It was a banner year for sports teams in the area, highlighted by a state championship for Jay in softball and a near title bid for the Pace baseball team, which lost a heartbreaker to Doral Academy in the state final.
Pace’s softball team also made a run to state, reaching the final four for the second consecutive year and Ava Grace Wheaton of Pace captured a state crown in the javelin.
Bethany Dean is headed into her senior year of high school softball already knowing her place at the next level is all squared away.
The Pace utility player has committed to Mobile to continue her athletic career. The opportunity means a great deal to the Patriot standout.
A change in culture makes a difference. Look at Central’s girls basketball team.
The Jaguars are off to their best start in six years with Lewayne Jones II now at the helm of the program.
Pace’s girls weightlifting team made school history a year, finishing second in the state for the first time. The Patriots are on track to build on that performance this season.
The University of West Florida football didn’t need much time to name its next head football coach.
Kaleb Nobles is now in charge of one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II.
Aisley Shields couldn’t miss. At least it felt that way.
Seven times during Pace’s game against rival Navarre Monday night, the junior point guard connected from long range and rose to the occasion defensively to help the Patriots hold off the Raiders 51-43 in a District 1-6A showdown at home.
Aisley Shields nearly loses the ball out of bounds but quickly gets control of it during a game against Gulf Breeze last Monday night.
She dribbles back to the left side of the 3-point line and lets her shot fly, two Gulf Breeze defenders with no chance to defend her as the ball leaves her hand and swishes through the net.
Two Milton softball players signed their letters of intent last week.
Kamille Lucas is headed to NAIA Florida Memorial in Miami Gardens and Audrey Luedtke is bound for NCAA Division II Anderson in South Carolina. Both signed during a ceremony at Milton’s softball field last Wednesday night.
