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Red hot Seahawks eying revenge against Bishop Kenny
SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) – The South Walton baseball team is red hot, cruising on a seven-game win streak heading into the Class 4A Region 1 Semifinals. After sitting just one game above .500 in mid-April, the Seahawks have won out, now 18-10 having played the toughest strength of schedule of any team in […]
A scary lineup and an ace have Fort Walton Beach softball primed for postseason run
FORT WALTON BEACH — Fort Walton Beach softball coach Taryn Gray understands the embarrassment of riches she faces when making a lineup card. Aubree Davis and her .481 on-base percentage. Hannah Isham and her .471 batting average. Alyx Hall "slumping" to a slash line of .451/.505/.792, six homers and 35 RBIs. Ava Smith helping her own cause with a .355 batting average and 20 RBIs, and Izzy Douglas just belting out clutch base knock after clutch base...
South Walton baseball's dominant playoff path has them one win from 4A state title
South Walton baseball entered the playoffs with the best strength of schedule in all of Class 4A, a sign of the dominant path it would forge. After capturing a District 1 title, the Seahawks run-ruled West Florida 10-0, felled Bishop Kenny 5-2, staged a sixth-inning comeback in a 6-1 victory over Arnold and, on Tuesday, jumped all over Merritt Island as Charlie Willcox blasted a three-run homer and Coleman Borthwick and Braxton Varnes missed barrels in a 7-3 win to advance to the FHSAA state championship game.
Four-Peat: The unlikely story of how Niceville track and field kept its FHSAA crown
There's a drill at Niceville that track and field sprinters know all too well: The hare and the hound. As Robert Stith tells it, a female teammate represents the hare and is given a 10-second headstart. Her male teammate is the hound, tasked to catch her by the allocated distance. The punishment for the one who fails their task is dreaded: bear crawls, pushing sleds, etc. ...
South Walton upsets Arnold in extra-inning thriller
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — The South Walton softball team upset Arnold 3-1 in nine innings in the Class 4A Region 1 Quarterfinal on Wednesday night. The Seahawks improved to 10-10 and will play No. 2 Baker County in the semi-final on Tuesday, May 14. The Marlins finished the season with a record of […]
South Walton two wins away from first state title
SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) – The South Walton baseball team is set to compete in their first Class 4A Final Four match in program history on Tuesday night. The Seahawks (20-10) broke their curse against Bishop Kenny in the regional semifinals, the team who beat eliminated them in back-to-back seasons. They followed it up […]
South Walton advances to Class 4A State Final
FORT MYERS, Fla. (WMBB) – The South Walton baseball team defeated Merritt Island 7-3 on Tuesday night, advancing to the Class 4A State Finals. The Seahawks will face No. 1 Cardinal Gibbons in the championship game on Wednesday, May 22, in Fort Myers at 5:00 p.m. EST.
Fort Walton-area softball, baseball schedules, players to watch and more
This past week, we saw how hard it is to forge a postseason path on the diamond. The softball programs at Fort Walton Beach and Niceville emerged as district champs, while South Walton baseball's No. 1-ranked strength of schedule paid dividends with a District 1-4A title. Out of the lot of area teams,...
Merritt Island falls to South Walton in FHSAA 4A baseball semifinal
A first-inning home run put Merritt Island High's baseball team in a hole it could never escape on Tuesday at Hammond Stadium in Ft. Myers, ending the team's season in the FHSAA Class 4A state semifinal round, 7-3. South Walton's Charlie Willcox hit a three-run home run for the Seahawks, and the Mustangs never got closer than a run from there, finishing their season at 24-6. It was the 10th win in a row for South Walton,...
Merritt Island faces South Walton baseball in 4A state semifinal
Merritt Island plays in the FHSAA Class 4A state baseball semifinal round Tuesday in Ft. Myers at Hammond Stadium at 7 p.m. The Mustangs, 24-5, cruised through the regional playoffs, winning their Region 2 title over Hernando, 10-0. Their opponent is South Walton, 20-10 and winner of nine in a row. The Seahawks were state semifinalists in 2017, while the Mustangs have team titles from 1999 and 2000 and most recently reached the championship game in Class 6A in 2018 with a loss to Tampa Jefferson, 6-5 in nine innings.
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