Fort Walton Beach Area News
- Tennis: Rutherford sweeps Walton
- NEWS HERALD STAFF
- DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Rutherford’s girls improved the 3-2 and the boys to 2-2.
Results, Rutherford players listed first:
Girls (Rutherford 6-1) Singles — No. 1: Crystal Rivera def. Liza Ingram 8-5, No. 2: Felicia Pitts def. Allyson... Full story
- Track: South Walton, Mosley win quadrangular
- NEWS HERALD STAFF
- PANAMA CITY BEACH — Results of the quadrangular meet held at Arnold:
Girls team: 1. Mosley 79½, 2. South Walton 75, 3. Arnold 60½, 4. Wewahitchka 21
4x800: 1. Arnold 10:43.90, 2. South Walton, 3. Wewahitchka
100 hurdles: 1.... Full story
- Class 2A boys: Providence takes title over Tampa Prep
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Jacksonville Providence 63, Tampa Prep 46: LAKELAND (AP) — Patric Young and Stacey Poole combined for 25 points to lead Jacksonville Providence to a 63-46 win over Tampa Prep in the Class 2A state boys basketball final Saturday.
The title... Full story
- Class 4A boys: Fort Myers edges Oak Ridge for crown
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Fort Myers 59, Orlando Oak Ridge 57: LAKELAND (AP) — Terran McClendon scored 20 points and Orlando Oak Ridge missed a 10-foot jumper at the buzzer as Fort Myers escaped with a 59-57 victory in the Class 4A state boys basketball final Saturday.... Full story
- Baseball: Whitson strikes out 19 in Chipley win over Walton
- Also, Marianna, Holmes County, Wewa also victorious
- NEWS HERALD STAFF
- Chipley 2, Walton 1: CHIPLEY — Karsten Whitson struck out 19 and held Walton to two hits with no walks in the winning effort. Dylan King and Colby Obert were each 2 for 3 for the Tigers (3-3, 1-2 District 1-3A), who host Holmes County on... Full story
- Baseball: Bay routs Arnold; Mosley edges FWB
- NEWS HERALD STAFF
- PANAMA CITY — Daniel Husum throttled Arnold on three hits through six innings and Bay stayed unbeaten in District 1-3A baseball with a 12-3 win Friday night at William Weeks Field.
Husum struck out seven and walked two while allowing all... Full story
- First Freedom All-Star picks led by size, scoring prowess
- By BRAD MILNER | News Herald Writer
- Early selections to the Freedom All-Star Classic East team show the boys being strong in the post and the girls deep at guard and forward.
Arnold’s Nate Hicks, Rutherford’s Stefon Barfield and Covenant Christian’s Kristo Kleimeyer... Full story
- Class 5A boys: Bartow routs Sickles for title
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Bartow 53, Tampa Sickles 41 LAKELAND (AP) — Jeremiah Samarrippas scored 20 points and Bartow defeated Tampa Sickles 53-41 to claim the Class 5A state boys basketball championship Thursday night at the Lakeland Center.
The title is... Full story
- Class 1A boys: Christian Prep topples ACD
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Christian Prep 59, Arlington Country Day 54: LAKELAND (AP) — Jordan Montgomery scored 14 points and Adonis Burbage added 12 as Orlando Christian Prep defeated Jacksonville Arlington Country Day 59-54 Thursday to claim its third straight Class... Full story
- Class 5A boys: Niceville offense never quite found rhythm vs. Sickles
- By TRAVIS DOWNEY | Florida Freedom Newspapers
- LAKELAND — Not once this season has Kyle Koszuta thought twice about letting one fly from behind the 3-point line.
Hit or miss, the Niceville basketball team’s shooters — for better and for worse — have done what shooters... Full story
