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More than 120 kids came out to the first day of football practice at Gulf Breeze High on Monday. The players played in shirts, shorts and helmets, with today marking their first in full pads. This year is new in several ways. It'll be the first in coach Chris Nemith's five years that someone else other than Brad McGuire will be the team's playcaller. More ... GBHS QB Club BBQ August 17 The GBHS Intrasquad and Barbecue is August 17 at Dolphin Stadium. Cost is $3 per person. The Quarterback Club will be on hand to register new members and to elicit volunteers for various tasks during the 2007 season. More ... Team Kingscape, headed by Todd King of Gulf Breeze, caught a kingfish weighing 44 pounds, 9 ounces July 28 to win the Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series Upper Gulf Division event in Cocodrie, La., and $12,000 cash. King, along with teammates Summer King, Chris Schulte and Trey Davis. More ... Pensacola Bay Entrance Aug. Th High 7:01 PM, Low 7:33 PM F 10 High 8:07 AM, Low 8:21 PM Sa High 9:02 AM, Low 8:56 PM Su High 9:48 AM, Low 9:17 PM M 13 High 10:27 AM, Low 9:21 PM Tu High 11:04 AM, Low 9: More ... GBHS senior Kristen Dorsey poses with local PGA Tour player Bubba Watson and her overall Divot Derby title she won last week. Dorsey won a three-hole playoff with Pace senior Haley Millsap to win the title. Submitted Photo More ... The annual Gulf Breeze Sertoma Family Fishing Rodeo is Aug. 25-26. Cost is $10 per person. Tickets are available at Gulf Breeze Bait and Tackle, Pensacola Beach Fishing Pier, at Rodeo@GulfBreezeSertoma.co m, or by calling David Radcliffe at 850-932-5326. More ... Gulf Breeze resident Zach Willers watches his approach shot in a recent Pensacola Junior Golf Tour event. Willers won a onehole playoff to win the PJGT event Sunday at Perdido Bay. More ... Zach Willers, a Gulf Breeze resident, won the 16-18 year old division at this past weekend's Pensacola Junior Golf Tour event at Perdido Bay. More ... More than 1,100 runners and walkers took part in the annual Bushwacker 5K run, sponsored by the Capt'N Fun Runners. More ... Above: GBHS varsity volleyball coach Waynn Sellers watches players do push ups during the first day of varsity tryouts Monday. Right: Claire Koontz sets the ball during a drill Monday. The three are part of a group of nine returning players and a total of 26 players trying out for the varsity team this week. Cuts were made on Wednesday and the final roster will be released on Friday. Tryouts for the junior varsity and the freshman teams begin on August 20. Jason Thompson/Gulf Breeze News More ... The GBSA U9 All Stars, after getting put into the losers bracket of the Dizzy Dean World Series, won a pair of games before losing for the second time to Fossil Park 8- 6 on July 31. The Wave finished one game away from the overall championship bracket, ending up in a tie for ninth. More ... The GBSAU6 All Stars went 2- 2 at the recent Dizzy Dean World Series in McDonough, Ga. Gulf Breeze defeated the Hobgood Heat in their opening round game before losing to the Middle Valley Predators. The Predators would eventually finish fourth in the tournament. More ... With the dog-days of summer upon us, it's hard to think about hunting. But if you're between the ages of 16 and 31, and haven't yet taken the state's hunter safety class - now's just the time to be thinking about it. Many of these classes, offered statewide, fill up fast during hunting season while people scramble to get certified. More ... U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 1-7 of Pensacola will teach America's Boating Course on Saturday August 11 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at West Marine 3850 Barrancas Ave. Course covers navigation, rules of the road, personal safety equipment, personal watercraft guidelines, boating laws, and boating for hunting, fishing, and water skiing. More ... Hello from Paradise! Folks, the big storms have stayed away so far, all is clear and the biggest weather story we have seen with ole Weather Channel Jim reporting on rain off of Texas!!! Now, that the big storms have moved on it has been pretty nice out here on Pensacola Beach with the great weather and good fishing. More ... |
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