On a hot May afternoon, eighth-grade football players, many of whom who will one day become the stars on Friday nights in the fall, go through another day of spring football practice on a field behind Navarre High School.
The West Navarre Primary Stars shined bright at the S.S. Dixon fitness meet May 11. The WNP fitness team traveled to Dixon Primary with 24 students to compete in six different events. The events included the 50- and 100-yard dash, 220-yard run, shuttle run, curl-ups and pull-ups.
NFL Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks has never let his connection to Pensacola fade behind the spotlight he catapulted himself into while starring at Florida State and eventually with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he won a Super Bowl.
It’s humid as all get-out on a night in late May on the bay. The Pensacola Blue Wahoos enter the start of this five-game Southern League series against the Tennessee Smokies struggling to escape the quicksand of a five-game losing streak.
It was supposed to be a pass play, but as things unfolded Friday in Navarre’s spring game against Pace, Garon Finley had to adjust on the run and make something happen with his feet.
