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Another football season has arrived and there are two 1,000-yard rushers returning for their senior seasons.

Pace’s Makael Williams and Jay’s Jaymes Youngblood both went over the 1,000-yard mark and enter 2026 with high hopes of doing it for the third year in a row.

Tate Rodriguez and Sergio Robinson didn’t take the high jump too seriously at first.

But as time went on, the two Milton Panther track standouts became pretty good at the event. In fact, they made it to state this past season.

Caroline Powell has been named the new softball coach at Pensacola State.

Central is getting some upgrades to its school, and on that list is a new athletic fieldhouse.

The University of West Florida football team is picked to finish last in the United Athletic Conference preseason poll.

There was no shortage of talent in the Class of 2026 and many of those athletes are now headed to the next level.

Here’s a look at where those athletes are playing next.

Carson Lowe is headed to Central Arkansas to continue his track and field career after spending his freshman season at Grambling.

But the former Pace standout took some time earlier this summer to look back on year one as a college athlete.

Jay Lindsey is a football coach because of the influence his dad, the legendary Mickey Lindsey, had on him.

“My dad is my hero. I wanted to follow in his footsteps,” Jay said.

Pace’s girls soccer team held youth camp this week, giving young soccer players an opportunity to learn more about the game.

As the dog days of summer roll on, the Jay Royals football team has been busy with its offseason practice program, where players alternate between the weight room and the practice field in hopes of putting themselves in the best position to succeed.