Staff Reports
The Freeport football team ended its three-game losing streak in emphatic fashion on Friday.
The Bulldogs got three touchdowns from Nathan Hendrickson and intercepted four passes in a ... Full story
By ADAM PRUIETT
adamp@nwfdailynews.com
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - At first glance, the Walton football team appears loaded.
For starters, running back/linebacker Issac Jackson, a senior who is the reigning Daily News small school Player of the Yea... Full story
By TRAVIS DOWNEY
travisd@nwfdailynews.com
SANTA ROSA BEACH - David Barron watches as players file out of the South Walton fieldhouse and onto the Seahawks' practice field and can't help but shake his head.
Entering his fourth year as the S... Full story
By TRAVIS DOWNEY
travisd@nwfdailynews.com
FORT WALTON BEACH - Optimism and expectations generally run high at Fort Walton Beach High School.
For a football program annually teeming with talent, Mike Owens enters his ninth year as the Vikin... Full story
By JARED MACARIN
Florida Freedom Newspapers
NAVARRE - There are many things that will be new about Navarre's football team this year.
There is a new head coach in Chad Lashley. There will be many new starters, particularly on offense where... Full story
By JARED MACARIN
jaredm@nwfdailynews.com
FREEPORT - If you listen to Freeport coach Jim Anderson speak about his team, one adjective continues to come up: hard-working.
It's a word that brings a smile to Anderson's face, and why shouldn't ... Full story
By ADAM PRUIETT
adamp@nwfdailynews.com
NICEVILLE - Athleticism is unquestionably a necessity to build a quality football team.
But Rocky Bayou football coach John Reaves believes not having an endless supply of it doesn't mean a team can't... Full story
By RANDY DICKSON
Florida Freedom Newspapers
CRESTVIEW - It's not a long stretch to believe Crestview can rebound from a disappointing 3-6 season in 2007.
All the ingredients seem to be there for the Bulldogs to compete for a playoff spot i... Full story
By ADAM PRUIETT
adamp@nwfdailynews.com
NICEVILLE - Rocky Bayou Christian football coach John Reaves can't help but wonder how gratifying it would have been to oversee four years of Taylor Peacock's development on the gridiron.
Of course, o... Full story
By TRAVIS DOWNEY
travisd@nwfdailynews.com
FORT WALTON BEACH - He isn't the biggest player on the Fort Walton Beach football team's roster and he isn't the fastest, either.
But senior J.T. Wortham - who is generously listed at 5-foot-8 on t... Full story
By ADAM PRUIETT
adamp@nwfdailynews.com
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - In Lenny Jankowski's experience, asking a defensive lineman to switch to linebacker never yields dissent or even the slightest gripe.
The Walton football coach certainly could use A... Full story