Final Scores: Follow Week 5 Emerald Coast High School football games
Welcome to rivalry week.
With next week's midseason awards looming, we have a loaded slate of games tonight led by Choctaw-Niceville and South Walton-Walton.
Unbeaten Walton (3-0), ranked ninth in 2S and rested after a bye last week, looks for a second straight win over its top rival after defeating the 3-1 Seahawks, 61-14, last year.
Niceville (3-1), ranked ninth in 4S, enters with an 11-game win streak over the Big Green (3-1), who rank 7th in 3S after an impressive 35-14 win over previously 5th-ranked Pine Forest (3-1). Choctaw also hasn't beaten Niceville at Eagle Stadium since 2001, well before any member of the team was even born.
I wouldn't miss the latter matchup for anything, so I'll be at Eagle Stadium tonight. Follow me at @SethSnwfdn on X, formerly known as Twitter, for stats, score updates, video and color commentary. Below is the rest of the schedule, which will be updated through our live scoreboard.
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Week 5 HS Football Schedule
Choctaw (3-1) at Niceville (3-1), 7 p.m. at Eagle Stadium
Lighthouse Christian (2-1) at Destin (4-0), 7 p.m. at Destin Middle School
Arnold (0-3) at FWB (2-2), 7 p.m. at Steve Riggs Stadium
Walton (3-0) at South Walton (3-1), 7 p.m. at The Hawks Nest
Navarre (2-2) at Carroll (3-1), 7 p.m. in Alabama
Rocky Bayou (2-2) at Franklin County (0-4), 7 p.m.
Freeport (1-3) at Vernon (1-2), 7 p.m.
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This article originally appeared on Northwest Florida Daily News: Week 5 high school football results on the Emerald Coast
