PollThe Gulf Breeze 9-under All Stars finished second at the Florida Dizzy Dean State Tournament July 1 at Seminole Park in Largo. Gulf Breeze, who had lost to eventual champion Northwest St. Pete 9-7, were leading Bill Bond 11-0 when the rains came. More ... Chip Holston has been known for a lot of things - from being an Olympic bobsledder to a world record powerlifter. While he's still the latter, his business, Chip's 24 Hour and Fitness Center, has more than just barbells. "We're an all service gym - we have everything," said Holston, a Gulf Breeze native. More ... The third in our summer-long series Five Questions continues this week with girls cross country and track coach Tom Aldridge. 1. More ... GBHS rising senior Ben Lively (right), pitching for the Florida Bombers, was named the Most Valuable Pitcher at the Perfect Game Wood Bat World Series at East Cobb Park in Atlanta Monday. More ... Editorial Note: This is the fourth in a series recapping the GBSA baseball and softball season. It was taken from scorebooks where first and last names for both teams were listed. Team Crooke closed out GBSA Senior League play by winning five of its last six games. More ... The Breeze Basketball 15-under team recently won the STARR Athletic Summer Hoops Showdown Tournament at UWF. They are (front, from left): Blake Meredeth, Chris Taylor, Josh Monseratte, Jordan Bennett and Mason Barnes. Standing (from left): Mitchell deKozan, Mitchell Delgado, Reid Torgerson and Paul Spraggins. They were coached by Von deKozan. More ... Two Gulf Breeze High School golfers, Sarah Hicks and Ashleigh Ryals, are competing for a spot in the Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. The pair is representing The First Tee of Northwest Florida at the five-day selection process, which began on Tuesday, at Wentworth By the Sea Country Club in Rye, N.H. More ... GBSA football registration extended to July 10 The Gulf Breeze Sports Association will extend its football registration through July 10. Forms are available at the Rec Center. For more infomation, call Teresa Hawthorne at 934-5140. More ... A.J. Anastopoulo (above, left) was named the GBHS boys tennis team's Most Valuable Player, while Zoe Miller and Stefan Harper were awarded the team's Best Match at District/Regionals at their recent awards banquet. Also pictured is GBHS tennis coach Sally Nowling. More ... Approximately 1,500 tickets were sold to compete in the annual Gulf Breeze Sertoma Club's Fishing Rodeo on July 28. Results are as follows: Sertoma 2009 Rodeo Results Amberjack 1st Sigler, Delynn 84.1 2nd Ondis, Casey 23. More ... The Budweiser King Mack and Cobia Tournament was reduced to one day this year (June 27). Despite the reduction (citing the economy), 135 boats took part in the annual tournament: Results are as follows: More ... There's some special deer and wild hog hunts in Northwest Florida at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and a unique hunt that occurs on the island of St. Vincent NWR. There are two archery hunts, two general gun hunts and one mobility-impaired gun hunt on the St. Marks NWR, which covers 60,000 acres in Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties. More ... The GBHS Lady Dolphin softball team gave up six runs with two outs in the bottom of the first as Milton beat Gulf Breeze 9-4 in summer league action June 30. It was GBHS' first loss of the summer after four straight wins. More ... The Gulf Breeze Dolphin baseball team had some mixed results in the final week of summer league action. GBHS was held to just one hit, a single by Adam Gary in the third inning, in a 6-0 loss to Catholic on June 29. The Dolphins split a doubleheader with Milton the following day. The Panthers won game one 6-0, while GBHS won the nightcap 6-4. More ... |
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