The Blue Wahoos are hosting a summer celebration July 3 from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola.
General admission is $5, though there is a VIP ticket available for the Hancock Whitney Club in the stadium, and it includes a full buffet, drinks, dessert and a cash bar.
Will Payton was in pain. A concern, perhaps, but then, maybe there wasn’t much of a reason to read too much into it. Aches and pains come with the territory in the unforgiving sport of football.
“At first, I thought it was just breaking back into practice, but the more I practiced, the worse it got,” Payton said. “I started to realize I need to get this checked out. Something is wrong.”
Winning isn’t the only thing, but it seems to be a regular thing for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.
Especially when it comes to championships. The reigning Southern League champs clinched the first-half South Division crown Wednesday night in Tennessee, beating the Smokies 3-1.
Quentin Randolph makes a catch along the sideline inside the Dollar Loan Center, nearly going over the wall to make the grab, here on a Saturday afternoon in mid-June.
It’s a key catch during a late-game drive that helps keep the Vegas Knight Hawks’ hopes for a much-needed IFL victory alive.
Katie McLeod put pen to paper in the spring to secure her future as a college softball player, something she’s been waiting to do for a long time.
“I’ve been working up to this moment my whole life,” McLeod said. “I’ve wanted to play in college since I started playing as a little kid at NYSA.”
Emma Simon experienced life as a college soccer player for the first time last fall as a freshman at Division I Alabama State.
It was different to say the least for the former Navarre Raider standout.
Tyrell Marshall battled through pain last year to be on the field. A shoulder injury since his freshman season was something he played through before getting surgery on it at the end of last season.
And now Marshall is on the road back to being the player he knows he can be this coming season for the Navarre football team.
A best-of-three playoff format could be in the future for high school baseball in Florida.
The idea of it is being tossed around and has already been presented to the FHSAA’s Baseball Advisory Committee.
A youth camp that Madison Simmons is helping out with is wrapping up, and the Navarre girls basketball standout is asked about the upcoming summer workouts and the fact that her senior year is rapidly approaching.
“It’s crazy it’s almost senior year,” Simmons said. “(High school) went by really fast.”
Michael Sandle is currently batting .234 for the Asheville Tourists, the High-A affiliate of the Houston Astros.
Meanwhile, Matt Cronin remains out of action for the Rochester Red Wings, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. Cronin has been out since late May.
