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 Seahawks varsity basketball coach Ray Bailey expects that his team may lose a few of their early games, but that won’t be the season’s whole story. That’s because two of his leading players, juniors Ta’Shawn Jones and Owen Poloronis, are out of the lineup. “Unfortunately, yes, that’s the way it’s going to be,” he said,…

The Franklin County varsity boys soccer team opened their 2021-22 season with an 8-4 victory on the road last week over Jefferson County on Nov. 9. Coach Bill McCullough’s squad was hoping to make it a second straight win, as they hosted the Tigers Tuesday, Nov. 16. “It was a great match to start our…

The 4-Hers are slinging arrows in Carrabelle, thanks to some enthusiastic kids, dedicated volunteers and the support of the National Rifle Association. In July, Teach Freedom, the NRA Foundation’s State Fund Grant Program, provided the UF/IFAS Franklin County Extension, which administers the Franklin County 4-H Association, $8,400 to get the archery program up and running….

After the bleachers had emptied, the PeeWee players and cheerleaders had been honored, and the Seahawks were on the wrong end of a 70-14 contest Friday night at home, coach Dirk Strunk set about doing what football coaches at small high school programs do, personally making sure all the equipment was cleared off the field…

Friday night’s Seahawk home game against the Bronson Eagles didn’t start out pretty and it didn’t end on a good note, either. The Eagles amassed a 26-0 lead after the first quarter, tacked on 22 more for a 48-0 bulge at halftime, and after a scoreless third stanza, scored a touchdown late in the game,…

River Banks and his dad Ricky both say if the enormous bull gator they caught in the Apalachicola River a month ago had had all 21 of its scutes, instead of half that many on its bitten-off tail, it would have been a state record. The Thomasville, Georgia man who carried the permit for that…

The Franklin County Seahawks continue to search for their first win, after traveling to Cottondale Friday night and sustaining a 52-6 loss to the Hornets. After trailing 30-0 at the half, the Seahawks got on the board in the third quarter, as sophomore Brayden McCall caught a seven-yard pass from junior Evan Stanley. “It was…

After a year absence, soccer is alive and well in Franklin County. On Saturday morning, at the Day of Soccer, the Franklin County Youth Soccer League opened its season at the D.W. Wilson Sports Complex in Apalachicola. They could boast of 14 teams, seven from Apalachicola and seven from the Eastpoint-Carrabelle area. Betty Sasnett, the…