Sports

In pictures: YMCA youth basketball

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The McArthur Family YMCA's youth basketball summer league is in full swing, and games were played Saturday morning at the Y on Citrona Drive in Fernandina Beach.

Elm Street All Stars

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The Elm Street Little League 10U All Stars played in the District 11 softball tournament at Hilliard Saturday. Elm Street lost Saturday and its Monday game to cap the season.

Tournament champs

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The Nassau Ballerz 12U team for went 3-0 over the weekend to bring home the championship trophy at the annual Lakercats AAU Tournament in Valdosta, Ga.

Bringing the heat

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Fernandina Beach police officers stopped by the Fernandina Beach High School gym Tuesday and played dodgeball with the children attending the P.E. Camp this summer. The camp is open from 9 a.m.

Beautiful day for a sailboat race

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What a beautiful day to be on the water in Cumberland Sound, and even better to be racing a sailboat. The Amelia Island Sailing Club hosted its fifth race of the 2023 season on Saturday.

   

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