Features
- Rivals for Relief: Levasseur, Seahawks top Freeport on a night that was bigger than football (NWF Daily News) – In the eyes of the FHSAA, a late season football game between South Walton and Freeport on Friday night meant little. In the eyes of a community desperate to help its friends, family and neighbors recover from Hurricane Michael, it meant everything.
- Here to stay: OSU equestrian’s future is bright; encouraging signs on national front (O’Colly) – An enterprise story on the then-precarious nature of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association and its relationship with the Oklahoma State equestrian team, which Placed ninth in the 2017 Hearst sports writing competition
- ‘His heart’s in it’: Pro Boxer Nick Evans prepares to fight for hometown (NWF Daily News) – When Nick Evans was 14, he stepped into the ring with a choice: He could be some bum or he could be somebody. Now, he gets to show his hometown exactly who he chose to be
- The Candy Man can: Buffett leading Cowboys in senior season (O’Colly) – After a tumultuous junior season, Oklahoma State senior Tyler Buffett turned down a shot at professional baseball to return to the Cowboys for one final shot at the College World Series
- ‘A better perspective’: Whitener’s winding road to OSU (O’Colly) – Chad Whitener’s football journey has taken him from suburban Texas to Berkeley and finally to Stillwater, where he found a home with the Cowboys
- ‘I just have to finish’: Choctaw QB has Indians primed for state title run (NWF Daily News) – Choctawhatchee quarterback Kassandra Fairly has, at most, four games left in her storied high school career. She doesn’t like to think about it. She’s too busy chasing championships.
- UWF’s Vaughn dazzles in first competitive action since 2014 (NWF Daily News) – West Florida quarterback Sam Vaughn had not thrown a pass in almost four years when an injury to the Argos’ starting signal-caller forced him into the lineup on opening night. He made the most of his opportunity.
- Rocky Bayou senior wins Taylor Haugen Trophy (NWF Daily News) – Lydia Turner, a multi-sport star and senior at Rocky Bayou Christian School, long hid her battle with anxiety. Now she uses it to inspire others.
Gamers
- Strong-armed: Crestview falls to Armwood in state semifinal (NWF Daily News) – Football coverage
- One to go: Choctaw beats Father Lopez 47-39, one win away from first state title (NWF Daily News) – Girls basketball coverage
- Choctaw halts Crestview comeback in final seconds (NWF Daily News) – Boys basketball coverage
- Crestview’s season ends in St. Augustine (NWF Daily News) – Football coverage
- Ooten Indians dismantle Bay in season finale (NWF Daily News) – Football coverage
- Poole Party: Walton pitcher tallies 1,000th strikeout in shutout victory against Freeport (NWF Daily News) – Softball coverage
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