Another opportunity has emerged for athletes hoping to play flag football in college. 
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is the latest to add the sport.

The University of West Florida baseball team wrapped up its final year as an NCAA Division II team ranked in the top 15 of three different national polls.

The University of West Florida softball team finished its 2026 season ranked No. 14 in the final National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division II poll.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos finished the first half of the Southern League season in second place, missing out on a first-half title by one game.

The New York Knicks are NBA champions for the first time in more than a half century, and their championship is about more than just a trophy.

Ethan McDonald is moving up in the college hoops world. The former Jay Royal has committed to NCAA Division II Barton after spending his last two seasons at Pensacola State.

On the surface, the medal Jay’s Dominian Gomez came home with from the FHSAA 1A state weightlifting meet in May tells a success story.


But when you dig deeper, you realize he had to overcome quite a bit of adversity to get to the point where he played a key role in the Jay Royals’ historic weightlifting season.

Bryson Brown is set to represent USA Weightlifting and Team USA at the World University Games in Qatar this September.

Milton’s football team is coming off a turnaround season, and the Panthers are looking to build on that success this season.


As far as summer work goes, things are moving along in the right direction in preparation for the 2026 campaign.

Summer has proven to be an important time of the year for Milton’s boys basketball team, which is looking to fill some voids and remain one of the top teams in the area this coming season.


“We’re trying to see who can do what and who fits in where,” head coach Matt Anderson said. “We’re super young. We have six sophomores and only two seniors. And we graduated the twins.”