Another high school season is approaching, and Senate Bill 538, which was passed earlier this year, will have an impact on it. The bill is aimed at controlling the wild west aspect of high school athletics.

Tucker Ricks remembers the first Gulf South Conference game against Montevallo. He worked six scoreless innings, his best inning up to that point in the season for the University of West Florida baseball team.

A lot of pressure came off the shoulders of the Pace grad that day.

Pensacola Christian College will host the National Christian College Athletic Association Division II men’s and women’s basketball tournaments for the next three years, starting in 2027.

Former Pace standout Reice Griffith is receiving preseason recognition as he gets set for his first year at the University of Toledo.

Central’s girls basketball team is young and doesn’t have a ton of depth.

But head coach Stephani Perritt is pleased with the way summer played out for her group.

Autumn Boutwell made quite the impression in her first season of college basketball.

She was the South Region’s best freshman at Pensacola Christian College and ranked second on the team in 3-pointers made, helping the Eagles punch a ticket to nationals.

Pace softball standout Hannah DeMarcus has been named a MaxPreps All-American.

The junior pitcher earned second-team honors after helping to lead the Patriots to an FHSAA 6A state championship in May.  

It seems like every time I turn around another collegiate conference is adding women’s flag football.

It’s not a surprise. The sport is one of the fastest growing in the country and is an emerging sport at the NCAA level. It could very well have championship status by 2028.

Zi Hudson knows he’s expected to be a leader for the Milton Panthers on the basketball court this coming season.

And this summer, he’s shown that he has embraced the opportunity.

Classifications for the FHSAA winter sports season are set and there are some changes, including three-team districts for area 6A basketball and soccer teams.

The new districts will be in place for the next two seasons. Here’s a look at what is changing and what is staying the same.