Randy’s Report
January 18, 2024
I’ve had a couple of weeks to think about the new football districts the Florida High School Athletic Association released during the holidays. All things considered I think the districts don’t look bad.
Randy’s Report
January 3, 2024
Dare I write it, Happy 2024!
I would ask where the time has gone, but I know that answer full well. I mark the passage of time with covering stories about athletes, coaches and games as well as our local churches and faith organizations and our educators and local schools.
I would ask where the time has gone, but I know that answer full well. I mark the passage of time with covering stories about athletes, coaches and games as well as our local churches and faith organizations and our educators and local schools.
Randy’s Report
December 18, 2023
Is it possible that I’m already writing my 2023 Christmas column?
I blinked and the year is gone. And time continues to march on even when I don’t blink. This is my 66thChristmas; the eighth since my mom passed away and 11th since I lost my dad.
I blinked and the year is gone. And time continues to march on even when I don’t blink. This is my 66thChristmas; the eighth since my mom passed away and 11th since I lost my dad.
Randy’s Report
December 13, 2023
I’ll admit this Tennessee graduate has a little bias in favor of Florida State. If I had stayed in the state to attend college I would have ended up at FSU.
I pull for the Seminoles 99% of the time. About the only time I don’t cheer on the garnet and gold is when FSU plays Tennessee, or a Seminole loss would help my Vols or Lady Vols.
I pull for the Seminoles 99% of the time. About the only time I don’t cheer on the garnet and gold is when FSU plays Tennessee, or a Seminole loss would help my Vols or Lady Vols.
Randy’s Report
December 6, 2023
I felt bitter-sweet emotions as I watched college football over Thanksgiving weekend.
As the Florida State-Florida game ended with a Seminole victory, the announcers calling the game teased the upcoming California at UCLA game and mentioned it would be the last PAC 12 game as we know the conference.
Randy’s Report
November 20, 2023
Sooner or later it had to happen.
I could be wrong, but I think the firing of the opposing head football coaches following the same game is a first. I could add that neither firing was a total surprise.
I could be wrong, but I think the firing of the opposing head football coaches following the same game is a first. I could add that neither firing was a total surprise.
Randy’s Report
November 9, 2023
When I added up the numbers and see that Baker running back Wyatt Straight gained more than 300 yards rushing against Freeport I could only shake my head.
Straight’s effort was as close to heroic as one can get on a football field. It was gutsy and well-earned. At some schools, a 300-yard effort might have a sports writer scrambling to figure out what the school rushing record might be.
Straight’s effort was as close to heroic as one can get on a football field. It was gutsy and well-earned. At some schools, a 300-yard effort might have a sports writer scrambling to figure out what the school rushing record might be.
Randy’s Report
October 30, 2023
The older I get the better I become at putting winning and losing a game or match into perspective.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m one of the most competitive people you will ever meet. I’ve been known to keep playing online games such as solitaire until I won or won several games in a row.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m one of the most competitive people you will ever meet. I’ve been known to keep playing online games such as solitaire until I won or won several games in a row.
Randy’s Report
October 16, 2023
It seems I get older, metaphorically speaking, if not physically, every week.
Baltimore Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson died Sept. 26. Dick Butkus, perhaps the most menacing linebacker in the history of the NFL, died Oct. 5.
Baltimore Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson died Sept. 26. Dick Butkus, perhaps the most menacing linebacker in the history of the NFL, died Oct. 5.
Randy’s Report
October 12, 2023
There are certain rivals in sports that put a snarl on my face just thinking about them.
As a University of Tennessee graduate, Alabama and Florida are two of those rivals. There is only one high school team that still sends this old Gulf Breeze Dolphin into mind numbing rage and head-spinning episodes straight out of the Exorcist. That team is the Milton Panthers.
As a University of Tennessee graduate, Alabama and Florida are two of those rivals. There is only one high school team that still sends this old Gulf Breeze Dolphin into mind numbing rage and head-spinning episodes straight out of the Exorcist. That team is the Milton Panthers.