Sports Archive

Pace’s Kiiaana Gavere is a state champion.


The senior standout wrestler for the Patriots won an FHSAA championship Saturday with a 14-7 win over Ennis Coakley of Sunlake in the 140-lbs. weight class.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will play a game at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field on May 27.

The Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Games are slated for March 12 at Hartsell Arena in Pensacola.


Santa Rosa County will be well represented in the game. Tip-off for the girls contest is 5 p.m. The boys game gets rolling at 7 p.m.

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.