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Jaguars 5K Stadium Challenge Feb. 24. Submitted photo

Jaguars 5K Stadium Challenge Feb. 24. Submitted photo

Jaguars 5K Stadium Challenge Feb. 24

News Staff
Thursday, January 4, 2024
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. It is a glow-in-the-dark run with post-race glow in the dark dance party on the stadium field.
FBHS varsity boys basketball team. Submitted photos

FBHS varsity boys basketball team. Submitted photos

FBHS winter teams

Beth Jones
Thursday, January 4, 2024
The Fernandina Beach High School winter teams are back in action this week. Pictured are the FBHS varsity and junior varsity boys basketball teams, the girls basketball team, the Pirate wrestlers and the FBHS cheerleaders.
Targeting hard-fighting redfish on a flooded spartina marsh from a shallow water skiff was the ultimate redfish challenge during 2023. Jerimia Joost is pictured with a beautiful flood tied redfish caught on the fly. Photo by Terry Lacoss/Special

Targeting hard-fighting redfish on a flooded spartina marsh from a shallow water skiff was the ultimate redfish challenge during 2023. Jerimia Joost is pictured with a beautiful flood tied redfish caught on the fly. Photo by Terry Lacoss/Special

Red drum dominated 2023

Beth Jones
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
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 and outdoor season.
Thad Carter, Zach Terry and Mallory Smith, top from left, are pictured with a big catch of sea bass and more while fishing with Capt. Allen Mills aboard the fishing charter boat Wahoo. Submitted photo

Thad Carter, Zach Terry and Mallory Smith, top from left, are pictured with a big catch of sea bass and more while fishing with Capt. Allen Mills aboard the fishing charter boat Wahoo. Submitted photo

Fishing on fire

Guest Columnist
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
“Bottom fishing has been on fire recently,” said Capt. Allen Mills, skipper of the Wahoo II charter fishing boat. “I recently guided longtime friends and charter clients Mallory Smith, Thad Carter and Zach Terry to a big catch of saltwater bottom fish.
Nassau County athletes collected the third-place bronze medal, which they will hang on the gym wall. Submitted photo

Nassau County athletes collected the third-place bronze medal, which they will hang on the gym wall. Submitted photo

Nassau hosts inaugural competition

Beth Jones
Thursday, December 14, 2023
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 Fernandina Beach.
Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader

Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader

Run like the Dickens

Beth Jones
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The McArthur Family YMCA hosted the Run Like the Dickens race Saturday morning at Main Beach. The event was held in conjunction with Dickens on Centre.
FBHS head girls wrestling coach Erin Mahoney is flanked by team members Audrey Miller, left, and Anjana Sermadevi. Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader

FBHS head girls wrestling coach Erin Mahoney is flanked by team members Audrey Miller, left, and Anjana Sermadevi. Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader

FBHS adds girls wrestling team

Beth Jones
Friday, December 8, 2023
Audrey Miller wrestled on the boys team last year, but when the Pirate grapplers traveled to the district tournament, the freshman was told her inaugural season was over.
The Fernandina Beach High School girls basketball team hosted the Terry Parker Lady Braves Tuesday night. Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader

The Fernandina Beach High School girls basketball team hosted the Terry Parker Lady Braves Tuesday night. Photo by Beth Jones/News-Leader

Lady Pirates beat Terry Parker Lady Braves 56-20

Beth Jones
Friday, December 1, 2023
The Lady Pirates got their second win of the season Tuesday night at home. The Fernandina Beach High School girls basketball team (2-1) beat Terry Parker 56-20. “I am pleased and excited with how things are going,” head coach D.J. Ford said. “The girls are adapting quickly.
The Yulee High School boys basketball team hosted the West Nassau Warriors Tuesday night. The YHS Hornets prevailed 67-32. The Yulee junior varsity boys won in overtime. Photos by Beth Jones/News-Leader

The Yulee High School boys basketball team hosted the West Nassau Warriors Tuesday night. The YHS Hornets prevailed 67-32. The Yulee junior varsity boys won in overtime. Photos by Beth Jones/News-Leader

Hornets handle Warriors 67-32

Beth Jones
Friday, December 1, 2023
The Hornets scored 16 unanswered points before the Warriors managed a point Tuesday night. The Yulee High School boys basketball team pushed its record to 2-0 with a 67-32 victory over visiting West Nassau. Yulee led 21-4 after a quarter and 44-10 at halftime.