Sports Archive

Central hosted Wewahitchka last Friday night for the Jaguars’ first football game in three weeks due to the effects of Hurricane Isaias.

After shaking off some early rust, Central topped the Gators 20-18 with a strong second-half performance.

Navarre, Pace and Milton competed at the District 1-3A meet at Frank Brown Park in Panama City on Thursday.

And several swimmers qualified for the regional, which takes place Tuesday in Gainesville.

When Jacavier Lewis scored a touchdown with just over five minutes to play in the opening quarter, it appeared the Milton Panthers had grabbed the momentum in a game against Escambia that started off a little shaky for both sides.

For the first time in October, area runners competed in a big invitational. They put their running skills to the test on a mild Thursday afternoon at the Escambia County Equestrian Center in Pensacola.

It feels like forever since we’ve had football in Santa Rosa County because of Hurricane Isaias and its aftermath.

But the drought ends this week as Milton, Pace, Central and Jay are all back in action this week. Here’s a quick look at the matchups.

The University of West Florida Argos are ranked No. 23 in this weeek’s American Football Coaches Poll.

Emory Williams put together a breakout kind of game for the East Carolina Pirates in their 42-9 win over NC Central last month.

The former Milton Panther completed 25 of his 36 passes for 341 yards and three touchdowns.

Pensacola State’s women’s soccer team is a Region 8 Division II champion for the fourth year in a row.

After winning 3-2 in comeback fashion on Oct. 15 over Pasco-Hernando, the Pirates beat the same team the next day by a 3-1 score to clinch the crown.

Jay and Navarre are postseason bound in volleyball.

The Royals are the No. 1 seed in Rural Region 1 while the Raiders are the eighth seed in Region 1-6A.

When Jay’s volleyball team wrapped up practice on Oct. 7, it had no idea it wouldn’t practice again for a week and had no clue what was ahead in terms of playing the district tournament.

While the Royals knew Hurricane Isaias was targeting Northwest Florida, the storm hit the north end of Santa Rosa County harder than expected on Oct. 9, devastating the area.