Sports Archive

A group of ESE students couldn’t stop smiling as they walked up to the table where Pace’s Ben Tyner had just signed his national letter of intent to play football at Air Force and posed for photos with him.
It highlights the fact that Tyner is not only makes a difference on the field, but he’s pretty good at making one off it as well.

It’s just after 9 a.m. on a Tuesday morning in early February and the Milton Panther boys basketball team has traded backpacks and books for travel bags and basketballs.
The Panthers (19-7) are gearing up to hit the road for the second consecutive year to play in the Region 1-6A tournament despite going back-to-back as district champs.

Jay’s girls basketball players stood on the court smiling, their excitement level undeniable, as they waited for the trophy they worked hard for all night.
Once they had it, the celebration started, the Royals jumping up and down, holding the hardware up high as they celebrated another district championship.

Milton’s boys basketball team is headed back to the Region 1-6A tournament.
The Panthers are the fifth seed for the tourney and will take on fourth-seeded Oviedo on the road Wednesday night.

Jayden Heavener was one of the best players in the nation while in high school at Pace.
The former Patriot star is on her way to making a case for being one of the nation’s best at the college level as well after throwing a perfect game in her LSU debut on Friday.

Hurlburt Field – As the final seconds ticked away on the game clock, the crowd cheered, and teammates came off of the bench to congratulate one another. 

The Hurlburt Field Air Commandos basketball team had clinched yet another win with a 76-68 win over the Eglin Eagles on Jan. 10. 

When the ball is in Grace Manor’s hands, something good is going to happen.
Several times during Pace’s District 1-6A girls basketball quarterfinal against Navarre Tuesday night, Manor rose to the occasion.

Central’s boys basketball team battled from start to finish last Monday in a Rural District quarterfinal against Laurel Hill.

Pace’s boys basketball team didn’t go down without a fight in its District 1-6A tournament game Monday night.
Up against the second-seeded Crestview Bulldogs, the Patriots closed within five going into the final quarter before falling 55-40 as their season came to an end.

Treymar Jones tossed up a 3-pointer in the third quarter of a District 1-6A quarterfinal against Navarre and turned away as he fired up the shot in the corner, feeling confident the ball was dropping in.
It did indeed swish through the net, the student section erupting in cheers, on a night when the Milton Panthers dominated the Raiders 71-32 as their bid for a championship repeat got underway.