Pace’s volleyball team won 19 matches a season ago, marking its best season since 2018.
The Patriots are doing pretty well from an encore standpoint in 2025.
The first set of FHSAA regional rankings are out for football and Milton, Pace and Baker are ranked among the best in their respective classifications.
Jay remains the No. 1 team in Rural Region 1 while Pace, winners of seven in a row, has moved into the top eight in the Region 1-6A volleyball rankings.
Pace’s defense wanted a shutout victory and earned one in a big way last Friday.
In a chippy, penalty-marred game, the host Patriots swarmed to the ball all night. The offense did the rest behind its running game for a 35-0 win over Andalusia.
KD Hall has never forgotten having the football punched out of his hands near the goal line on a potential game-winning touchdown run against Navarre a year ago.
“Oh yeah, I was thinking about that one the whole game. Every time I touched it (the ball), I had to make up for that one,” Hall said.
Jay and Central warmed up on the court as music played ahead of a highly anticipated volleyball match between two rivals Thursday night.
The potential excitement of the evening soon fizzled out as the second official never showed up, forcing the cancelation of the match.
