Nate Simmons wasn’t sure he’d ever get back to playing college football again.
After being away from the game for more than a year, the Pace grad has found a home at Lighthouse Christian College, a first-year program.
October has arrived and that means it’s the final full month of the regular season for high school football in Santa Rosa County.
This week, Pace welcomes to small school power Madison County to town for its homecoming game while Jay and Central square off for the first time at the varsity football level.
Jay avenged a four-set loss to reigning state champion Baker with a win over the Gators Tuesday night.
In a battle of top 10 teams, Jay prevailed in a hard-fought road match that went back and forth as expected.
Navarre and Pace remain among the top eight in one of the toughest regions in high school volleyball while Jay and Baker are among the top four in the Rural region.
Rarely do you see excitement from college students over rising and shining bright and early Saturday morning.
But the description fits the reaction of the Pensacola State women’s soccer players in a post-practice huddle after head coach Mark Yepshin gave them the green light to show up at the weight room for a 6 a.m. workout session.
With just under nine minutes to play in the opening half of a Sept. 30 homecoming game against Mosley, the Milton Panthers had new life.
Cade Pierce found Bryson Brown in the end zone. Brown, a state champion weightlifter and big time playmaker, came down with the ball, helping Milton slice the Dolphins’ lead to 14-7.
Pace senior Belle McNally said she was ‘trying not to cry’ as she talked about Amy Wolfenden, the former Patriot boys swim coach who passed away in May at the age of 50 while competing in a triathlon.
McNally met Wolfenden at a young age and couldn’t say enough good about how meaningful it was to see the Pace Patriot Invitational get rededicated as the Wolfenden Memorial Invitational on Sept. 28.
Central’s first varsity football season has not been an easy one.
The Jaguars are still searching for their first win after losing 35-0 to Rocky Bayou last Saturday night at Steve Riggs Stadium in Fort Walton Beach.
Jay’s football team traveled across the Escambia River to renew a longtime rivalry against Flomaton Friday night.
Hoping for their first win over the Hurricanes since 2001, the No. 1 Royals lost 24-17.
