“I’m going to play golf next year,” said one Seahawk football player as he headed to the pavilion at the practice field where a giant cooling fan awaited him and where water girl Laelah Carranza offered plastic bottles of cool water to him and his fellow players. Now whether shooting nine holes at St. James…
Carlos Morris was one of the next basketball players to come out of the Franklin County Schools. After starring for the Seahawks while still in middle school, including helping lead them to a berth in the Final Four, Morris, long known by his nickname “Squirrel,” transferred to a private school in Jacksonville. From there he…
Two Lady Seahawk cross country runners took part in Saturday’s Sizzler 5K on St. George Island as they prepare for a season that has them on track for challenging school records. Freshman Addyson Paul, 13, ended up in 13th place, with a time of 24:04.5, about 15 seconds faster than eighth grader Isabella Polous, 13,…
Rain and cooler weather is usually not desirable on summer vacation spots like St. George Island, but it ushered in perfect weather for the annual St. George Island Sizzler 5K & One Mile Fun Run Saturday afternoon. A “Chill Room” trailer set up and manned by the first responders from the island’s volunteer fire department…
It took a lot of hard work, and a will to win, but earlier this month, Franklin County’s 8-and-under AA boys All-Star team became only the second boys ballclub in that age group from the county to win the Dixie Youth Baseball state title. That means they’ll be representing Florida against 10 other state champs…
The county’s Ozone team, for boys ages 11 and 12, will be headed to the state tournament Saturday in Avon Park, near Sebring. The team, under the direction of Coach Matthew Roberts and assistants Miles King and Jonathan Brown. The team defeated Wewa at districts, but fell 7-6 in extra innings to Port St. Joe….
They fought through rain, and delays, but the county’s 10-and-under softball girls, the Angels made a clean sweep of districts and now are on their way to the state tournament next month. Under the direction of head coach Michael Dasher, Jr. and assistant coaches Thorne Wheeler and Buck Melvin, the Angels bested the competition at…
Editor’s Note: Stay tuned next week for a story on the three other Franklin County teams headed to state tournaments. Little Darlings head to Odessa July 7 They’re only age 8 and younger, but they pack a mighty bat and a surefire gloves, and they went undefeated at districts and earned a berth in the…
As Tom Hanks said in the 1992 baseball comedy “A League of Their Own,” there’s no crying in baseball. But at the June 8 Seahawks baseball banquet at the Carrabelle Christian Center, there were plenty of tears, of joy and gratitude, as players and family and boosters of the Franklin County High School baseball program…
It looked pretty darn good for Bennett Rash going into the toss-off round of the 31st annual Mullet Toss on St. George Island Saturday. The Franklin County native had thrown for 121 feet in the adult round, five feet better than the two other qualifiers, Florida State University student Julian Guerra and Kolton Lawson. So…
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