NICEVILLE – Cece Mayo tiptoed the sideline, her feet leaving the ground as she dove toward a deflection near midcourt at The Arena.This hustle, this anticipation, this grit is why NWF State... Read more
NICEVILLE – Steve DeMeo's crew was, in the most vanilla way to put it, mad.Two nights earlier, Shelton State did what no team could do last year: upset NWF State on its home court.Come Satur... Read more
Feeling disrespected over a mere $7 million paycheck, Brent Grimes admitted he did not want to cover Pittsburgh’s Antonio Brown when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers asked him to this season.That st... Read more
The Fort Walton Beach wrestling program lost a family member late Tuesday night. Jorge Hernandez, an assistant coach with the program for five years, was killed in downtown Nashville when he... Read more
New Year’s Day is an occasion for many things.Feasting on comfort foods, resting off the ball-drop festivities, watching college football bowl games and hanging with family – the capper to a... Read more
FORT WALTON BEACH — There was no secret sauce, no special ingredient. C.J. Matthews just stepped up, grabbed the board and drained the bucket.Then another. Then another.Only two minutes into... Read more
FORT WALTON BEACH — Tori Orcutt estimates she has packed up her belongings and moved at least 16 times in her life.A junior on the Fort Walton Beach High School swim team, Orcutt was born in... Read more
The following is a list of area athletes now playing college basketball. All statistics and records are through Jan. 1 unless noted. MenAntonio Bellamy (Mosley), Thomas University, Fr., 6-1,... Read more
You could say Austin American-Statesman photojournalist Nick Wagner took the first hit at the 2019 Sugar Bowl.“I was focusing on getting a shot of Georgia’s live mascot Uga. I just remember... Read more
BAKER – The tales of Junior McLaughlin will forever be carved in Baker lore.The man, the myth, the legend finished with 5,240 rushing yards and topped 6,000 all-purpose yards.He scored 84 to... Read more
