Sports

Yulee High School honored its senior soccer players on Jan. 11. The boys team defeated Ridgeview 5-1. The 9-3-1 Hornets tied Creekside 1-1 at home Wednesday to cap the regular season. Submitted

Yulee High School honored its senior soccer players on Jan. 11. The boys team defeated Ridgeview 5-1. The 9-3-1 Hornets tied Creekside 1-1 at home Wednesday to cap the regular season. Submitted

Senior night for Hornets

The Fernandina Beach High School girls basketball team beat KIPP Bold City 54-8 Tuesday night.  Photos by Penny Glackin/Special

The Fernandina Beach High School girls basketball team beat KIPP Bold City 54-8 Tuesday night. Photos by Penny Glackin/Special

Pirates, Lady Pirates host Yulee tonight

The Pirates celebrate winter homecoming tonight, and the Fernandina Beach High School girls and boys basketball teams are hosting Yulee. The boys junior varsity matchup kicks things off at 4:30 p.m., followed by the girls varsity game at 6 p.m. The boys varsity tilt is at 7:30 p.m.
Photos by Stormy Kubatzke/special

Photos by Stormy Kubatzke/special

Pirate Ships 'n' Duels held at Palm Bay

t Palm Bay The Pirate grapplers competed in the Pirate Ships ‘n’ Duels at Palm Bay High School Dec. 29-30. Format was a round-rob-in pool on Friday, and on Saturday all the pools were combined into one bracket. There were 19 teams competing, but there was no team score kept at the event.
Jaguars 5K Stadium Challenge Feb. 24. Submitted photo

Jaguars 5K Stadium Challenge Feb. 24. Submitted photo

Jaguars 5K Stadium Challenge Feb. 24

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

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

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

“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

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.