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SWIM: Gulf Breeze Boys 200 Freestyle Relay Team bringing home the gold

Saturday, 12 November 2011 19:35 Last Updated on Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:09 Written by Staff Reports

Gulf Breeze High School swim team members Adam Gunn, Adam Foley, Luke Means, and PJ Dunne won gold medals today at the Florida State Championship Swim Meet for division 2-A at the YMCA Aquatic Center in Orlando, Florida. The boys' relay team swam the 200 Freestyle Relay in 1:27.04, beating their prelims time of 1:28.18.
Other results at the championship meet include: PJ Dunne placed 3rd individually in 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:40.63 and 4th individually in 100 Freestyle with a time of 46.33. Adam Gunn placed 5th individually in 100 Fly with a time of 51.72. The Gulf Breeze Boys 400-yard Freestyle Relay team members, Adam Gunn, Adam Foley, Michael Lillo, and PJ Dunne, placed sixth overall with a time of 3:17.59. The Gulf Breeze Boys team placed 6th out of 55 teams in attendance at the state championship.

Katherine Edwards, the coach of the Gulf Breeze Swim Team, lives in Navarre and has a daughter on the Navarre High School swim team. This is Coach Edwards' first year as the head coach of the Gulf Breeze High School Swim Team.

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Fat Albert flies high

Friday, 11 November 2011 17:34 Last Updated on Saturday, 12 November 2011 11:20

The Blue Angels C-130 Hercules known as Fat Albert flew a very special visitor on Nov. 11. Navarre Press writer Joanna Hammond escorted Stanely on the flight where they both experienced zero gravity and more than 2 Gs of force.

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UPDATED: Car driver dead after bus collision

Thursday, 10 November 2011 16:48 Last Updated on Friday, 11 November 2011 06:18

A fatal accident on U.S. Highway 98 at Whispering Pines Boulevard in Navarre snarled traffic for more than three hours on Nov. 10 after a Santa Rosa County school bus slammed into another vehicle.

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Williamson, Cole selected to head commission board

Thursday, 10 November 2011 12:19 Written by Staff Reports

During Thursday's Santa Rosa County Board of County Commission board reorganization meeting, District 1 Commissioner Jim Williamson was selected to serve as the board's chair.

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FOOTBALL: No playoffs for Navarre

Saturday, 05 November 2011 11:10 Last Updated on Monday, 07 November 2011 07:25 Written by Ken Garner

Niceville and Choctaw sealed Navarre’s postseason fate Friday, clinching District 2-6A’s playoff berths with wins against Crestview and Fort Walton Beach, respectively.

The Raiders (4-5) were tied with the Eagles and Indians with 3-1 district records before this weekend’s games, but lost 49-20 to Mosley on Thursday in Lynn Haven. The loss, coupled with Niceville and Choctawhatchee's wins, pushed Navarre into third place. Only two teams from each district qualify for the postseason.

Navarre will play its final game Friday at Gulf Breeze in the annual Publix Beach Bowl.

District winner Niceville (6-4) will host District 1-6A runner-up Pace (8-2) and Choctaw (7-2) will play at 1-6A champ Pensacola (8-1) at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18.

Class 6A, District 1

Final standings

School Overall District

*Niceville 6-4 4-1

*Choctaw 7-2 4-1

Navarre 4-5 3-2

Crestview 4-6 2-3

Mosley 4-4 2-3

Fort Walton Bch 4-5 0-5

*Playoff qualifier

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