In the latest edition of the FHSAA regional rankings, three local teams find themselves in playoff contention.
Pace dropped two spots this week in the Region 1-4S rankings despite opening district play with a 55-24 win over Gulf Breeze while Navarre enters the top eight for the first time this year. Jay checks in at No. 4 in Region 1-1R.
Anyaliz Rodriguez is constantly communicating with her Pensacola State teammates during a volleyball match in early September at Hartsell Arena.
In her second year with the program, the former Milton standout has emerged as a leader for the nationally ranked Pirates, who had won 21 of their first 22 matches heading into the first week of October.
With Georgia approving the opportunity for high school athletes to profit off name, image and likeness (NIL) deals, Florida could be next to go down that road.
The FHSAA is currently looking over the amateurism policy in its handbook before deciding if the state moves closer to becoming the 35th in the nation to add NIL for its high school athletes.
Two games down in Gulf South Conference play and the University of West Florida football team finds itself unbeaten in the league.
The sixth-ranked Argos picked up their latest win Saturday, topping North Greenville 48-24 on the road and improving to 4-1 overall.
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.
