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Once 2-4, Pace’s flag football team is headed to another district championship game.


And the Patriots have a shot at a 3-peat on Thursday night when they take on Niceville in the District 1-3A final at Eagle Stadium. Game time is 6 p.m.

What you probably know about Tanner Martinez is that he is a pretty good weightlifter for the Jay Royals.


What you might not know is he is legally blind.

A Thursday night under the lights is how the University of West Florida football team’s Division I era will begin.


The Argos are set to host Southern Illinois in their first D-I Football Championship Subdivision game on Aug. 27 at Pen Air Field.

Pace and Jay are headed to the baseball postseason.

Pace’s boys track team finished as a runner-up at the District 1-3A meet on Saturday at Pine Forest.

Jay’s baseball team escaped a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning without allowing a run, keeping its deficit at one and breathing new hope into a comeback attempt in a Rural District 1 title game against Northview Friday night.


But the Royals’ bid for a third consecutive district championship ended in the seventh, their dream dashed in a 2-1 loss.

Navarre and Pace are set to head into District 1-3A flag football tournament play.


The Raiders play Monday at home against Crestview while Pace has a first-round bye and plays either Gulf Breeze or Tate in the semifinals on Tuesday.

Central’s baseball team didn’t go down without a fight against Jay Thursday night in a Rural District 1 semifinal.

Jay’s softball team was hoping to get back on track Thursday after back-to-back losses, but the Royals were unable to do so in a 7-2 loss to 2025 state runner-up Northview.

Braiden Cheshire embraced the moment.


Bottom of the seventh inning. Two outs. Two on. A one-run deficit. A District 1-6A championship on the line for the Pace Patriots.