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Garren Harper isn’t on anyone’s scouting report. Until Friday night, the senior tight end had not caught a pass this season.

Pensacola is a destination for tourists and it’s the place to be for minor league hockey players as well.

Sunday evening produced the latest special moment for the University of West Florida football team.

More than a million students play football at the high school level. Only 600 receive an invitation to the National Combine that takes place during the weekend of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio.

Three-time state champion Navarre opened its weightlifting season Thursday, powering past Pine Forest with a 73-13 victory.

Navarre competed at the regional swim meet in Tallahassee Wednesday and two of Navarre’s girls relay teams finished in the top 15.

Navarre head girls’ soccer coach Rob Simon believes that if you want to face good teams in February, you’d better have some on your schedule during the regular season.

The doubters were out there. To think Navarre could be as good as it was a season ago after losing the guy who was on the sideline Friday night — that being Michael Carter, the school’s all-time leading rusher who now plays at North Carolina — was something non-believers weren’t willing to put money on.

Michael Carter makes it all look so easy, the slashes through the defense, the bursts of speed in the open field. It’s as if he’s still playing in high school, only he’s not.

Pensacola head coach Jeff Bes coached in Fayetteville last year and his team played the Ice Flyers in the opening round of the playoffs.