The FHSAA Board of Directors voted unanimously by a 10-0 count on Tuesday to approve the open division for the postseason in several sports.


The top eight teams, regardless of classification, will be a part of its own tournament starting this school year for football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, softball, flag football and lacrosse.

Jackson McKenzie won’t have to go too far after entering the transfer portal. The former Pace Patriot is headed to Florida State after spending this past season at Florida A&M.

Tate Jernigan went into the FHSAA 3A state meet focused on putting everything he had into the javelin competition.
“It was my last four throws (of the season). I had to give it all I have,” Jernigan said. “I went in there and threw to the best of my ability.”

Former Jay Royal Caitlyn Gavin has entered the transfer portal.


She made her announcement on social media on Monday.

Aidan Finch and David McCright are former Pace Patriot swimmers who now are on the other side of the pool as coaches.


They launched the Santa Rosa Aquatic Club last year after starting out as youth summer league coaches at Gospel Projects Pool in Milton and are pleased with how far it has come over the last year.

The word on the street is we may soon be going back to the single-game format for the regional tournament in high school baseball.

Brett Watson is one of the best to ever play softball for the Jay Royals, winning a state championship with them in 2022.


Now a coach, Watson typically doesn’t talk with her team about her own personal experiences as a player. But rather she shares advice on what matters most as an athlete.

Best of three? Maybe not for long.


One of the agenda items up for discussion at next week’s FHSAA Board of Directors meeting is centered aroud suspending the best-of-three series format for the high school baseball playoffs.

Hannah DeMarcus is a pretty good softball player.


That statement was backed up again on Thursday as she was named the MaxPreps Florida Player of the Year.

Kelvin Lee’s background in basketball comes with a lot of credibility.


The new head coach of the Pace Patriots boys basketball team has won more than 500 games, including a state championship at Chaminade College Prep in Missouri, and he’s coached NBA players, including Jayson Tatum and Bradley Beal.