A national coaches association recently announced that Navarre High School’s 2011-2012 girls soccer team earned a Team Academic Award for its overall performance in the classroom.
Deion Sanders, a former Florida State University athlete and NFL Hall of Fame football player known as “Prime Time” for his flamboyant style on and off the field, will be the guest speaker at the Fort Walton Beach All Sports Association banquet Feb. 8 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center.
When a team registers the best season in program history, post-season awards are to be expected. The Navarre High School Raiders football team, which finished 12-2 and won the school’s first region championship, hasn’t gone unnoticed by regional and statewide media.
Happy New Year! I don’t know why I don’t feel as energetic as that exclamation mark…but I want to be. I’m just a tad bit pensive about the “fiscal cliff” and the real possibility of increasing inflation.
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature may shelve a budget tracking website paid for with $5 million of taxpayer money – our money. As Floridians, shouldn’t we be allowed access to the website we paid for?
The number of Florida high schools and combination high schools getting an ‘A’ grade for 2012 rose to 231, up from 148 last year, in preliminary results released Dec. 21 by the Florida Department of Education.
The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce announced its committees and board of directors for 2013. Cheryl Chant, co-owner of Juana’s Pagodas and Sailors’ Grill, will be the executive committee chairman, replacing John Hays. Hays will serve as the past chairman on the board. Jim Taylor will serve as the chair elect, Regina Carter will be vice chairman and Tim Wyrosdick will act as treasurer.