Articles by Gargoyle


Andrea Fernandez Making Her Mark on Women’s Soccer

By Hannah Duffey The love for soccer started at age five when Andrea Fernandez was dabbling around with different sports, trying to find one that stuck with her.   “Soccer in Spain is much more technical and tactical, while in these leagues, the physical is much…


The Flagler football community

By Lexi Ray When you say football or soccer in the United States people instantly think about MLS, FIFA, and now Messi. However, for Toby McCallum, 21, football is a community and an escape from everything else in his life. Football is game like no…


Heartbreak and sport: Why do we keep coming back?

By Nicholas Leo  Winning 24-14 at halftime of the Super Bowl, I start another Eagles chant and down the rest of my beer. I’m surrounded by a sea of green at South-A-Philly in downtown St. Augustine, chest-bumping the owner and halfway through a cheesesteak. Two…


Eagles Flock South, Force Bucs to Walk Plank

By Nicholas Leo TAMPA, Fla — Four hours before Monday Night Football kicked off, Philadelphia Eagles fans stormed into steaming hot parking lots from across the country to do what they so often do: Make an opponents stadium look like South Broad Street. The flood…


Competition to save lives

By Kam Davis After a hard season of keeping the beaches of St. Johns County safe, the St. Augustine Lifesaving Association decided to hold its first-ever rescue board surf competition. Being one of the more densely populated tourist areas in Florida, St. Augustine gets its…


Spike of Resilience

By Nadia Fung Jordan Berglin and Audrey Simmons, whose paths converged on a Flagler volleyball court, discovered a deeper connection—one born from a shared journey of watching their mothers bravely battle breast cancer. Their stories, though distinct, are bound together by a resounding theme of…




Student Sailor: Loftus at home on the sea

By Kathryn Hennessy Not every Flagler College student lives in historic Ponce Hall, or for that matter, even on land. One Flagler student calls a sailboat home. Claire Loftus is a Flagler College Art student who started living on a sailboat in January of 2023….