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Your favorite sports writer began his seventh year at the Gulf Breeze News last Thursday. Despite the number, it hasn't gotten off to a great start. Year seven began Thursday with the Lady Dolphin volleyball team dropping a four-set match to Washington in the district final, which they hosted. More ... The third wasn't the charm for the Lady Dolphin volleyball team last week. In fact, it was deja vu - all over again. For the third time this season, Gulf Breeze took game one from Washington, only for the Lady Cats to rally, the most recent of which was their fifth consecutive district title - a 19-25, 25- 19, 25-21, 25-14 win at Gulf Breeze. More ... The Gulf Breeze Lady Dolphin golf team finished 14th out of 16 teams at the 1A state tournament Oct. 27-28 at The Club at Eaglebrooke in Lakeland. Sarah Hicks shot consecutive 74s to finish tied for 10th in the 87-player field. Ashleigh Ryals shot a 78 and a 76 to finish tied for 25th. More ... The Dolphins have been here before - where a win can get them into the playoffs. But unlike previous seasons, the Dolphins need 'help' to make their first playoff appearance in five years. First, the Dolphins (1-7) need to beat PHS on Senior Night Friday. The senior football players, cheerleaders, band and AFJROTC members will be honored before the game. More ... The Gulf Breeze boys and girls swim team will send 10 athletes to today's Region 1-2A meet in Tallahassee. The 10 - Thy Nguyen, Megan Thames, Koren Schroeder, Michala Nowak, Ross Gunn, Shane Thames, Adam Gunn, Bryce Wein, Johnny Rockett and Colby Dalton - qualified for regionals as a result of their efforts at the District 1-2A meet Thursday at UWF. More ... Soccer program to hold 'yard sale' The GBHS boys and girls soccer program will host a 'yard sale' Saturday from 8-11 a.m. Proceeds from the yard sale will go toward funding the out-oftown trips, including planned trips to the state tournament. More ... The Gulf Breeze Lady Dolphin soccer team spent their Halloween Night sending a message - their offense is very, very scary. Gulf Breeze beat Niceville 6- 4 on Friday and Fort Walton 6- 0 on Saturday in a preseason tournament at Brosnaham Park. More ... Several Dolphins put up huge numbers as the Gulf Breeze High junior varsity and freshman football teams notched convincing victories over Navarre Thursday in the two undercard match-ups on the Publix Beach Bowl Cup ticket. In a prelude to the end-of-theseason showdown with Navarre, the Dolphin junior varsity won 32-14 and the freshmen won 42- 0 on Thursday night, Oct. More ... The Gulf Breeze Fusion baseball team won the Tri County Shootout in Oct. 19 in Loxley, Ala. Fusion 7, Mobile Land Sharks 0 Dylan Hanks threw a two-hitter and struck out four as the Fusion won their opener. Cole Brown had a hit and scored twice, while A.J. Nash, Zane Gill, Troy Stringfellow, Hanks and Nick Henry all had a hit and a run scored. More ... Kyle Cormier (GBHS Class of 2004) won four events for the University of South Carolina Friday in a 178-119 win over Clemson. Cormier was the anchor leg on USC's winning 200 yard medley (1:33.18) and 400 yard freestyle relays (3:04.10). He also win the 100 (45.91) and 200 yard freestyles (1:39.91). More ... Seven years removed from the departure of "The Ole Ball Coach," I'd like to introduce you to "The NEW Ball Coach," Urban Meyer. Meyer's tenure at Florida has been nothing short of impressive, and all he's done is prove every critic wrong along the way. More ... Atlantic Division Div. Coastal Division Last week Miami 24, Virginia 17 (OT) Clemson 27, Boston College 21 Georgia Tech 31, Florida State 28 Wake Forest 33, Duke 30 (OT) OPEN: Maryland, North Carolina, N.C. More ... East Division Div. West Division Last Week Ole Miss 17, Auburn 7 Arkansas 30, Tulsa 23 Kentucky 14, Mississippi State 13 Alabama 35, Arkansas State 0 Florida 49, Georgia 10 South Carolina 27, Tennessee 6 LSU 35, More ... The last time the Crimson Tide was ranked #1 during the regular season was 28 years ago. There's TM no time to bask as the Bama rolls into Baton Rouge to take on LSU Saturday. Though the Tigers have struggled, they cannot be taken lightly. More ... Another week, another loss, another round of "Is Tommy Tuberville done?" rumors. They've lost ® four straight, and I'm running out of ways to say, "the offense struggled again and something has to change." It appears nothing is going to change and AU will not go to a bowl game. More ... A win at Vandy puts Florida in the SEC title game, where they will likely face BCS #1 ® Alabama. If you ask me, the Gators are the best of the SEC, maybe the nation. Their average score this season is 42.9-11.6. It's an amazing feat to average 31- point victories against SEC competition. More ... For those who say the stomp didn't play into last weekend's game, just ask the Dawgs. That's exactly what the Gators did to them. Missed opportunities and mistakes allowed UF to generate more momentum than any team could overcome. Georgia is now firmly removed from the national title conversation, and one UF win away from elimination in the SEC East race. More ... Though the Tigers are out of the national championship picture, they still have plenty to play for, especially this weekend. Nick Saban returns to Tiger Stadium for the first time, and you can bet LSU would like nothing more than to spoil his perfect season and re-emerge into the SEC championship picture. The question is can they stop anybody. More ... FSU controlled its own destiny for all of one week before losing to Georgia Tech on a horrifying fumble near the goal ® line. That fumble prevented the potential game-winning touchdown or a game-tying field goal, and could possibly prevent the Noles for playing for an ACC title. One scenario puts them in: The Noles run the table and Wake Forest loses. More ... Miami kept its ACC title hopes alive by defeating Virginia in overtime. These Canes just don't seem to quit. When they're not turning the ball over, they can be one of the toughest teams in the conference. After a bye-week, they are set to play two of the toughest teams in the ACC, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech, over the next couple of weeks. More ... UCF is not officially eliminated from bowl eligibility, but sometimes the truth doesn't require mathematics. Unless they run the table over the last four games, the Knights will not be bowl eligible. But who would want to watch a team this bad play in a bowl game? More ... USF needs this week off to recover from two straight Big East losses. The Bulls went from conference frontrunner to forgotten in exactly one month. They are no longer ranked and one must wonder if their #2 ranking midway through last season will forever be the high point of their program's history. Hey, at least they're bowl eligible. More ... 70-14? Where has that been for the past five weeks? USM absolutely demolished UAB. It just goes to show that a bunch of competitive guys with their backs against the wall can be extremely dangerous. The Eagles avoided a losing season for one more week and the good news is that trend should continue. More ... |
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