touchdowns. His four yarder at the beginning of the fourth quarter gave Jacksonville their first lead. Etienne ran for 109 yards on 28 carries. The second half comeback began with a seven yard touchdown pass from quarterback Trevor Lawrence to Christian Kirk that cut the Raiders lead to three points. Lawrence was 25 of 31 for 235 yards. Kirk has eight catches for 78 yards. The   Raiders (2-6) led the Jaguars (3-6) 20-10 at the half. Las Vegas was looking for their first road win. Etienne scored on a one-yard run to cut the Las Vegas lead to 17-7 with 4:50 to play in the first half. Riley Patterson made it 20-10 with a 40-yard field goal. He added a 48-yarder with a