Jay’s volleyball team is on a roll early on this season. The Royals are unbeaten through five games after knocking off Northview in four sets Tuesday.
Jay won the match 25-9, 21-25, 25-20, 25-20 to keep its perfect record intact.
Pace finished second in the overall team standings at a tri-meet with Navarre and West Florida Tech last Tuesday afternoon at the Pullum YMCA.
The Patriot boys had three event winners, including Brandon Carney, who won the 200 Freestyle (2:14.07).
Pace could feel its lead slipping away in the second set of its match against rival Milton Tuesday night.
A once commanding 10-point advantage had been trimmed to four, But then, that was to be expected in a battle of two schools separated by a little more than eight miles.
Milton’s Gabi Wright is one of the better golfers in the area and came through with medalist honors at a tri-match against Navarre and Pace Tuesday afternoon at Hidden Creek.
Wright checked in with a 39 to pace the Panthers.
Eli Tyner picked up his speed as he charged towards the finish line, the rain beginning to fall a little harder as the sophomore took aim at putting a bow on a top 15 finish at the Patriot Invitational on Sept. 2.
The Pace sophomore ended up 15th overall, recording a time of 18:26.9, and felt good about his finish.
The Jay Royals recovered Freeport’s onside kick with less than two minutes to play and ran out the clock to seal the deal on a 20-14 win last Friday night.
At 2-0, Jay is off to its best start in more than a decade.
There was little doubt about the University of West Florida coming out on top in its season opener against Kentucky Wesleyan Friday night at Pen Air Field.
The Argos came in ranked in the top nationally and coming off a third NCAA Division II final four appearance in program history. Kentucky Wesleyan was unranked and won just two games in 2022.
The Patriots took a tough loss last Friday night against the Lincoln Trojans, falling 21-7 at home and dropping to 1-1 on the season.
The Patriot defense came out of the gate strong, stopping the Trojans from putting up points in the first quarter. The Trojan defense had the same energy and forced the Patriots to punt twice in the opening quarter.
Week two of the high school football season is here and Pace, Milton and Jay, all coming off wins last week, are in action Friday night.
Pace hosts Lincoln, Milton travels to powerhouse Niceville and Jay is on the road against Freeport.
