Sports Archive

The University of West Florida football team announced it signed 13 players on national signing day last Wednesday.

The group includes former Florida Gator commit Marcus Stokes, a four-star recruit out of Nease.

When Javier Valarezo knocked down his second 3-pointer of the game Wednesday night against Pensacola, cutting the Tiger lead to eight at Barbara Rose Gymnasium, the Milton Panthers started to believe that perhaps they could rally for a road win.

After a slow start, the Panthers were back in the game, but they couldn’t get the stops they needed defensively to flip the script in a 60-44 loss.

Autumn Boutwell just kept shooting. One 3-pointer after another. She made nine 3-pointers in all and helped propel Central’s girls basketball team to a 61-30 win over Laurel Hill in the opening round of the District 1-1A tournament Tuesday night at Paxton.

On the brink of victory, Milton’s girls basketball team needed one more play to seal the deal in the opening round of the District 1-6A tournament last Tuesday night.

Navarre was looking to inbound the ball in the hopes of getting a desperation shot off with 1.7 seconds to go, but the pass was tipped and Alexis Hawthorne ended up with the ball in her hands to help the Panthers secure a 34-32 win on the road over the reigning district champion Raiders.

Kevin Randel is back as the manager of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

It will be his third season with the Double-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins and he’ll look to lead Pensacola to a second consecutive Southern League title run.

Scoreless after one half of a District 1-6A girls soccer final on a foggy evening here Tuesday at Bennett C. Russell Stadium in Navarre, the window of belief remained open for Pace that it could pull off an upset of state-ranked Gulf Breeze.

Chances were few and far between against the No. 3 Dolphins, but that didn’t stop the Patriots from battling for any opportunity they could muster.

Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is now tied for the all-time coaching record for the University of West Florida women’s basketball team.

University of West Florida basketball standout Wendell Matthews has been named the Gulf South Conference Player of the week.

Quentin Randolph is back in the Indoor Football League, and this time he’ll play in a city that fits his big-time personality.

Randolph, a former Navarre and University of West Florida star, is taking his talents to Las Vegas to play for the Knight Hawks, a second-year team in the IFL.

Tristan Watson can beat you on the court in a lot of different ways.

The 6-foot-7  senior standout for Jay can throw down a dunk, score off a layup or step outside and knock down a 3-pointer. In fact, he once made a school-record 10 long-distance shots in a game.