Jason Thompson

The Wave 14-U baseball team capped off a stellar 2026 season by winning the Perfect Game Gulf Coast World Series June 13 in Gulf Shores. The Wave finished the season 41-4- 1.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos had a chance to win the Southern League South’s First Half title, but the Biloxi Shuckers won Game 1 of their doubleheader with Columbus to clinch it on June 21. The Wahoos opened the second half with a series win at Chattanooga. They will stay on the road this week with a six-game series at Rocket […]

The Rawlings Tiger Point baseball program were among the 97 teams taking part in the USSSA’s Pensacola Beach World Series Week 1 event June 17-21 at Northeast Pensacola. Both the Tigers’ 8U and 10U teams took third in the Blue Bracket. 7-under June 17 - REPA Tribe ­Baseball 7U 17, Rawlings ­Tigers Gulf Breeze 7U 2: The Tigers took a […]

Both the Gulf Breeze 7-U and 9-U All Stars were winners at the Gulf Coast Recreation Classic June 22-27 at Pace. The early rounds were played at Northeast Pensacola. 7-under Gulf Breeze 12, Gospel Projects 2: Memphis Boone Fielder hit an inside-the-park home run and drove in four as Gulf Breeze scored five in the first to beat Gospel Projects. […]

A group of future Lady Dolphin soccer players helped a Coastal Rush team make it to the semifinals of the Elite Clubs National League’s ­Southeast Regional tournament last month in Greensboro, NC. Daylen Cobb, Kaydence ­Heidtman, Allie McGarvey, Lily Hassell and Leighton Marchant played for the Rush’s 2012 girls team, who went ­unbeaten in its first three matches before ­dropping […]

Several hundred runners and walkers got an early start on Fourth of July festivities by running/walking in the Fourth of July 5K on Pensacola Beach. Times of Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach and Navarre residents were as follows: Results For 4th of July 5k Pensacola Beach Run Results 1 Francisco Ramirez Milton 16:48 11 Cody Westmoreland Navarre 20:02 22 Nelson Libbert […]

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos had a chance to win their six-game series with the Montgomery Biscuits on Sunday, but Mother Nature had other ideas. With Sunday’s game tied at 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth (and the winning run on second base) the skies opened up and didn’t stop. The game will resume on Tuesday August 4, when the […]

The Gulf Breeze Dolphins will officially open Year 2 of the Erik Harris Era when football team starts fall practice state-wide on Monday. Teams practice in helmets Monday and Tuesday, with shoulder pads coming out on Wednesday. The first day of full pads practice is Aug. 3. “I think this is a year there needs to be­some ­improvement,” Harris said. […]

High school football is ­officially back in the state of Florida as July 27 marked the first day of practice in ­helmets. Shoulder pads came out two days later, with the first day in full pads Monday (after the News’ deadline). Soundside: Coach Jay Walls has nearly 70 players in the Hurricanes’ first ever football team, but will field only […]

Four local youth swimmers ­representing the Greater ­Pensacola Aquatic Club competed in the 2026 Southeastern Long Course ­Championships July 17-19 in ­Huntsville, Alabama. Vale Purdy (age 10), Grace Walen (15), Arthur Phillips (14) and Lincoln Purdy (10) all represented GPAC and set several personal records there. The championship meet featured many of the Southeast’s top age-group swimmers who achieved qualifying […]