For the second time in as many years, Brooke Durden is vying for a state tennis title.
Durden, a Niceville senior and last year’s Daily News’ girls Tennis Player of the Year, won both of ... Full story
FORT WALTON BEACH – Niceville tennis standout Brooke Durden fought her way to a hard-earned victory over Tallahassee Leon’s Mary Phillips Smith for the District 2-3A title Wednesday night at the Fort Walton Beach Tennis Center.
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Several area tennis players were poised to play for a possible District 2-3A title today following opening round play on Tuesday.
The final day of the District 2-3A tournament will get underway at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Fort Walton Beach Tennis Cen... Full story
A season ago, Niceville tennis coach Chris Poate and the Eagles caught the district by surprise.
Niceville’s boys advanced to regional play with a second-place finish at the district tournament while the Eagles’ girls captured its first ... Full story
Chassity McCranie tossed seven innings of shutout softball as the Gators manufactured a pair of runs to edge Sneads 2-0 on Tuesday to win its sixth-straight game.
Hannah Wadsworth, Tori Foster and Alexis Metchum each had a hit apiece for Baker (11-4... Full story
Chase Caswell had both Freeport hits and drove in a run as the Bulldogs won 2-0 at Northview on Tuesday to improve to 2-3 in District 2-1A play.
Brandon Head also scored a run for Freeport (4-4), which received seven shut-out innings from starting p... Full story
Choctawhatchee’s baseball team defeated Briarcrest 8-2 Tuesday night behind yet another solid outing from Dustin Berrong.
Berrong struck out eight in a complete game shutout to move to 4-0-2 on the year as his Indians (8-4) rolled to a win. Mi... Full story
Rocky Bayou Christian’s softball team beat Walton 13-0 in five innings Tuesday night behind a solid effort from pitcher Samantha Holcomb.
Holcomb struck out 12 of the 16 batters she faced to help lead the Knights (5-3) past Walton.
Rachel Mos... Full story
From the moment she stepped into the circle, Navarre’s Allison Pettigrew was in complete control Thursday night.
Pettigrew struck out 11 Pace batters and carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning before allowing a one-out bloop single to hel... Full story
Brianna Owens went 4-for-4 with a run scored and Kasey Harrison went 2-for-3 with a run as the Laurel Hill softball team defaated Malone 5-1 in six innings on Friday.
Nichole Bailey went 2-for-3 with a RBI.
Laurel Hill (4-1, 2-0 District 1-1A) host... Full story
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Fort Walton Beach's doubles team of Cecily Kersey and Lacey McGill advanced to the second day of the Class 3A state tournament in Altamonte Springs.
The Viking duo, which advanced to the semifinals two years ago, plays in the s... Full story