PollCelia Eddy has been used to being the 'big fish in a small pond' as a member of the Lady Dolphin volleyball team the past two years. She got to swim with other big fish recently as one of 35 other players at the A-1 Development Camp, sponsored by the United States Volleyball Association. The six-day camp took place in Colorado Springs. More ... Recent Gulf Breeze High graduate Kristen Dorsey repeated as the girls' Divot Derby champion last week, edging recent Pace graduate Haley Millsap by one shot. GBHS junior Ashleigh Ryals was third. The 51st annual tournament was held at Marcus Pointe Golf Club in Pensacola and The Moors Golf Club in Milton. More ... The ninth installment of a summerlong series comes from GBHS baseball coach Sean Tomey. Q: You're going to be starting your second stint as GBHS softball coach this season. More ... GBSA volleyball registration under way Registration for the 2008 GBSA volleyball season is going on now until August 22 at the Rec Center. The league is open to girls entering fifth through eighth grade. For more information, log on to gulfbreezerecreationcenter. com or by calling 934-5140. More ... The Gulf Breeze High varsity cheerleading squad took first place out of 20 teams in the Performance category at the National Cheerleading Association Camp July 25-29 at the University of Georgia. "They did a real good job," varsity cheerleading advisor Grace French said. "They worked as a team and they worked hard when they were broken up in groups. More ... The Lady Dolphin softball team was up bright and early Saturday for a pair of exhibition games with Baker High from Mobile. GBHS hung tough early in both games before Baker used two late innings to sweep the doubleheader 7-2 and 4-2. More ... While the score says that Gulf Breeze lost 4-3 to Milton in last week's 7-on-7, coach Chris Nemith says the games help him gauge where his players stand. "In a 7-on-7, it puts your secondary in a really bad situation, since there's no pass rush," he said. "Defensive backs have got to have ice water in their veins. More ... More than 1,500 runners participated in the annual Bushwacker 5K run/walk Saturday, sponsored by the Capt'N Fun Runners. The race started at Shoreline Park in Gulf Breeze and ended in the parking lot in front of the Sandshaker on Pensacola Beach. More ... Surfers know this Tom Petty line better than anyone - waiting for surf that may never come. Such was the case on July 18 during a Surf Camp put on by J.B. Schluter and the staff at Innerlight. More ... The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announces upcoming workshops for women who want to spend a weekend learning a variety of outdoor skills. The first Becoming an Outdoors- Woman workshop will be Oct. 10-12 at Wallwood Boy Scout, Camp 23 Wallwood, BSA Drive in Quincy. The second workshop will be Nov. More ... |
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