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Girls golf fourth at state
Ryals, Hicks lead team to best finish in school history
      The Gulf Breeze Lady Dolphin golf team etched its name in the history books last week, taking fourth out of 16 teams at the 2A state golf tournament in Ocala. It was the best finish ever for a GBHS girls team at state. Their previous high was sixth place.
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Volleyball rolls over Rams
      The Lady Dolphin volleyball team wasted little time in dispatching the Panama City Rutherford Lady Rams 25-14, 25-6, 25-9 in the Regional 1-4A Quarterfinals Nov. 4 in Gulf Breeze. GBHS used a balanced attack to advance to their first regional semifinal in five years. GBHS faced Wakulla Tuesday in the regional semifinals. Wakulla has eliminated GBHS three of the last four years.
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Dolphins host Raiders to close out season
      The Gulf Breeze Dolphins will host their archrivals, the Navarre Raiders, in Beach Bowl II, Friday at 7:30 p.m. The winner gets Publix Beach Bowl Cup. presented by the Gulf Breeze News. The Raiders won the inaugural Beach Bowl last year in Navarre 18-9. Navarre has won the last two meetings between two schools, but Gulf Breeze has a 7-3 advantage all time in the series.
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Five Dolphin swimmers head to state
      Five members of the GBHS boys swim team will be competing in the 2A state meet today in Orlando. Ross Gunn, Adam Gunn, Shane Thames, Colby Dalton, and PJ Dunne will all compete in at least one event at the Central Florida YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando.
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Portofino, Shoreline host tennis tourneys this weekend
Portofino Mixed Doubles Invitational
      Portofino Tennis hosts its Mixed Doubles Invitational this weekend, Nov. 13-15. Registration is limited to the first 16 teams! The tournament format is a Compass Draw, in which each team is guaranteed to play at least four matches.
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Indians pull away to beat GBHS
      Three minutes into the Dolphins’ game with Choctaw Friday, fans had to be thinking of the Whitesnake classic ‘Here I Go Again.’ Gulf Breeze would score a pair of touchdowns to get to within a point before the Indians scored 28 second quarter points to pull away 56-24 Friday in Fort Walton.
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Lady Dolphin soccer team splits pair
      The Gulf Breeze Lady Dolphin soccer team split a pair of matches to open the 2009 season last week. Gulf Breeze beat Pensacola High 4-1 before losing 2-1 at Panama City Mosley. Lady Dolphins 4, PHS 1 Maggie Rodgers scored a pair of goals to lead Gulf Breeze to a season-opening win Nov. 4 at Brosnaham Park.
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Last run
     Photo courtesy of Kristy Suelflow Last run Tyler Johnson competes at Saturday’s District 1-2A meet in Pensacola. The boys finished 14th, while the girls team was 12th.
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Tourney champs
     Jason Thompson/Gulf Breeze News Tourney champs Team Spence won the GBSA Postseason Tournament for the Major Division Saturday.They are (front, from left): Sage Dunne, Emily Branco, Elizabeth Spence an
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SPORTS BRIEFS
      Veterans Memorial Golf Classic Nov. 13 The third annual Veterans Memorial Golf Classic is at the NAS Whiting Field Golf Course Friday. Registration begins at 10 a.m. with a four-man scramble and shotgun start at 11 a m., followed by a post golf reception.
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TP minis advance to semis
      The Tiger Mini Mites football team became the park’s first team ever to advance to the Gulf Coast Youth Football Alliance semifinals after beating Bellview Gold 27-8 in the quarterfinals Saturday at Myrtle Grove. The 11th-seeded Tigers will take on top-seed Myrtle Grove in the semifinals this Saturday.
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Honors rolling in for Morris, top-ranked Lady Argo soccer team
      The accolades continue to roll in for Kaley Morris (GBHS Class of 2006) and the top-ranked UWF women’s soccer team. Last week, Morris was one of eight Lady Argos to make the All Gulf South Conference team. Morris, who's scored three goals this season and leads the team in minutes played 1,604), made the First Team.
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The Surreal Life: College Football style
Five fresh ideas for college football reality TV shows
      College football fans will tell you that the game, itself, is the ultimate reality television show. The drama surrounding rivalries, the emotional ups and downs of a game, and thrilling last-second finishes rivet fans to their seats each and every Saturday (and every other day of the week these days).
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Find game-watching parties for your favorite college football team
      Alabama Come join local Bama fans this Saturday afternoon at Will Call Sports Grille for another huge game against the LSU Tigers. Kick off is at 2:30 p m., so get there early to get a good seat so we can cheer on the good guys!
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