Ron Dickerson Jr. goes over the keys to being successful as a wide receiver at a preseason practice.
He’s the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for the University of West Florida football team, and the funny thing about the fact that he’s coaching football, something he’s done for more than two decades, is that he didn’t think he’d ever do it.
The Jay Royals had rolled through their first four games of the season without a loss.
But the unbeaten run came to an end Friday night as Jay lost 22-6 on the road to a Destin team that also came into the night without a loss on its record.
There might have been a full moon over Cantonment Friday night, but it wasn’t superstition that led to Milton High’s 45-7 District 1-4S loss at the hands of the Tate Aggies.
The Pace Patriots opened District 1-4S play last week with a 55-24 win over the Gulf Breeze Dolphins, breaking a six-year losing streak to the Dolphins to move to 4-1 for the season.
It’s halftime at Pen Air Field on a Saturday night and the University of West Florida has already rolled up 35 points.
The sixth-ranked Argos go on to score 14 more in a 49-21 win over West Georgia in a convincing Gulf South Conference victory.
Jay was poised to knock off Milton in a rivalry matchup in mid-September. The Royals had forced a fifth and deciding set against the Panthers for the second time this season.
Like the first time, Jay came up short.
At times this season Milton’s volleyball team has struggled to find consistency. The Panthers’ season has been up and down.
But there is optimism, something head coach Jan Cupp talked about after a five-set win over county rival Jay in late September.
The second half of the high school football season begins Friday night and Pace, Jay and Milton are all in action.
The Patriots and Royals are coming off bye weeks while the Panthers are looking to snap a two-game losing streak.
