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By ADAM PRUIETT Florida Freedom Newspapers(850) 315-4484 | adamp@nwfdailynews.com FORT WALTON BEACH - Like all high school coaches, Greg Thomas wouldn't dare speculate on the mind of a teenager, so the Choctawhatchee football coach wasn't...
By ADAM PRUIETT Florida Freedom Newspapers(850) 315-4484 | adamp@nwfdailynews.com FORT WALTON BEACH - This year's edition of the Choctawhatchee football team would love to be the group that puts the program back in the limelight. But that's not the...
NICEVILLE - Tommy Whitfield is one of the anchors of the Niceville defense and a player that coach John Hicks trusts so strongly that he refers to him as "the captain of our secondary." But even Whitfield is susceptible to a mistake now and then,...
By ADAM PRUIETT Florida Freedom Newspapers(850) 315-4484 | adamp@nwfdailynews.com When the Fort Walton Beach football team travels to Navarre tonight, it will pit the two teams who have collected District 2-4A hardware the last two seasons. Both...
By TRAVIS DOWNEY Florida Freedom Newspapers(850) 315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com Depending on the circumstances, a bye week can be viewed as a curse or a blessing. For Crestview coach Matt Brunson, last week's bye may have been a little...
NORTHVIEW (2-2) AT BAKER (3-1), 7 p.m. The Gators bounced back from a lopsided loss to Arnold with a hard-fought 35-33 road win at South Walton to open District 1-2B play. With Northview's win over Holmes County two weeks ago, tonight's matchup...
By TRAVIS DOWNEY Florida Freedom Newspapers(850) 315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com NICEVILLE - Escambia's Trent Richardson is the type of talent that can keep an opposing defensive coordinator up at night. At 5-foot-11, 225 pounds and sporting...
By TRAVIS DOWNEY Florida Freedom Newspapers(850) 315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com FREEPORT - At first glance, Freeport junior Nick Dahdah appears to be just one of the guys. On a rainy Tuesday, Dahdah is one of a dozen Freeport linemen spending...
By TRAVIS DOWNEY Florida Freedom Newspapers (850) 315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com NICEVILLE - Following a methodical 11-play, 80-yard scoring drive that answered Roy Finch's 95-yard return of the game's opening kickoff for a touchdown,...
By ADAM PRUIETT Florida Freedom Newspapers(850-315-4484 | adamp@nwfdailynews.com DeFUNIAK SPRINGS - A football player's value can be measured in many ways, but one of the most revealing is how he reacts when the team is down in the dumps. Walton...