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The Fort Walton Beach (FL) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against West Florida (Pensacola, FL) by a score of 34-14.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
West Florida	-	-	-	-	34
Fort Walton Beach	-	-	-	-	14

Final score provided by J. Dampson.

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Fort Walton Beach (25-26)

West Florida

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	4	11	32	.364	8.0	0	1	16	7.0
1	Xavier Finley (Sr)	4	11	32	.364	8.0	0	1	16	7.0

Fort Walton Beach

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	6	14	69	.429	11.5	0	3	37	18.8
13	Cannon Wilbur (Jr)	6	14	69	.429	11.5	0	3	37	18.8

West Florida

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	50	258	5.2	64	1	3
1	Xavier Finley (Sr)	17	143	8.4	64	1	3
2	Tyree Caldwell (Sr)	5	27	5.4	13	0	0
4	K. Evil-hunter (Sr)	1	0	0.0		0	0
5	Dane Elliott (Jr)	1	1	1.0		0	0
6	Javon Capell (Sr)	5	-3	-0.6	6	0	0
9	Zayvion Davis (Jr)	1	4	4.0	4	0	0
16	Jayden Lewis (So)	11	52	4.7	16	0	0
20	Charles Benson (Jr)	6	29	4.8	14	0	0
22	D. McCloud (Sr)	3	5	1.7	4	0	0

Fort Walton Beach

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	27	116	4.3	20	1
3	Carlos White (Jr)	10	47	4.7	20	0
13	Cannon Wilbur (Jr)	12	47	3.9	18	1
15	Cairo Kendrick (Jr)	5	22	4.4	16

West Florida

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	4	32	8.0	16
2	Tyree Caldwell (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0
13	Frank Likely (Sr)	2	27	13.5	16
20	Charles Benson (Jr)	1	5	5.0	5

Fort Walton Beach

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	6	69	11.5	37
0	Dantay Walker (Jr)	2	20	10.0	14
16	Lavin McDaniel (So)	4	49	12.3	37

West Florida

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	10
65	Anthony Haynes (Sr)	1
72	Emanuel Romero (Sr)	4
75	W. Whittaker (Sr)	2
77	N. Dampson (Jr)	2
78	David Thompkins (Jr)	1

Fort Walton Beach

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost
	Team Totals	5	4
3	Carlos White (Jr)	1	1
13	Cannon Wilbur (Jr)	3	2
15	Cairo Kendrick (Jr)	1	1

West Florida

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	258	32	17	0	0	307
1	Xavier Finley (Sr)	143					143
2	Tyree Caldwell (Sr)	27	0				27
5	Dane Elliott (Jr)	1	0				1
6	Javon Capell (Sr)	-3		0			-3
9	Zayvion Davis (Jr)	4					4
10	Joseph Soho (So)			17	0		17
13	Frank Likely (Sr)		27				27
16	Jayden Lewis (So)	52					52
20	Charles Benson (Jr)	29	5			0	34
22	D. McCloud (Sr)	5					5

Fort Walton Beach

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	116	69	104	4	9	302
0	Dantay Walker (Jr)	0	20	25			45
1	Keelan Shy (Sr)	0	0	21	4		25
3	Carlos White (Jr)	47	0				47
11	Griffin Cann (Sr)	0	0			9	9
13	Cannon Wilbur (Jr)	47	0				47
15	Cairo Kendrick (Jr)	22	0				22
16	Lavin McDaniel (So)	0	49				49
88	Jayden Nguyen (Jr)			58			58

West Florida

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	258	32	32	290
1	Xavier Finley (Sr)	143	32		175
2	Tyree Caldwell (Sr)	27		0	27
5	Dane Elliott (Jr)	1	0	0	1
6	Javon Capell (Sr)	-3			-3
9	Zayvion Davis (Jr)	4			4
13	Frank Likely (Sr)			27	27
16	Jayden Lewis (So)	52			52
20	Charles Benson (Jr)	29		5	34
22	D. McCloud (Sr)	5			5

Fort Walton Beach

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	116	69	69	185
0	Dantay Walker (Jr)	0	0	20	20
3	Carlos White (Jr)	47	0	0	47
13	Cannon Wilbur (Jr)	47	69	0	116
15	Cairo Kendrick (Jr)	22	0	0	22
16	Lavin McDaniel (So)	0	0	49	49

West Florida

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	14	48	62	3.0
2	Tyree Caldwell (Sr)	0	5	5	.0
7	C. Richardson (Sr)	1	5	6	.0
8	B. Ellsworth (Sr)	0	4	4	.0
10	Joseph Soho (So)	1	3	4	.0
11	C. Oliver (Sr)	3	1	4	.0
12	Zachery Smith (Sr)	0	4	4	.0
14	Joe Brown (Sr)	0	5	5	.0
18	Ashton Caldwell (Jr)	3	8	11	1.0
20	Charles Benson (Jr)	2	3	5	2.0
23	Javon Carlisle (Sr)	0	3	3	.0
25	Isaiah Rolle (Jr)	1	0	1	.0
34	Aaron Fieg (Jr)	0	1	1	.0
35	Elijah Henry (Jr)	1	0	1	.0
38	Caydein McNeil (So)	2	3	5	.0
95	Jairus Bailey (Sr)	0	3	3	.0

Fort Walton Beach

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	62	62	5.0
0	Dantay Walker (Jr)	1	1
1	Keelan Shy (Sr)	5	5
2	Austin Bouck (Sr)	7	7	2.0
5	Jamal Jefferson (Sr)	2	2
6	Carmello Thomas (Fr)	1	1
7	Mikko Delong (Sr)	8	8
10	Micah Johnson (Jr)	6	6
11	Griffin Cann (Sr)	8	8
14	Bryson Gay (Jr)	1	1
19	K. Bradley (So)	4	4
23	J. Witherspoon-Seay (Jr)	1	1	1.0
28	Juan Varon (So)	1	1
31	Greyson Kuhl (So)	4	4	1.0
32	Diandre Mayes (Sr)	3	3
40	Charles Lilly (Sr)	7	7	1.0
57	Eli McDaniel (So)	2	2
79	Eric Stouder (Sr)	1	1

West Florida

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl
	Team Totals	2.0	6
18	Ashton Caldwell (Jr)	1.0	6
20	Charles Benson (Jr)	1.0	0

Fort Walton Beach

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks
	Team Totals	3.0
2	Austin Bouck (Sr)	2.0
31	Greyson Kuhl (So)	1.0

West Florida

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Avg	Fmb Rec	Caus
	Team Totals	3	0.0	4	2
11	C. Oliver (Sr)	2	0.0	0	0
12	Zachery Smith (Sr)	0		1	0
14	Joe Brown (Sr)	1	0.0	0	0
18	Ashton Caldwell (Jr)	0		1	1
20	Charles Benson (Jr)	0		1	1
23	Javon Carlisle (Sr)	0		1	0

Fort Walton Beach

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	Fmb Rec	Blk Pnts
	Team Totals	1	9	9.0	1	1
7	Mikko Delong (Sr)	0			1	1
11	Griffin Cann (Sr)	1	9	9.0

Kickoffs

West Florida has not entered any kickoffs stats.

Fort Walton Beach

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	3	90	30.0	34
50	Oscar Gallardo (So)	3	90	30.0	34

West Florida

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	5	137	27.4	47	2
78	David Thompkins (Jr)	5	137	27.4	47	2

Fort Walton Beach

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	86	43.0	46	1
99	Wesley Markoch (Sr)	2	86	43.0	46	1

West Florida

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	FC	KR Yds
	Team Totals	3	17	5.7	9	1	0	0.0	0	0	17
6	Javon Capell (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0
10	Joseph Soho (So)	2	17	8.5	9	1	0	0.0	0	0	17

Fort Walton Beach

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	5	104	20.8	25	1	4	4.0	4	108
0	Dantay Walker (Jr)	1	25	25.0	25					25
1	Keelan Shy (Sr)	1	21	21.0	21	1	4	4.0	4	25
88	Jayden Nguyen (Jr)	3	58	19.3	22					58

West Florida

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	S	Kick Pts
	Team Totals	5	30	4	0	0
1	Xavier Finley (Sr)	3	18
12	Zachery Smith (Sr)	1	6		0
20	Charles Benson (Jr)			4	0
23	Javon Carlisle (Sr)	1	6		0

Fort Walton Beach

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	2
7	Mikko Delong (Sr)	1	6	0
13	Cannon Wilbur (Jr)	1	6	0
50	Oscar Gallardo (So)			2

West Florida

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	0	2	.0	0	0		0	0
25	Isaiah Rolle (Jr)	0	2	.0	0	0		0	0

Fort Walton Beach

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	0	0			2
50	Oscar Gallardo (So)	2	2	1.0	0	0			2

West Florida

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD IR	TD PR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	3	0	2	0	0	0	5
1	Xavier Finley (Sr)	3						3
12	Zachery Smith (Sr)			1	0			1
23	Javon Carlisle (Sr)			1	0			1

Fort Walton Beach

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD FR	Total
	Team Totals	1	1	2
7	Mikko Delong (Sr)	0	1	1
13	Cannon Wilbur (Jr)	1		1

West Florida

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	2	0	2
20	Charles Benson (Jr)	2	0	2

Conversions

Fort Walton Beach has not entered any conversions stats.

Recap Video

Game Recap: West Florida @ FWBH Boys Varsity Football 145 views 2:33

Game Story

Florida High School Football - West Florida over Fort Walton Beach

September 5, 2025: Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the West Florida Jaguars (Pensacola, FL) and the host Fort Walton Beach Vikings (Fort Walton Beach, FL), witnessed West Florida's football squad knock off Fort Walton Beach by a tally of 34-14.

The Jaguars (2-1) will now prepare for their contest against Walton (DeFuniak Springs, FL). The Braves enter the non-league contest with a 2-0 record. In their last contest, Walton gained a win over Holmes County (Bonifay, FL), 19-18, in a non-league contest.

Next up, the Vikings encounter the Booker T. Washington Wildcats (Pensacola, FL) in a non-league bout, on Thursday, September 11. Fort Walton Beach will attempt to advance on its 0-3 season record. The Wildcats go into the bout with a 1-1 record after their 14-13 non-league loss to Milton (Milton, FL).

Coaches Summary

First Quarter

FWB – Wilbur 2 yd. run (Gallardo kick successful)
WFT – Finley 4 yd. run (kick unsuccessful)
WFT – Z. Smith 24 yd. fumble return (run unsuccessful)

Second Quarter

FWB – DeLong blocked kick recovery in end zone (Gallardo kick successful)
WFHS – Finley 6 yd. run (Benson run successful)

Third Quarter

WFT – Carlisle 20 yd. fumble return (Benson run successful)
WFT -Finley 64 yd. run (kick unsuccessful)

Check In
0 - 0 The scorer has checked in. WFHS 0, FWBHS 0

Posted @ 7:40p
Game Attendance
Attendance At least 1,000

Posted @ 7:40p
Field Conditions
Field Conditions Dry

Posted @ 7:40p
Weather Conditions
Weather Conditions Hot

Posted @ 7:40p
0 - 0

Start of Game
West Florida1st Quarter
West Florida kicking off to Fort Walton Beach.

Posted @ 8:02p
0 - 6

Rushing Touchdown
Fort Walton Beach1st Quarter ~10 minutes to go
Fort Walton Beach - Rushing TD. WFHS 0, FWBHS 6

Posted @ 8:07p
0 - 7

Made Point After
Fort Walton Beach1st Quarter ~10 minutes to go
Fort Walton Beach - PAT Good. WFHS 0, FWBHS 7

Posted @ 8:07p
6 - 7

Rushing Touchdown
West Florida1st Quarter ~2 minutes to go
West Florida - Rushing TD. WFHS 6, FWBHS 7

Posted @ 8:23p
6 - 7

Missed Point After
West Florida1st Quarter ~2 minutes to go
West Florida - PAT Missed. WFHS 6, FWBHS 7

Posted @ 8:24p
12 - 7

Fumble Recovery Returned for Touchdown
West Florida1st Quarter ~2 minutes to go
West Florida - Fumble return touchdown. WFHS 12, FWBHS 7

Posted @ 8:26p
12 - 7

Rushing Two Point Conversion Failed
West Florida1st Quarter ~2 minutes to go
West Florida - 2Pt Conversion Failed. WFHS 12, FWBHS 7

Posted @ 8:27p
12 - 7

End of 1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
WFHS 12, FWBHS 7

Posted @ 8:33p
12 - 13

Blocked Punt Returned for Touchdown
Fort Walton Beach2nd Quarter ~9 minutes to go
Fort Walton Beach - Blocked Punt! WFHS 12, FWBHS 13

Posted @ 8:39p
12 - 14

Made Point After
Fort Walton Beach2nd Quarter ~9 minutes to go
Fort Walton Beach - PAT Good. WFHS 12, FWBHS 14

Posted @ 8:39p
18 - 14

Rushing Touchdown
West Florida2nd Quarter ~6 minutes to go
West Florida - Rushing TD. WFHS 18, FWBHS 14

Posted @ 8:48p
20 - 14

Two Point Rush Completed
West Florida2nd Quarter ~6 minutes to go
West Florida - Rushed for a 2Pt Conversion. WFHS 20, FWBHS 14

Posted @ 8:48p
20 - 14

Halftime
Halftime
WFHS 20, FWBHS 14

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Posted @ 9:08p
20 - 14

Start of 3rd Quarter
Fort Walton Beach3rd Quarter
Fort Walton Beach to kick off to West Florida.

Posted @ 9:41p
26 - 14

Fumble Recovery Returned for Touchdown
West Florida3rd Quarter ~8 minutes to go
West Florida - Fumble return touchdown. WFHS 26, FWBHS 14

Posted @ 9:41p
28 - 14

Two Point Pass Completed
West Florida3rd Quarter ~8 minutes to go
West Florida - Pass completed for a 2Pt Conversion. WFHS 28, FWBHS 14

Posted @ 9:41p
34 - 14

Rushing Touchdown
West Florida3rd Quarter ~2 minutes to go
West Florida - Rushing TD. WFHS 34, FWBHS 14

Posted @ 9:55p
34 - 14

Missed Point After
West Florida3rd Quarter ~2 minutes to go
West Florida - PAT Missed. WFHS 34, FWBHS 14

Posted @ 9:56p
34 - 14

End of 3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
WFHS 34, FWBHS 14

Posted @ 10:03p

Highlight Videos

Players of the Game

West Florida (25-26)

Congratulations to #1 Xavier Finley for being selected the Overall West Florida Football Player of the Game.

Fort Walton Beach (25-26)

Fort Walton Beach has not selected any Players of the Game.

West Florida @ FWBHS Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 5, 2025 @ 7p

The Fort Walton Beach (FL) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against West Florida (Pensacola, FL) by a score of 34-14.

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Rankings & Records

West Florida (25-26)

National	FL	Class
2,325	172	19

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
4-3	0-1	2-2	2-1	.571	.000	186	132

Fort Walton Beach (25-26)

National	FL	Class
4,383	270	38

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
2-6	1-1	1-3	1-3	.250	.500	104	174

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
West Florida	5.7	11.5	1.5	5.7	6.0	26.6
Fort Walton Beach	1.0	3.0	4.7	5.8	-	13.0

West Florida Videos

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Team Stat Comparison

West Florida		Fort Walton Beach
206.7	Rushing Yards Per Game	90.3
80.6	Passing Yards Per Game	91.0
80.6	Receiving Yards Per Game	91.0
287.3	Total Yards Per Game	181.3
53.0	Tackles Per Game	57.3
1.3	Sacks Per Game	1.8
-	Points Per Game	8.5
58	Pancake Blocks	-

Team Leaders

West Florida		Fort Walton Beach	National Avg.
#20 Charles Benson95.9	Rushing Yards Per Game	#3 Carlos White46.7	13.2
#1 Xavier Finley67.0	Passing Yards Per Game	#16 Lavin McDaniel59.7	13.9
#5 Dane Elliott43.3	Receiving Yards Per Game	#0 Dantay Walker48.5	10.6
#1 Xavier Finley146.0	Total Yards Per Game	#13 Cannon Wilbur81.3	28.3
#18 Ashton Caldwell8.1	Tackles Per Game	#2 Austin Bouck6.1	2.7
#20 Charles Benson0.6	Sacks Per Game	#2 Austin Bouck0.6	0.3
-	Points Per Game	#13 Cannon Wilbur3.7	2.2
#72 Emanuel Romero17	Pancake Blocks	-	4

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
West Florida	1-2		Fort Walton Beach	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/29/25	Booker T. Washington	West Florida	(L) 28-20	9/11/25	Booker T. Washington	Fort Walton Beach	(L) 14-7
9/12/25	Walton	West Florida	(W) 35-6	9/19/25	Fort Walton Beach	Walton	(W) 21-18
9/19/25	West Florida	Tate	(L) 27-7	8/22/25	Fort Walton Beach	Tate	(L) 21-7

Record Breakdown

West Florida (25-26)		Fort Walton Beach (25-26)
4-3	Overall	2-6
0-1	League	1-1
4-2	Non-League	1-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-2	Common Opponent	1-2
2-2	Home	1-3
2-1	Away	1-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
4-3	In-State	2-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0