Sports Archive

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos have added one of the Miami Marlins’ top prospects to its roster.

Nasim Nunez, promoted to Double-A Pensacola is No. 17 in the Marlins system and was a second-round pick in 2019.

At one point in her career, Hallie Ueberroth quit playing softball.

It wasn’t long, though, before the Milton standout realized just how much she loved the game.

Nathan Wright has been playing football for more than a decade. It’s a sport that just seemed like the right fit for the rising Milton senior.

“I was always a bigger kid growing up, so football just suited me, but as I’ve grown up, I’ve come to realize how great the sport of football is,” Wright said. “I believe football is the greatest team sport of all time and it has definitely taught me many life lessons through my days of playing it.”

Single-game tickets for the University of West Florida football team go on sale to the general public at Noon Monday.

Tickets can be purchased through the UWF Athletic Ticket Office. A limited number of season tickets are on sale as well. All home games will be played at Pen Air Field, which is on the UWF campus.

Alonzo Samuel has coached hundreds of young Milton athletes over the past 36 years, starting with his own children in 1985. Most folks just call him “Coach Sam.”

The City of Milton will show its appreciation Saturday by naming its youth football field in his honor. The day will start at 10 a.m. at the Clyde L. Gracey Community Center, 5629 Byrom Street, with a ceremony honoring the long-time volunteer, aircraft mechanic and pastor.

A storybook ending to one of the greatest seasons in Pace baseball history nearly eluded the Patriots.

It was 2010, and moments after their state semifinal game had ended, the Patriots were given news that deflated the high they were riding after their latest win.

Inside a gym at the end of a dirt road in the north end of Santa Rosa County is where you’ll find Central’s Autumn Boutwell firing up 3-pointers on a summer afternoon in early July.

Her trainer, former Florida State standout Ralph Mims is feeding her the ball. Boutwell catches it and releases. Most of those shots find nothing but net.

Dustin Retherford was approaching the end of his time in the military when his wife made a comment that he should give college coaching a try.

Opportunities had presented themselves in the profession in the past for the former Pace football standout, but he turned those down to serve his country.

Brandon Sproat was drafted three years ago by the Texas Rangers, hearing his name called in the seventh round.

Sproat chose to go college, and now, after spending last season as one of the Florida Gators’ top pitchers, he has been drafted again.