Craig Damon sits down in a conference room and takes a break from a summer leadership conference he’s hosting at Pine Forest in Pensacola to talk about his role as the Executive Director of the Florida High School Athletic Association.
He’s been in the position a little over a year and the work never stops.
Tatum Hasting’s brother played baseball and she used attend his games. That sparked the Pace standout’s interest in playing sports.
“I started playing sports when I was 11 and softball was the first sport I played,” Hasting said.
It wasn’t an easy night for the Jay Royals facing the top team in their region.
Up against Holmes County, the fifth-ranked 1A team in the state and the Region 1-1R leader, the Royals had no answer in a 55-14 loss to the Blue Devils.
CJ Wilson didn’t hesitate to make a play.
He dodged a few defenders and hit the open field, running nearly 40 yards for a touchdown just before halftime, extending the University of West Florida’s lead over Shorter to 14 much to the delight of an energetic homecoming crowd Saturday at Pen Air Field.
There have been different obstacles for Pace’s girls golf team to deal with over the course of this season, like an injury or an illness, but that hasn’t slowed down the Patriots, who continue to work at getting on track.
Cross-country teams from Escambia and Santa Rosa County hit the Osceola Golf Course Thursday in Pensacola for the EscaRosa meet.
Four runners for the Pace girls finished in the top 20, led by Alyssa Clark, who was 10th overall with a time of 21:29.
They brought the pressure early and never let up, the Pace Patriots dominating on defense, especially in the first half, and setting the offense up with a short field.
That intense and determined effort set the stage for a convincing Thursday night win as Pace steamrolled an under-manned and overmatched Pensacola team 49-0 at Jim Scoggins Stadium in Pensacola.
