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…
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…
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…
Both the Franklin County baseball and softball teams advanced in post-season play Tuesday night, and for the boys on the diamond, it was especially sweet. Kevin Coxs Seahawks tallied a dramatic 5-4 win in the district semifinals against rival Port St. Joe, on the Tiger Sharks’ home field. This marked the first time Franklin County…
Franklin County varsity baseball closed out the last two weeks of March by bouncing back from consecutive losses to record three straight wins. On March 11 at home, the Seahawks fell 2-1 to Cottondale. In this game, we just could not get the big hit needed to get runs in, said Coach Kevin Cox, who…
They may not have had a chili cook-off, but they sure had a Red Pepper Run
Out of 116 runners who register, about 100 actually ran,” said race organizer Shelley Shepard. …
The Franklin County Seahawk varsity baseball team capped off the week at home Friday, with a memorable extra-inning come-from behind win over Port St. Joe.
“This game we have had …
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