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Young farmers tell Keystone Rotary their beef business has outgrown its trailers
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A husband-and-wife team that walked away from careers in the Navy and at Amazon to raise cattle full time told the Keystone Heights Rotary Club that their three-year-old beef business has grown faster than the equipment they haul to farmers…

BHS, KHHS cross-country teams compete at Buchholz
Bradford and Keystone Heights high schools participated in the Sept. 12 Buchholz Bobcat Cross-Country Classic, with three from KHHS placing in the top half of the varsity boys field. The Indians’ Hunter Gray and Noah Yara placed 26th and 29th, respectively, out of 203 runners…

Indians go 3-2 in Jacksonville tournament
Keystone Heights High School played in the Sept. 11-12 Wawa River City Classic at the Jacksonville Juniors Volleyball Association Training Center, winning two straight matches on Sept. 12 to finish with a 3-2 tournament record. The Indians (10-7) opened the tournament with a 2-0…

Indians win 3 straight sets to defeat Tigers
Keystone Heights High School’s volleyball team ended a two-match losing streak with a 3-1 (19-25, 25-15, 25-21, 25-18) win over host Union County on Sept. 10. Four straight points by the Tigers (2-7) with Lydia Waugh serving put the host team up 7-3. Union got a kill each from…

Bradford advances commercial rezoning near RV resort
The Bradford County Commission voted Sept. 1 to advance a plan to reclassify roughly 7.67 acres near Keystone Heights RV Resort from residential to commercial use. This was the first of two votes needed to clear the way for what the property owner describes as a future commercial…

KHHS volleyball team’s winning streak ends
Keystone Heights High School’s volleyball team had a four-match win streak come to an end with a 3-1 (25-22, 25-17, 20-25, 25-12) loss at Ridgeview on Sept. 3. Stats weren’t available by deadline. The loss capped a week in which the Indians (6-4) went 2-1. The first win came at…

Brooks places 3rd for KHHS girls in loss to Middleburg
Aubrey Brooks had a third-place finish, but the Keystone Heights High School girls golf team lost to host Middleburg in an Aug. 31 match at Orange Park’s Eagle Landing Golf Club. The Indians had a team score of 260, finishing 51 strokes behind the Broncos. Brooks made par on one…

Begue is runner-up for KHHS in boys golf team win
Will Begue finished two strokes behind medalist Michael Susser of Orange Park in the Keystone Heights High School boys golf team’s win on Aug. 31 at Orange Park’s Eagle Harbor Golf Club. The Indians had a team score of 183 to Orange Park’s 208. Begue had a birdie and made par on…