Basketball Recap: Fort White Skates Past Keystone Heights with Ease

Indians

Margin (Wins)

12/17/24 @ Branford	51
01/03/25 vs Santa Fe	46
11/19/24 vs Lafayette	43
12/12/24 @ Dixie County	39
01/07/25 @ Lafayette	36

Fort White won the last time they faced Keystone Heights and things went their way on Monday too. The Fort White Indians took their matchup with ease, bagging a 56-20 victory over the Keystone Heights Indians. Fort White has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 21 points or more this season.

Fort White found their leader in sophomore Ya'Zuri Hollie, who posted 27 points. That makes it six consecutive games in which Hollie has scored at least a third of Fort White's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isreal Hart, who put up 14 points.

Several Indians players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Riley Shuford, who earned ten points. That was a full 50% of Keystone Heights' points, marking the fourth time in a row she's scored more than a third of the team's points. Rigby Morford was another key player, putting up four points and eight boards.

The win was the third in a row for Fort White, bringing their record for this year to 13-6. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.3 points per game. As for Keystone Heights, they dropped their record down to 4-15 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.

Fort White will take on Eastside at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keystone Heights has already played their next contest, a 37-26 loss against Middleburg on the 28th.