The Lady Seahawk softball team traveled to Sneads Friday night and won 9-6, upping their record to 6-4. After falling behind 1-0 in the first, Franklin County scored four in the fifth, and four in the sixth to secure the win, outhitting the Pirates 13-5. Sophomore Sarah Ham slammed her sixth homer of the season…
It was the biggest Red Pepper Run ever run as part of the St. George Island chili cook-off. And it was dominated by young people. With 168 registrants for the annual 5K race, held Saturday morning, March 3, 145 runners crossed the finish line. “That’s a record number for any 5K I’ve organized,” said Shelley…
The Lady Seahawks softball team had as busy a stretch as a team can have, playing six games in less than a week. “And we got better in every aspect of the game,” said Coach Scott Collins. On Monday, Feb. 27, the team fell 5-2 to Taylor County in Perry, and then the next night,…
The Seahawk varsity baseball team had a strong week, downing both Liberty County and Holmes County, the defending Class 1A state champs. The only down note in the busy week was a 2-1 loss to Port St. Joe. The week opened at home Feb. 28, as Coach Kevin Cox’s squad downed Liberty County 8-2 behind…
It was an exciting couple of days for Seahawk basketball fans, as the varsity basketball team made a journey to Lakeland for a berth in the Class 1A Final Four, its first trip since 2019 and only the third time in school history. School was called off Wednesday and Thursday as fans traveled to Lakeland…
Seahawk senior pitcher Dane Mallon made sure no Tiger runners reached first base Friday in Blountstown as he twirled a perfect game, striking out 11 of the 21 batters he faced in the seven-inning outing. “Just as dominant a performance as I have ever seen,” said coach Kevin Cox, noting that the odds of a…
The Franklin County Lady Seahawks got off to an electrifying start at home Feb. 21 with a dramatic come-from-behind 11-10 win against Tallahassee Class 6A softball powerhouse, Chiles High School. Down to what could have been the last pitch thrown in their defeat, Franklin County was facing a 10-8 deficit, with bases loaded, two outs…
Sophomore Kaiden Lewis has twice paced the Franklin County boys weightlifting program this month, taking victories in the 139-pound weight class at a pair of meets at Wakulla High School. Coach John Cooper, who has intertwined the weightlifting program with football offseason workouts, took 11 lifters to the Feb. 2 meet, where the Seahawks competed…
The Lady Seahawks varsity softball team opened the 2023 season with a pair of pre-season wins, downing Marianna and Freeport. On Feb. 14, Franklin County edged Class 3A powerhouse Marianna 6-5. Sophomore pitcher Sarah Ham took the win, while sophomore Micahlyn O’Neal was 2 for 2 with two RBI to lead the offense. Ham belted…
When senior Jaidyn Rhodes strode to the free throw line in the last three seconds of the regional finals Tuesday night, the standing room only crowd at The Nest was fluttering. But when he calmly sank both tries afforded him by an intentional foul, the crowd swooped into the air as a Seahawk that had…
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