Ella Nelson has established herself at the college level during her freshman year at Samford and was just named the Southern Conference Player of the Week.
It’s regional meet week in boys weightlifting. The Region 1-3A meet is Wednesday in DeLand and the Region 1-1A meet is Saturday at Baker.
In both meets, there will be no shortage of representation from Northwest Florida.
It was a matchup worthy of late April or early May. Jay and Pace squaring off in a game between two unbeaten teams ranked in the state and sitting atop their respective regions.
On this Friday night in March in Pace, it was the Royals who prevailed, scoring 10 runs in the sixth to pull away for a 17-6 win in six innings over the reigning 6A champion Patriots.
Jay, Pace, Central and Milton are all ranked high in the latest regional polls for their respective classes.
Central is second in Rural Region 1 and is 12-1 through its first 13 games. The Jaguars have won five in a row.
Jay’s Chase Dooley and Dolan Enfinger are District 1-1A weightlifting champions.
The two lifters for the Royals turned in strong performances at Wednesday’s district meet at Baker as the road to state begins for both athletes.
Autumn Boutwell sat at a table in the lobby of the gymnasium at Central where so many big shots and life-long memories have been made over the course of her high school career.
Here on a Wednesday afternoon in late March, it was finally signing day for Boutwell, who is taking her basketball talents to Pensacola Christian College.
Pace and Navarre continue to stay on track for a postseason berth in flag football.
The Patriots are ranked second in Region 1-3A this week while the Raiders are seventh. The top eight teams make the playoffs, with district champs securing automatic berths.
Joey Nieves made a big impact in his two seasons as the head coach of the Milton Panthers boys basketball team.
But he made a tough decision Tuesday to step down from his position after an impressive run with the Panthers.
