Sports

The Pirates celebrate winter homecoming tonight, and the Fernandina Beach High School girls and boys basketball teams are hosting Yulee.

t Palm Bay The Pirate grapplers competed in the Pirate Ships ‘n’ Duels at Palm Bay High School Dec. 29-30.

The Jaguars 5K Stadium Challenge will be held Feb. 24 at EverBank Field, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The 5K wave starts at 6 p.m., and the one-mile Fun Run starts at 6:15 p.m.

The Fernandina Beach High School winter teams are back in action this week.

Casting lures, baits and feathered hooks into shallow water redfish habitats and deep-water hideouts in hopes of hooking into the grow-ing popularity of redfishing increased during the 2023 fishing

“Bottom fishing has been on fire recently,” said Capt. Allen Mills, skipper of the Wahoo II charter fishing boat.

Fifty-four athletes from eight Special Olympics teams across Georgia and Northeast Florida participated in an all-day powerlifting tournament Saturday at the Atlantic Recreation Center in Fernandin