The University of West Florida has secured a partnership with Influxer to provide student-athletes at the school with the opportunity to monetize their name, image and likeness (NIL) with personalized merchandise.
Last summer, Risen Savior Lutheran Church held a youth soccer camp to help children in kindergarten through sixth grade hone their athletic skills while also teaching them about the gospel of Jesus Christ. The multi-day event was such a success that Pastor Craig Born and the church have decided to bring it back for 2024.
Central’s football team will make its varsity program debut Aug. 30 when it hits the road for a game in Uriah, Alabama, where it will face J.U. Blacksher.
The Jaguars currently have eight games on their 2024 schedule. Five of those are on the road.
Cadence Wermers is one of those athletes who wasn’t always in the spotlight during her high school career at Pace.
But what she did do was embrace her role no matter what sport it was and made an impact.
Jayden Heavener is the MaxPreps Florida Player of the Year in softball.
That isn’t a surprise considering how good the future LSU Tiger was during her prep career at Pace, especially last week in Clermont when the senior star helped lead the Patriots to a 6A state championship.
It may only be a matter of time now before NIL is reality in high school athletics in Florida.
The FHSAA’s Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on it next Tuesday during its meeting, according to FHSAA Executive Director Craig Damon.
Former Milton Panther Boo Weekley is headed to his latest PGA Tour Champions event in something a little more interesting than a rental car.
He’s taking U-Haul.
Lexi Alexander was an athlete at Milton. Her dad, Danny Worrell, coached there. In fact, he coached her in softball during her days as a Panther.
But on a Friday night in late May at the Legends Way Ballfields in Clermont, the two were together on the field as coaches celebrating the thrill of leading Pace to a 6A state championship in softball.
