Sports

Beach volleyball debut

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The Lady Pirate beach volleyball team made its debut Monday during a high school preseason tournament at Sports Edge Beach in St. Johns County.

Hunt for winter specks

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Trolling with both hard and soft lures is a deadly winter fishing tactic for Northeast Florida sea trout, but it is now a seldom-used fishing tactic for saltwater fishermen.

Pirates host Senators

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The Fernandina Beach High School wrestlers hosted a dual match against the Fletcher Senators on Jan. 20. Fletcher beat the FBHS Pirates 56-16. 

Pirate grapplers at Saylor duals

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The Pirates wrestled at the Billy Saylor duals at Suwannee High School Jan. 12-13. There were nine teams, which wrestled each other in a round-robin pool.

   

New ACLU leader points to ‘urgency of now’

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Saying the country is at a “deeply, deeply disturbing” juncture, Bacardi Jackson — a veteran litigator whose civil-rights advocacy is literally in her genes — is taking the mantle as executive dire