MISC.

Table tennis tournaments

The Pensacola Table Tennis Club recently announced some members will compete in an open tournament to be held Saturday, March 23, in the Leach Center at Florida State University in Tallahassee and will host Pensacola’s USO Open starting at 9 a.m. April 13 at the Fricker Community Center, 901 North E St. in Pensacola. For more information, call 436-5195.

RUNNING

The Pensacola Sports Association is accepting registrations for the Pensacola Marathon, which will be run Sunday, Nov. 10. The 2012 marathon sold out for the first time in its history with 1,500 runners competing in the marathon and 800 running in the half-marathon.

The race begins and ends at Veteran's Memorial Park on the Pensacola Bay front, then winds its way along a 13.1-mile circuit of the city for the half marathoners and a full 26.2-mile loop for the full marathon.  The course features historic neighborhoods, the downtown district, scenic water views, cliffs, bands, and cheering Pensacolians.  The finish line is next to Pensacola Wall South, the only replica of the National Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.

For those runners still needing to qualify for the Boston Marathon, the Pensacola Marathon is a quality certified course. For full details on the race visit the Pensacola Marathon website at marathonpensacola.com or call (850) 434-2800. Runners can register online at www.marathonpensacola.com, by completing and returning the form printed from the website or in person at Running Wild in Pensacola.

SOFTBALL

Adult softball

The City of Milton is accepting signups for adult spring softball leagues. Spring softball league play will include a coed league on Mondays, church league on Tuesdays, a men’s league on Wednesday, and a church coed league on Thursdays. Cost is $350 per team with play getting underway April 8. For more information, call Robert Arnold at the Milton Community Center at 983-5466 or go to the city’s website, www.ci.milton.fl.us.

Slumping Navarre fell to 6-7 after losing 6-0 to Jay, Okla., in the first round of the Aggie Classic high school baseball tournament Monday. (PHOTO: Robby Miller tags out a Milton runner attempting to steal second base.)

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Athlete of the Week

Brooke Murphy

Sport: Softball

Class: 2013

Parents: Scott and Tracy Murphy

Plans after graduation: Attend Pensacola State College and then transfer to a university

Favorite school subject: Anatomy

Favorite sports memory: Becoming district champs my sophomore year for softball

Who is the person you most admire and why? My parents because they go through a lot with their jobs then come home to my sister and I. They’re always there for us in all we do.

Favorite song: “She Cranks My Tractor” by Dustin Lynch

Favorite TV show: “Duck Dynasty”

Favorite movie: “Safe Haven”

If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be and why? I’d say myself, because I love my life the way it is and wouldn’t change it for anything.

It’s clichéd because it’s true: Life isn’t always fair.

That didn’t stop Navarre High School junior Hunter Moorer from trying to balance the scales a little, though, in the arena of high school athletics.

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