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Week 9 high school football: Scores, updates and results from around Fort Walton Beach
Entering Week 9 of the high school football season, the latest Florida High School Athletic Association power ranks have four area teams playoff-bound with a few jockeying for a Hail Mary for entrance. We have a loaded slate tonight with only Choctaw on a bye. Of note, Navarre and Gulf Breeze face off in the Battle of the Beach, Niceville and Lincoln square off in a matchup of the second- and third-ranked teams in Region 1-5A, Baker...
'Playing South Walton volleyball': Seahawks celebrate 5th straight district title
SANTA ROSA BEACH — For South Walton volleyball coach Meaghan Allen, winning district titles never get old. Thursday's sweep of Pensacola was the latest in a string of five-straight district crowns for South Walton, easily enough to label the Seahawks a dynasty. Yet a region title eludes them. And that's where the focus shifts, Allen looking to replicate the run she and husband Scott had back in 2017 when they led the Big Green to a 7A...
Bobby Gill, Former NASCAR Competitor, Short Track Standout Dead at 65
Bobby Gill, who recorded four top-10 finishes in 16 career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts and was a prolific local short track racer, passed away on Thursday at the age of 65 following a lengthy battle with brain cancer.
UWF football hits the road on Saturday at Chowan for another conference matchup
Through five games, the University of West Florida football team's biggest win of the season came on Saturday. For one, the Argos upset Delta State, ranked in both the AFCA and D2 Football polls. That, in and of itself, is considered a major win. But then there's the fact of how the season's gone for UWF so far, after falling to both West Alabama in double overtime, and then at Grand Valley State. ...
Booker T. Washington runner Elyse Carmichael wins PNJ Athlete of the Week award
Another top runner in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, Booker T. Washington's Elyse Carmichael finally got her first-place victory. After a handful of runner-up finishes at some big invitationals, Carmichael won the Wildcat Invitational at the University of West Florida on Oct. 5. She finished the 5-kilometer race in 19 minutes, 26.8 seconds to claim the individual crown out of 74 runners at the invite. ...
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