The weather was a bit uncooperative, so it was delayed a couple weeks, but with July came the start of the newest artificial reef off the Franklin County coastline. The Buddy Ward Memorial Artificial Reef, named after a longtime leader of the areas seafood industry, was deployed successfully on July 1 to its one-nautical-mile square…
Tiger Woods, who became his own cautionary tale, made his redemptive comeback in 2019 when he won the Masters. It had been 3,950 days since his last major win. It was probably the best comeback story in sports, and one the nation universally cheered. Sadly, his recent crash into a tree doing 87 mph on…
Sometimes, its the littlest ones that make the biggest sound. The Dixie Youth League Franklin County All Stars in the Darling division, for ages 7-8, emerged victorious at last weeks district tournament in Bristol. We never left the winners bracket with a 3-0 record to be district champs, said Leigh Sheridan, head coach of a…
Softball and baseball were the highlight of the spring sports at last months all-sports banquet at Franklin County High School. The baseball program, under the direction of Kevin Cox, advanced to the regional playoffs for the first time in the schools history, a journey that included defeating Port St. Joe in the regular season, and…
The Gulf South Conference (GSC) last month named Spring Hill College redshirt freshman Melanie Collins to its 2020-21 All-Conference second team, marking the first time a Badger womens golfer has earned an All-Conference spot since joining the association during the 2014-15 season. An Apalachicola native and 2019 graduate of Franklin County High School, Collins paced…
Summer sea turtle season is right around the corner. Starting in May, sea turtles – including loggerhead sea turtles, green sea turtles and, very rarely, leatherback sea turtles – will come ashore on Floridas coastlines and barrier islands to nest. A lucky few visitors and residents might catch a glimpse of these mothers-to-be during their…
Abby Johnson is headed to Gulf Coast State College to play softball for the Lady Commodores. The longtime veteran of the diamond, the lone senior on a team of young players this past season, Johnson inked a deal in February to play softball nest season for Scot Thomas, the former Virginia Tech coach now in…
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and UF/IFAS Extension – Florida Sea Grant have partnered to implement an innovative community-driven effort to restore scallop populations, and we need your help! Scallop Sitter volunteers are trained to assist in Bay, Gulf and Franklin Counties. The goal of the program is to increase scallop populations in…
Theres no polite way to put this; Frankie may not be the brainiest bird in the coop. But the homing pigeon is home now, having flown 1,389 miles back to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thats flown as in inside of an airplane, not flown as in by his own two wings through the air. Still, in…
A blazing season-ending finish, highlighted by a victory over Port St. Joe, put the Franklin County Seahawks in the playoffs for the first time in history. Hosting Godby April 19, the Seahawks got a 17-6 win. This is a game where we were looking to get some momentum going, being the last week of the…
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