Tax Collector donates to fifth graders at local schools
Tax Collector donates to fifth graders at local schools
On September 20 Stan Nichols, Santa Rosa Tax Collector, presented the Santa Rosa School board with a check to be split between fourteen schools. This was generated in thanks to the Kids Tag Art Program. Each check will go to the fifth grade art program at our Santa Rosa Elementary Schools to be used as … read more
Locals serve up new initiative
Locals serve up new initiative
A local church and a new area sports group have banded together to help start two youth intramural volleyball leagues at Midway’s Community Life United Methodist Church. The idea sparked from Mi Familia Volleyball Club, the area’s newest volleyball club, who approached the church about starting the leagues on their campus. John Carroll, Mi Familia’s … read more
Raiders host 9/11 memorial
Raiders host 9/11 memorial
Tap. Tap. Tap. That’s the only sound that could be heard on the front lawn of Navarre High School on Sept. 9. Those taps were from hammers that NHS JROTC students were using to tap hundreds of flags into the ground around the school’s flag pole. 2,996 flags. One for each life lost during the … read more
Dolphins pound Northview 42-0
Dolphins pound Northview 42-0
The Northview High School Chiefs failed to block Gulf Breeze High School’s ambitions of a State-Championship run on Sept. 9 in the Dolphins’ raucous 42-0 victory. Gulf Breeze displayed a multi-threat offense in the shutout against the Chiefs, which rushed for 197 yards and was led through the air by senior quarterback Tyler Phelps — who … read more
Dolphins bag second season win
Dolphins bag second season win
Prepare the fattened calf, because it seems the prodigal son has returned to Gulf Breeze High School after Bobby Clayton’s Dolphins clenched a 36-21 victory over Pensacola Catholic High School last Friday night. The win snaps a nearly decade-long series of losses to PCHS and grants the Dolphins their first win over the Crusaders since … read more
Carter pushes Navarre to victory
Carter pushes Navarre to victory
For those who doubted that Navarre High School’s Michael Carter was 100 percent back from his injury he suffered last season were wiped clean of that disbelief after the Raiders’ game against the Booker T. Washington Wildcats last Friday night. That’s because the all-star tailback, who committed to the University of North Carolina earlier this … read more
Rain cuts Southern’s races short
Rain cuts Southern’s races short
Mother Nature did not spare her rainy forecast over Labor Day weekend and ended up shortening Southern Raceway’s two-day weekend schedule to just one wet Saturday night. Due to two rain delays, the heat races were canceled and some divisions ran features only as the starting order was based on the respective heat race draw. … read more
Raiders pound Crusaders
Raiders pound Crusaders
The South Santa Rosa News sports section is brought to you by Carpenter Insurance, Inc. Pensacola Catholic High School was looking to de-rail Navarre’s freight-train offense before it could build up momentum this season, but the Raiders proved too strong and pulled away during the August 26 match 41-13. The Crusaders failed to slow down … read more
GB perseveres over Indians 38-29
GB perseveres over Indians 38-29
When the buzzer signaled the end of the 4th quarter inside The Tank on August 26, Dolphin students stormed the field. They knew change had come. And that change was in the form of new leadership along the sidelines for the Dolphin football team. New Gulf Breeze High School head football coach Bobby Clayton knew … read more
Donaldson takes Pure Stock win
Donaldson takes Pure Stock win
Patience proved to be the right combination on August 28 at Southern Raceway for the new Pure Stock points leader Jessica Donaldson. Donaldson kept clear off the eight issues to bring out caution flags to win the Pure Stock feature, while Carl Dodson found himself in the pits after being caught up in a mishap on … read more
