Sports Archive

Gavin Schulte led the way as Pace clinched a team victory at Saturday’s Lumberjack 5K on the Pensacola State-Milton campus.

Schulte ran a time of 18:03.1 to take first overall. Teammate Eli Tyner was right behind him, placing second in a time of 18:24.6.

Pace was supposed to play a volleyball match last Wednesday night, but Fort Walton Beach had to cancel because of a schedule conflict.

So the Patriots used the night to run a practice and use the time to get a little bit better in a season that has been all about improvement.

Troy Johnston has been named the Double-A MVP of the Miami Marlins organization.

The standout hitter played in 85 games with the Blue Wahoos in 2022, hitting .292.

After a fast 3-0 start to the season, the Pace Patriots dropped their second heart-breaker in a row, falling 35-28 to the visiting Gulf Breeze Dolphins Friday night.

Despite the setback, Pace Head Coach Kent Smith still has faith in his Patriots, who were coming off a bye week after losing 29-21 to Crestview two weeks ago.

Ella Nelson never holds back in sports. Be it volleyball or softball. Or even in school.

For the Jay junior standout, all-out effort mode is all she knows. 

Jacob Delgado is a basketball player. Always has been. 

But it turns out he isn’t too bad at running cross-country either.

Anyaliz Rodriguez knew little about volleyball prior to going into high school at Milton.
Soon enough, it became a sport she grew to love and now plays collegiately at Pensacola State.

“I didn’t even really know what volleyball was until eighth grade, and then my high school coach said I should give it a try. I played freshman year and then said, ‘you know what, I kind of like this.’”

Noah Day makes swimming look easy as he pushes through the water at a recent meet against Pace. 

The Milton senior wins the 50-yard freestyle easily, finishing in under 23 seconds (22.75). It’s the latest win in a season that has been a strong one so far for one of the area’s best swimmers.