Last place. That’s where the University of West Florida football team is predicted to finish in the United Athletic Conference this coming season.

I’m not surprised. You shouldn’t be either.

I realize there are new rules when it comes to transferring in high school athletics. And while the rules slow it down to a degree, I’m not quite sure how much it will change things in the long run.

It was a fun run for the United States Men’s National Team while it lasted. The country seemed to come together for a couple of weeks earlier this summer to cheer on the team in the World Cup.

It seems like every time I turn around another collegiate conference is adding women’s flag football.

It’s not a surprise. The sport is one of the fastest growing in the country and is an emerging sport at the NCAA level. It could very well have championship status by 2028.

On a morning where I only planned to shoot photos of a basketball scrimmage, I ended up being asked to shoot a ball as well.

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.

I was 14 or 15 years old when Stacey King came to a shoe store in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois, to sign autographs for a few hours.


King was a rookie with the Chicago Bulls.

The word on the street is we may soon be going back to the single-game format for the regional tournament in high school baseball.

With the high school athletic season officially over, and now that I have had a few minutes to catch my breath, I want to say I appreciate everyone who has followed along with our coverage this season.

Many of the graduates in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties are high school athletes I have covered over the last four years.


Navarre, Pace, Milton, Central, Jay, Baker and Crestview have all been represented well by those athletes and now it’s time for them to bid farewell and move on to the next chapter of their lives.