Sports Archive

Milton is coming off a turnaround campaign in 2025 and will kick off the 2026 regular season with a Thursday night game against Pensacola Catholic on Aug. 20.

The 2025 state softball runner-up Pace Patriots are unbeaten through their first five games, including three consecutive wins via shutout.

Autumn Boutwell has been named the National Christian College Athletic Association South Region Freshman of the Year.

Pace and Milton both had soccer athletes take part in the Pensacola Sports Association all-star event Feb. 26 at Ashton Brosnaham Park in Pensacola.

Pace’s wrestling team has several wrestlers enjoy success at the FHSAA Region 1-2A meet in Tallahassee this past weekend, including Aden Cortez, who won a regional championship in the 132-lbs. weight class.

L.E.A.D. Academy’s girls basketball team saw its season end in gut-wrenching fashion as the Lions fell 62-59 in overtime on Friday at home to 2025 state runner-up North Florida Educational Institute.

Jay head girls basketball coach Jorey Diamond needed a moment before answering a question about what this season has meant to him.


He fought back getting choked up, pausing before speaking, the sting of a 66-49 loss to Williston in the FHSAA Rural state championship game on Friday night still fresh and cutting deep.

Jay’s girls basketball team is 32 minutes of hoops away from ending a 30-year wait for a state championship.


The Royals face Williston on Friday night in the Rural title game, taking aim at the program’s first state crown since 1996.

L.E.A.D. Academy’s girls basketball team has enjoyed a historic season. The Lions hope to keep it going on Friday night when they host North Florida Educational Institute in a 1A Elite Eight showdown. 

Pace’s baseball team is used to playing with high expectations.


And though the Patriots lost key seniors from last year’s team, they have continued to find ways to win.