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- Barth named AD at Bay High
- Pat McCann
- PANAMA CITY — Vern Barth has been named athletic director at Bay High School, Principal Billy May said Thursday.
Barth, 40, joined Bay on May 1 as a physical education teacher and is a member of the Tornadoes football coaching staff. He is wel... Full story
- Spring football jamboree at Shark Field tonight
- Tim Croft
- Local prep football fans will gain a sneak peek at prospects for the 2012 season when Port St. Joe Junior/Senior High School hosts a Spring Jamboree at 7 p.m. ET tonight.
Also participating will be Wewahitchka Junior/Senior High and Franklin County ... Full story

- Addressing concussions before the fact
- By TIM CROFT
- Gulf County Schools are intent on making an IMPACT on the rise of concussion-related injury in prep sports.
Last week, football players at Port St. Joe and Wewahitchka Junior/Senior High Schools undertook baseline brain function testing as schools a... Full story
- UPDATED: Port St. Joe falls in state semifinals
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CLERMONT - A win literally slipped through Port St. Joe's hands Monday.
PSJ’s five errors proved costly in the Class 1A state semifinals, and Jay advanced to the state title game with a 7-5 win over the Tiger Sharks at the National T... Full story
- PSJHS wins region crown
- By TIM CROFT
- PORT ST. JOE – The finish of Tuesday night’s Region 2-1A title game was far sweeter for the host Lady Tiger Sharks than the start had been sour.
Port St. Joe (24-5) scuffled on defense in allowing two first inning runs, but exploited two... Full story

- Walker, Robbins lead PSJHS to fourth in region
- By TIM CROFT
- Megan Walker and Maya Robbins did their part and the Port St. Joe High School track team finished fourth at the Region 1-1A track and field meet over this past weekend.
Walker, seeking her first state gold medal, easily won the pole vault in breezy ... Full story

- Port St. Joe wins district; hosts Vernon on Friday
- Scoring runs in the second, third, fifth and sixth innings, the Port St. Joe High School softball team defeated top-seeded Liberty County 8-3 in Blountstown last Thursday to win the District 4-1A title.
The Lady Sharks will host Vernon in the region... Full story

- Collecting memories, recognizing tradition
- By TIM CROFT
- Traci Gaddis is searching for a few good mem …orabilia items.
Gaddis has been working on a project tasked to her by Superintendent of Schools Jim Norton. The job, to collect football memorabilia for a trophy case to stand prominently in the r... Full story

- Raffield tosses first pitch at FSU-UF game
- Eugene Raffield recently received an urgent call.
Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, was scheduled to toss out a ceremonial first pitch at a recent Florida State University baseball game against state rival the University of Florida, ... Full story
- Big River Riders 4-H competes at district
- An estimated 47 4-H youth competed April 13-14 at the Area A, Northwest District, horse riding competition at the Jackson County Agriculture Center in Marianna.
They were there to compete for a berth at the state 4-H competition in categories such a... Full story