The fog began to slowly descend upon the pitch at Hurley Manning Field last Tuesday night. It was like a thick blanket where it was almost impossible to see anything.
That didn’t stop the Milton Panthers and the Pensacola High Tigers from squaring off in another regular-season matchup.
Before the season began first-year Pace head coach Richard Carroll worked out a schedule that would challenge his team.
He had good reason to take that approach after the team showed signs of promise during a 6-8-1 season in 2021. Eight starters were expected to be back and a total of 11 seniors were set to be on the roster.
Kamille Lucas jokes that it sometimes feels as if she doesn’t even have time to sit down. And really, to describe her as busy is an understatement.
Between volleyball, travel softball, high school softball and going to school, her schedule is pretty full.
Reggie Allen is in his second go-round as the head coach of the Pace wrestling team and the expectations are still the same.
“People see Pace and they know we come in ready to wrestle,” Allen said.
Nearly a month into the season Milton girls weightlifting head coach Raymond Busby likes what he has seen from his team.
The Panthers enjoyed their latest dose of success last Monday in a dual meet with Washington, edging the Wildcats 48-40 in the Olympic portion of the meet and winning 50-39 in the traditional portion.
Yes, the Jay Royals have a young girls basketball team. There is only one junior and one senior on the roster.
And yet, they’ve managed to get off to a strong start, winning their first three games, including a 55-37 victory over Catholic last Monday night in Pensacola.
Jay’s boys basketball team took a huge step forward last year. The Royals did lose in the district final but they were able to win a regional tourney game to help punctuate their 18-win campaign.
Now, with a new season on the horizon, Jay is ready to do more.
Lewayne Jones II laid his expectation for the season right out there on day one for Central’s girls basketball team
As the new head coach of the Jaguars, he was simple and to the point in regard to what he wants to see his team achieve this year.
Four games into the season, Milton’s girls soccer team has seen mixed results, but the one thing the Panthers know they can count on night in and night out is a will to battle.
“I’ve seen a lot of willingness to run through a brick wall if they had to,” Milton head coach Mary Murphy said. “If we don’t have the best touch on a ball, my goodness we are going to win the ball back. We’ve done a good job of that so far.”
Ben Clements wants to change the culture at Milton. That’s his focus in his first season as the head coach of the boys soccer program.
“I’m trying to grow the program,” Clements said. “It’s been looked over in the past. By the end of the season, we don’t want it looked over anymore. That is what we are trying to achieve.”
