Lineup set for $100K Redfish Cup Championship
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Lineup set for $100K Redfish Cup Championship

Ten teams will compete for their share of a $100,000 purse when the 2024 Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter travels to Apalachicola Bay Friday through Sunday, Oct. 25-27.  Tournament launches and weight reveal will be at Scipio Creek Marina, at 301 Market Street, in Apalachicola. “We are extremely excited to bring this…

Friddle, Gortemoller top Tate’s Hell 5K
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Friddle, Gortemoller top Tate’s Hell 5K

A pair of runners from the Forgotten Coast topped the Tate’s Hell 5K field of 73 racers last Saturday in Carrabelle. Franklin County High School senior Josiah Friddle topped the field by running an 18:44, nearly two minutes faster than runner-up Michael Martinez.  The top female was Port St. Joe High School graduate Madelyn Gortemoller,…

Franklin County Aucilla game postponed
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Franklin County Aucilla game postponed

If anyone would have said at the outset of the 2024 football season that halfway through the season, Franklin County would be the only undefeated team on the Forgotten Coast, and that they would squaring off against an undefeated Aucilla Christian team, they likely would have had their doubters. But as improbable as it sounds,…

PSJ downs FCHS as season gets underway
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PSJ downs FCHS as season gets underway

In a hard fought volleyball game Sept. 5 on their home court, an older, and generally taller, Port St. Joe Lady Tiger Shark volleyball team defeated a scrappy, and younger, Franklin County Lady Seahawk squad in three straight. St. Joe, under the coaching of Derek Garland, won 25-20, 25-19 and 28-26 over Franklin, coached by…

Seahawks rattle FAMU for third straight win
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Seahawks rattle FAMU for third straight win

It was another precedent setting win for the Franklin County Seahawks Friday night, as they opened the season 3-0 with a 41-14 victory over the FAMU Development Research School Baby Rattlers. But it was a costly win, as sophomore standout Sadiq Jones went down with a broken collarbone on a drive nearing the end of…

Seahawks shock Bell for second straight win
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Seahawks shock Bell for second straight win

A scoreless first quarter Friday night at Mikel Clark Field made clear the visiting Bell Bulldogs would have a challenge against the Franklin County Seahawks. A zero-zero tie going into the locker room at the half established the Bulldogs would have a fight on their hands. Three quarters of play with neither team crossing the…