Wakulla County Recreation Park & Sports League News

3rd Annual Wildwood Back to School Junior Invitational to be Held Aug. 10 The 3rd Annual Wildwood Back to School Junior Invitational will be held Monday, August 10, 2009 at Wildwood Golf Course in Wakulla County, located at 3870 Coastal Highway, Crawfordville, Florida.  Tee times will start...

Boy's Travel Baseball Tournament to be Held in Tallahassee
A Travel Baseball Tournament will be held Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31 at Messer Field in Tallahassee.  The tournament will begin at 8:00 a.m. both days and is open to boys ages 8 to 18 years. Messer Field is...

Free Sports Physicals for Student Athletes May 30 Wakulla’s health care providers are teaming up to offer free sports physicals to local student athletes on Saturday, May 30.  The physicals will be offered at the Wakulla High School’s clinic from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on a...

Another Successful Wakulla County Special Olympics is Held The 2009 Wakulla County Special Olympics games were held Tuesday, March 17 at the Wakulla High School track.  Close to 80 athletes competed in this year's competition, participating in events such as the 100 Meter Dash, 50...

Wakulla Sheriff's Office Sand Gnats Win Tournament
The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office Softball Team participated in the Responders Cup softball tournament on September 27, 2008 at Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee, Florida.  The Sheriff’s Office “Sand Gnats”...

Briggs Sweeps Tom Kingston Invitational Joey Briggs, an 8th grader at Riversprings Middle School, came home with nine gold medals from the Tom Kingston Invitational, Sept. 12-14 in Daytona Beach, Florida.  Briggs won every event entered.  He also won the 11-12 boys 4 by 50 FreeRelay...

 2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES:  U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Wins Second Straight Paralympic Gold Medal BEIJING , China –The U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team is golden once again.  The U.S. downed Germany , 50-38, to capture the gold medal for the...

Paralympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China:  September 17 Update Jim Hilyer, husband of local resident Lynn Artz, is the Sport Psychologist for the U.S. Team.  According to Jim, the paralympic games are the 2nd largest sporting event in the world with the Olympic Games being the...

 2008 Paralympic Games:  U.S. Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team Will Play for Gold The U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team is one game away from winning its second consecutive Paralympic gold medal.  The U.S. defeated Australia , 60-47, in the semifinals to advance to...

2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES:  U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Defeats China BEIJING, China –The U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team easily defeated China, 75-31, on Friday to advance to the semifinal round of competition at the Paralympic Games.  The experience,...

Paralympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China:  September 11 Update Jim Hilyer, husband of local resident Lynn Artz, is the Sport Psychologist for the U.S. Team.  According to Jim, the paralympic games are the 2nd largest sporting event in the world with the Olympic Games being the...

Paralympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China:  September 10 Update Jim Hilyer, husband of local resident Lynn Artz, is the Sport Psychologist for the U.S. Team.  According to Jim, the paralympic games are the 2nd largest sporting event in the world with the Olympic Games being the...

2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES:  U.S.    Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Moves to 2-0 with 61-42 Victory over Australia Four years ago, the U.S. and Australia women’s wheelchair basketball teams played for gold at the Paralympic Games in Athens and the Americans came...

Paralympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China:  September 8 Update Jim Hilyer, husband of local resident Lynn Artz, is the Sport Psychologist for the U.S. Team.  According to Jim, the paralympic games are the 2nd largest sporting event in the world with the Olympic Games being the...

Paraolympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China:  September 7 Update From the USA Daily:  U.S. Delegation Newsletter for the 2008 Paralympic Games Sunday, September 7, 2008 Beijing, China For more information on the U.S. Paralympic Team, please check www.usparalympics.org ...

Wakulla Swimmer Joey Briggs Medals at Junior Olympics and Breaks ATAC Record Joey Briggs placed 3rd in the 50 meter freestyle at the Junior Olympics, earning a bronze medal.  The games were held at the University of Florida in Gainesville July 17 through 20, 2008.  Briggs also made the...

Free Physicals for Wakulla High School Athletes  The Wakulla High School clinic will be offering free physicals for Wakulla High athletes on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.  First come first served.  These physicals are for current Wakulla High School...

May 1 - 7 is National Physical Education and Sport Week Wakulla Middle School Physical Education and faculty will celebrate National Physical Education and Sport Week May 5 - 9, participating in activities to increase student's  physical fitness and take a stand against obesity. ...

Joey Briggs Qualifies for Florida Swimming All-Star Team Joseph “Joey” Briggs, a 7th grader at Riversprings Middle School in Wakulla County, qualified for the Florida Swimming All-Star Team (top 8 place finishes in an individual event), at the Florida Swimming Junior Olympic...

Hunter Hurst Receives TaeKwonDo Award  Hunter Hurst has been named the 2007 Champion in sparring for 1st degree black-belts, 10 & under by the International TaeKwonDo Alliance.  He competed in national tournaments in 2007 in Houston, TX and Birmingham, AL and took the gold medal in...