Tag: sports
Growing the Game: The Emerald Coast Golf Tour
By Barbara Palmgren
When your goal is to compete in the PGA Tour and win thousands of dollars playing a game you love, where do...
Eagle Springs Golf Course Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Future discussed at recent BCC meeting
The 192-acre Eagle Springs Golf Course in Defuniak Springs is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year, having opened in...
Growing the Game: Okaloosa County Middle Schools Conference Spring Tournament
By Barbara Palmgren
This mid-April, conditions were perfect at Shalimar Pointe Golf Club where nine middle schools entered boys and girls golf teams to compete...
Record Fundraising at Annual All-Sports Banquet
By Doug Stauffer
The recent 55th Annual All Sports Banquet on the picturesque Okaloosa Island celebrated athletic combined with academic excellence and demonstrated the power of philanthropy...
New Golf Event April 27 to Forge Community Partnerships
By Douglas J. Bartels
A long-standing sense of community drives local parish church and the Knights of Columbus to use golf as a vehicle to...
Golf Series: What Golfers Deserve Close to Home In Crestview
By Barbara Palmgren
Okaloosa County is a diverse place, indeed. I have taught a class for several years for seniors at the Center for Life...
Football Great Warrick Dunn Speaks at All-Sports Banquet
By Lori Leath Smith
Each year at this time, some of the area’s top high school, collegiate, amateur, professional, Special Olympics athletes and individuals who...
Register for the 22nd Annual Seaside Race Weekend!
Feb. 16th – 18th, Benefiting The Seaside School, Inc. Public Charter School
The Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K, presented by SEASIDE®, is back, launching its...
Emerald Coast Classic 2023: Ohio State Triumphs Amid a Sold-Out, Energetic...
By Doug Stauffer
The 2023 Emerald Coast Classic, a prestigious college basketball tournament, was held on Thanksgiving weekend (November 24-25) at Raider Arena, Northwest Florida...
Golf Series: Indian Bayou Golf & Country Club, A Historic Treasure
By Barbara Palmgren
Before there was Regatta Bay, before there was Kelly Plantation, before there was Emerald Bay, there was iconic Indian Bayou.
As one of...