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Volusia-Flagler High School Athlete of the Week poll: May 20
It's time to vote for the Volusia-Flagler Athlete of the Week for the week of May 13-18. Athletes for all in-season sports are eligible. Last week, Spruce Creek softball player Alexis Minaberry took home the honors, claiming 68% of the votes. The News-Journal gathers nominees from scores and stats emailed...
Unveiling the 2024 Volusia-Flagler All-Area Baseball Team
The five Volusia-Flagler baseball teams to make the Florida High School Athletic Association playoffs each took a different route to get there. Spruce Creek remained atop the area in 2024. It fell in a dramatic, extra-inning district title game, but did more than enough during the regular season to earn an at-large postseason bid. The Hawks finished the year 19-10 and as the only local club ranked in the state’s top 100 (53rd). They also stayed alive...
DeLand High senior prank included toilet-papering, plastic-wrapping, spray-painting campus
A senior prank at DeLand High School involved toilet-papering, plastic-wrapping and spray-painting parts of the campus early Monday morning. Danielle Johnson, Volusia's director of community information, confirmed the incident in an email; she said the campus didn't sustain permanent damage and all items have been cleaned. She also confirmed that there was...
Spring football games take center stage but how important are they? Volusia-Flagler coaches sound off
Among the first tasks on Jerrime "Squatty" Bell's agenda upon his hiring as Mainland football coach was to find a spring game. When hopes to join the 11-team, two-day jamboree at Palm Beach Gardens were dashed, Bell pivoted and booked the defending state champion Buccaneers for matchups with nearby rival Spruce Creek and playoff foe Rockledge.
Meet your 2024 Volusia-Flagler All-Area High School Flag Football Team
Spruce Creek nearly went wire-to-wire as the top flag football team in Volusia and Flagler counties. The Hawks shook off an early wobble against DeLand, three-peated as Five Star Conference champion and reeled off 14 wins in the space of 15 games. And then, at long last, New Smyrna Beach had its revenge. ...
Malina Hreib: Your Volusia-Flagler Student of the Week for May 6-10
The results are in, and Flagler-Palm Coast High School's Malina Hreib has been named The News-Journal's Student of the Week for May 6-10. Hreib is the first IB Scholar in Dance Standard Level – World Dance Study Project. She was captain of the Flagler-Palm Coast swim team in 2023, was the youngest lifeguard representing Flagler Beach in the USLA National Competition in August 2023, and has been a FPS state level competitor for six years in a row. Hreib plans to attend Stetson University and major in marine science. She claimed 64% of votes.
Daytona State College Board awards President Tom LoBasso with 4% pay raise, $50,000 bonus
The Daytona State College Board of Trustees has awarded college President Tom Lobasso a 4% raise and a $50,000 one-time payout. Board members made no comments Wednesday during their unanimous vote to ratify the amendment to LoBasso’s contract, which raises his salary to just over $350,000. With the payout − which amounts to a bonus that the board doesn't want to call a bonus because that term is not allowed under Florida law − his compensation tops $400,000.
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