Milton’s boys basketball team won a district championship a year ago and a lot of those same players are back for the 2024-25 campaign.
The Panthers got their first look of this team in a live game this past week in a preseason tournament at home. Pace and Central also took part in the event.
Jay’s football team has raised the bar this year, recording a nine-win campaign.
Now, the fifth-seeded Royals (9-1) look to keep this special season going when they face No. 12 seed Fort White at home in a FHSAA Rural regional quarterfinal Friday night at 7 p.m.
Pace’s goal all year has been to get to the FHSAA football playoffs after being denied a trip last year.
The Patriots are there and get things rolling this week when they take on Oviedo at home Friday in a Region 1-6A quarterfinal.
Big shots, tight games, hustle plays, energy and intensity. It was all on display in a preseason tournament at Pace last week.
The host Patriots, as well as Milton, Central, Jay and West Florida Baptist all took part in a tip-off event that gave teams a chance to see how they stack up against live action.
Jay’s cross-country teams wrapped up their season at the Region 1-1A meet on Nov. 8 at the Cecil Field Golf Course in Jacksonville.
The Royals placed 12th as a team in the boys race and 14th in the girls race.
The University of West Florida returns home today to take on North Greenville at Pen Air Field.
The Argos and Trailblazers kick this Gulf South Conference matchup off at 2 p.m. Here’s a look at three things to know about today’s game.
Pace didn’t go to the playoffs last season. Never mind that the Patriots were 8-2.
This year, however, no one, not even the FHSAA, can keep Pace out of the postseason as the Patriots are set to face Oviedo next Friday night at home.
Jay’s football team won seven games a year ago and already has nine wins this season.
The Royals have a chance to add to that total when they open Rural postseason play against Fort White next Friday night at home.
Shortly after 5 p.m. on a Thursday night in early November, Pace’s football team is wrapping up practice.
A year ago at this time, the Patriots’ season was over, their playoff dream crushed when the computer that crunches the numbers for the FHSAA regional rankings spit out a result that 8-2 wasn’t good enough for an at-large bid.
