Sports & Leisure

The Jacksonville Beach Barracudas (photo submitted)

The Jacksonville Beach Barracudas (photo submitted)

Jax Beach Barracudas heading to Cooperstown

Beaches1
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
The Jacksonville Beach Barracudas have been selected to play in the Cooperstown Dreams Park and American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament during the week of June 22.
Jeff DiSandro (photo from Ponte Vedra High School)

Jeff DiSandro (photo from Ponte Vedra High School)

New coach for Ponte Vedra Sharks

Beaches1
Monday, May 6, 2019
Ponte Vedra High School has announced Jeff DiSandro as the school’s new head football coach. Since 2016, DiSandro has served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Bishop Kenny High School.
Asher Heath is all smiles with the mahi he caught with Capt. Jimmy Laidler out of Vilano recently. (photo submitted)

Asher Heath is all smiles with the mahi he caught with Capt. Jimmy Laidler out of Vilano recently. (photo submitted)

Ideal conditions bring lots of bites

Beaches1
Monday, May 6, 2019
It may still be spring, but when I opened the door at sunrise Tuesday morning to load the boat with kingfish tackle, it sure felt like summer. The weather was hot and humid with almost no wind.
Rich Thompson (photo submitted)

Rich Thompson (photo submitted)

Gator Bowl Sports announces Rich Thompson as new chairman

Beaches1
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Gator Bowl Sports announced recently that Rich Thompson, head of Human Resources at The Adecco Group for The Americas, UK and Ireland, will take the reins as the 2019 Chairman of Gator Bowl Sports.
photo submitted

photo submitted

Sheepshead catch

Beaches1
Monday, March 25, 2019
Ryman Koester with a solid sheepshead caught on the nearshore rubble piles.
Black skimmer sitting on chicks. (FWC photo by Carol Rizkalla)

Black skimmer sitting on chicks. (FWC photo by Carol Rizkalla)

Nesting waterbirds need room to breed

Beaches1
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Give waterbirds room to breed this nesting season. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Audubon Florida are reminding boaters and beachgoers to watch out for nesting birds.