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.
They were pumped up and excited, smiling wide and having fun as they celebrated an impressive run through the Region 1-3A boys weightlifting meet Saturday in Navarre.
These Pace Patriots are on a mission to win a team state title, and they moved one step closer to the goal by sweeping the Olympic and traditional crowns in a region considered to be the best in Florida.
Jay’s softball team has won seven of its last nine games, including a 13-3 win over Paxton last Tuesday night.
The Royals, a state final four team a year ago, led 5-0 after two innings and rolled from there.
Are you ready for some football? Or at least a football schedule?
The University of West Florida football team released its schedule earlier this month, and the Argos are set to kick off their 2024 campaign on a Thursday night against McKendree.
Brett Viator has earned Collegiate Conference of the South Golfer of the Week honors. The Pace grad won the Wynlakes Intercollegiate tournament on April 1-2, shooting back-to-back rounds of 68.
Jayden Heavener struck out 20 batters in Pace’s 4-2 win over Green County in softball Tuesday night.
It’s an impressive accomplish standing on its own. It’s even more impressive when the final strikeout of that stellar effort was the 1,000th of the senior standout’s high school career.
