We all know there is some serious strength in the Panhandle when it comes to weightlifting.

By late afternoon on March 27, I’m pretty sure even people on the most remote island in the world knew the University of West Florida was headed to the Division I level for football.

When the Florida legislature passed a bill allowing booster clubs to pay high school coaches extra money, the first thought was that it sounds great on paper.


But when you look at it a little closer, it’s nothing more than an easy win for the legislature.

Spring break for the area high schools was this past week, marking the last real chill period until the end of the school year.

College sports need to be left alone. No changes are required.

As I watched Jay’s girls basketball season end with a 66-49 loss to Williston in the FHSAA Rural state championship game on the final Friday night of February in Jacksonville, the initial thoughts were on how tough it is to lose after coming so far.

I still remember when the University of West Florida football team practiced on a lonely field on campus and played all its home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium.

Splitting private and public schools for postseason purposes has been a white-hot topic for a long time.

I saw someone post the other day on social media about the lack of junior college football in Florida.


The coach was asking for the governor to do something about it.

It’s Super Bowl week and I have a few thoughts to share ahead of the game between New England and Seattle.


I was kind of hoping Chicago was going to make it so that we could have had a rematch of Super Bowl XX.