Amaya Pablo hadn’t forgotten those two losses to Navarre in the regular season. None of her Pace Patriot teammates did either.
To say it was motivation is an understatement.
Andrew Anderson ran hard down the track on a windy afternoon at the Frank Lay Patriot Invitational April 5 in Pace.
One of the top sprinters in the area, Anderson admits the wind was a challenge to deal with, but he was pleased to still finish second overall in an 11.47.
Jackson McKenzie has played in 10 games for Mississippi State’s baseball team. The 2023 Pace grad has come through with three hits and driven in a run for the Bulldogs.
Monday night baseball might be one of the most dreaded things for a high school baseball team.
Yet for Pace, which has been one of the hottest teams in the area, it found a way to survive on a night that is never easy to play on, especially away from home.
Pace’s softball team remains the No. 1 team in the region in 6A while Milton has moved up to fourth in the region this week.
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Jay is still No. 2 in the region in 1A.
Central remains the No. 1 team in Region 1-1A for baseball while Pace has jumped to No. 5 this week in the region in 6A.
Jay is also in the top four in the region in 1A.
Kendall Ballou came home with a state weightlifting championship for the first time in his high school career last season.
Ballou claimed the 129 lbs. title in traditional. This year, the senior Pace lifter moved up to 139 but hasn’t missed a beat.
Bryson Brown has a bit of a chip on his shoulder.
In 2023, the Milton junior tied for first at the 3A state meet but was forced to settle for second in the traditional competition by virtue of his competitor weighing slightly less.
Jay and Central will have lifters competing at the 1A state weightlifting meet April 20 at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
Central’s Corbin James and Jay’s Matthew Hendricks and Chase Dooley have all earned a trip to state.
There was a time when Milton wasn’t on the radar as a state title contender in boys weightlifting.
Times have changed. The Panthers showed that again Saturday at the Region 1-3A meet in Navarre, placing third in Olympic and traditional in perhaps the most challenging region in Florida.
