Sports Archive

Ella Nelson never holds back in sports. Be it volleyball or softball. Or even in school.

For the Jay junior standout, all-out effort mode is all she knows. 

Jacob Delgado is a basketball player. Always has been. 

But it turns out he isn’t too bad at running cross-country either.

Anyaliz Rodriguez knew little about volleyball prior to going into high school at Milton.
Soon enough, it became a sport she grew to love and now plays collegiately at Pensacola State.

“I didn’t even really know what volleyball was until eighth grade, and then my high school coach said I should give it a try. I played freshman year and then said, ‘you know what, I kind of like this.’”

Noah Day makes swimming look easy as he pushes through the water at a recent meet against Pace. 

The Milton senior wins the 50-yard freestyle easily, finishing in under 23 seconds (22.75). It’s the latest win in a season that has been a strong one so far for one of the area’s best swimmers.

Jordan Stull cruises to a win in the 50 Freestyle on a hot Wednesday afternoon in Milton.

It’s business as usual for the Pace junior here at the Gospels Project Pool, with Stull further establishing herself as one of the top swimmers in the area and is pleased with where things stand with a little over a month left in the season.

Gavin Schulte turned in the best performance of his career Saturday morning at the EscaRosa Championship in Pensacola.

Schulte navigated the course at Osceola in a time of 16:45.30 as he finished second overall. His effort helped the Patriots finish second as a team at the meet.

State weightlifting is headed to Lakeland in 2023.

Already the host site for the girls and boys state basketball tournaments, the RP Funding Center will also be the host arena for the girls and boys state weightlifting meets through at least the year 2025.

The Pace girls golf team played two matches this week, including one on Thursday at Stonebrook, its home course.

The Patriots finished third in a three-team match that also featured Gulf Breeze and Tate, shooting a 192.

Braden Duvall shot a 40 to lead the way for Pace in a tri-match with Milton and Gulf Breeze on Thursday afternoon at Tiger Point.

On a hot and humid afternoon on the course, Duvall took charge for the Patriots and shot the third best score of the day overall.

Pace’s cross-country teams dominated the Wildcat Invitational Saturday morning at the Pensacola State-Milton campus.

The Patriots won both meets, with Gavin Schulte winning the race with a time of 17:10.9. He was one of three Pace runners on the boys side that finished in the top 10.