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The threat of Hurricane Isaias has washed out every area high school football game on the schedule this week.

Most teams moved their games to Thursday to get ahead of the storm, but an announcement was made  Wednesday that no after school activities were permitted in Santa Rosa County on Thursday, Friday or Saturday.

The final FHSAA regional volleyball rankings of the regular season were released Tuesday, giving everyone an idea of where teams are sitting heading into district tournament play as well as their potential for a regional tourney berth.

Navarre grad Julia Irmen recently reached the 2,000-assist mark of her college volleyball career.

Irmen is in her third season at Rose-Hulman, an NCAA Division III school in Indiana.

The University of West Florida football team will now kick off its game against Northeastern State at 1 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. on Saturday at Darrell Gooden Stadium.

One week of October football is in the books. Here’s a look back at how everything played out for the teams in our coverage area last week.

Navarre and Pace have consistently been among the better cross-country teams in the area this season.

They opened October with Booker T. Washington’s Wildcat Invitational at the University of West Florida on Saturday.

During a weather delay late in the first half of Friday night’s homecoming game against Fort Walton Beach, Navarre Raider head coach Garrett Bagley talked outside the locker room with the athletic director and an official about trying to move forward.

His team led 17-6 with 2:15 to go until halftime. With the Raiders in position for their first victory, Bagley was determined to play football.

The high school baseball playoff format in Florida will look different in 2027.

Every round of the playoffs, with the exception of the quarterfinal round, will now be a best-of-three format.

After a bye week, the Navarre Raider football team returns to action Friday night, taking on Fort Walton Beach at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

The Raiders’ homecoming game kicks off at 7:30 p.m.

The Florida High School Athletic Association regional rankings look a little different this year, but here’s the latest look at them.

Instead of the rankings being broken down by region each week on the FHSAA site, MaxPreps just lists the overall state rankings for each classification.