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Blue Angels close their 80th season at NAS Pensacola

Plus, Florida and Arkansas open the SEC soccer tournament in Pensacola tonight.

The Daily Pensacola team2 stories15 sources5 min read

Air ShowTop story

The Blue Angels wrapped their 80th season with a Homecoming Air Show at NAS Pensacola

The Blue Angels' homecoming weekend drew 300,000 people

300,000
people at NAS Pensacola Friday and Saturday
32
shows nationwide this season
80th
show season for the Blue Angels

Sources: WEAR-TV, WKRG

If you heard the roar over Pensacola this weekend, that was the closing out their season. WEAR-TV says the team wrapped its 80th show season on Saturday at , after 32 shows nationwide. They topped out at speeds over 400 miles per hour.

It was a comeback, too. The show was canceled in 2025 during a government shutdown. WKRG says NAS Pensacola hosted 300,000 people between Friday and Saturday. Mike and Dale Weir made the 11-hour trip from St. Louis with a "busload of veterans."

The air show returned after a year off

  1. 2025Air show canceled because of a government shutdown
  2. Nov. 6 kick off the Homecoming Air Show's first day
  3. Nov. 7Blue Angels close their 80th show season at

Sources: Pensacola News Journal, WEAR-TV

  • Saturday gates were set to open at 8 a.m.
  • Saturday's air show was set to begin at 9:30 a.m.
  • Blue Angels were set to take off at 2 p.m. Saturday
  • Formations: diamond roll, delta and barrel roll

Before the Blue Angels took off, military and civilian pilots warmed up the crowd, and WEAR planned to stream the show live.

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Florida and Arkansas open the SEC soccer tournament in Pensacola on Sunday night

If you like soccer, Pensacola's the place for it this week. No. 12 seed Florida (6-6-5) and No. 5 seed Arkansas (7-5-4) open the SEC Tournament Sunday at . Kickoff is about 7 p.m. Central (8 p.m. ET on SEC Network).

Arkansas has the better seed and conference record

12Tournament seed5
52NCAA RPI rank50
10SEC points18
6Wins7

Sources: WRUF, arkansasonline.com

There's more than a trophy at stake. Arkansas has a 10-year NCAA Tournament streak on the line, and Florida is chasing its first berth since 2019. Some view the match as an NCAA Tournament eliminator. Arkansas won the only meeting this season 2-1 on Oct. 18, on a last-minute goal from MacKenzie Gwin.

“Everyone's record is 0-0.”

Florida coach Nick Zimmerman
  • Florida's SEC titles: 12, the most in the league
  • Florida's last title: 2016
  • 12 seeds since 2024: none has won the title
  • Florida's Kyra Taylor leads the team with 7 goals

The winner would play Kentucky next, and the final is Nov. 15

  1. Nov. 8Florida and Arkansas meet in the first round at about 7 p.m. Central
  2. Nov. 10The winner would face No. 4 Kentucky in the quarterfinals
  3. Nov. 12Semifinals are set for 7 p.m. ET
  4. Nov. 15The final match is scheduled

Sources: WRUF, arkansasonline.com

News Notes

Isaias

Escambia County commissioners unanimously approved $68,700 on Nov. 5 for Foth and Van Dyke and Associates Inc. to survey Pensacola Beach after the Oct. 9 hurricane. The study will measure sand volume at 55 locations along the 8.2-mile stretch renourished between March 5 and May 15. Miramar News

Recovery

Four weeks after , festivals and the air show stayed on schedule as crews repaired power lines and picked up debris. WEAR-TV

Playoffs

The was set to release its football state playoff brackets at 4 p.m. Friday on YouTube, including a new Open Division of the top eight teams regardless of classification. In Class 2A Region 1, No. 2 Pensacola Catholic plays No. 7 Destin and No. 3 Walton plays No. 6 Gadsden County. Four Pensacola-area teams were projected to make the state playoffs. Pensacola News JournalFlorida Today

Pensacola Catholic is the No. 2 seed in Class 2A Region 1

Higher seedLower seed
(1) Bolles(8) Baldwin
(2) Pensacola Catholic(7) Destin
(3) Walton(6) Gadsden County
(4) Florida High(5) Andrew Jackson

Source: Florida Today

Expansion

Costa Family McDonald's, which owns and operates 27 restaurants in Northwest Florida and Alabama, added eight as of Oct. 29, five of them in Florida, including 123 E. Nine Mile Road in Pensacola. Two new stores are planned, with construction starting in November. Panama City News Herald

UWF

UWF freshman Johnathan Jimenez, 19, says multiple concussions have led him to put football on pause. He has played since he was 13. WEAR-TV

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Anybody else catch the Blue Angels over Pensacola today?

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New coach, same result. Pensacola Christian's boys cross country team won its ninth straight district title at the District 1-1A championship on Nov. 3 at L.E.A.D. Academy, in Calyn Ohman's first season as head coach, taking over from Scott Cochran. Nine in a row is a tough act to follow. Nice start.

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Blue Angels close their 80th season at NAS Pensacola

Plus, Florida and Arkansas open the SEC soccer tournament in Pensacola tonight.

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  1. Blue Angels close their 80th season at NAS Pensacola
  2. Florida and Arkansas open SEC soccer play in Pensacola
  3. County pays $68,700 to study Pensacola Beach sand after Isaias
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