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Pace’s Blakely Tyer really wasn’t interested in football early on.

His friends helped change his mind.

Eleven seniors were on Milton’s baseball roster a season ago, and only one player is back that appeared in all 28 games as a starter for the Panthers during their 18-10 campaign.

Still, that doesn’t mean the cupboard is bare for Milton, which is hoping the younger players who maybe didn’t play as much will use the experience and knowledge they gained in 2021 to their advantage.

For the first time in program history the University of West Florida football team will play all of its games on campus.

The announcement was made Monday morning when the schedule was released. The Argos have five home games on the slate that will all be played at Pen Air Field.

Kirstyn Joiner is excited to be in her first season as the head coach of Milton’s softball team.

She isn’t a stranger to the sport. Joiner played down the road at Pace when she was in high school, helping the Patriots win a state title in 2007, and shined collegiately at the University of Mobile.

If a preseason win over Milton last Wednesday night was any indication of the season ahead, Pace’s baseball team is set up for success.

The Patriots blanked the Panthers 5-0 behind a combined no-hitter anchored by Alabama commit and 2022 Major League Baseball Draft prospect Walter Ford, who struck out nine and also crushed a two-run home run.

Milton linebacker Brodie Gillis has spent his entire high school career working for the opportunity to play college football.

Earlier this month, the senior standout reached his goal, signing a national letter of intent with Huntingdon College.

Before last season began, Lexi Shelby remembers she and her teammates talking about making a run at state.

It ended up being more than just talk as the Patriots reached the final four and now go into this season eager to repeat it. They’ll have a chance to do it with 16 players back, including the entire starting lineup.

Mary Mancin and her Milton Panther girls soccer team rolled back into town from Jacksonville in the early hours of last Wednesday morning.

Their season was now over after an 8-0 loss to Stanton Tuesday night in the opening round of the Region 1-5A regional tournament.

An historic season for Milton’s girls weightlifting team ended with the best finish in the program’s history.

The Panthers finished third in the state at the FHSAA 2A meet Friday at the R. Marion Craig Coliseum in Port St. Joe.