Pace head softball coach Lexi Alexander raised her arms in the air as she walked up to receive the championship trophy early Saturday evening.


She then went over to her team and jumped forward, setting off a celebration.

As the rain started to fall in the fifth inning of an FHSAA 6A state softball semifinal against Parrish Community Friday afternoon, the Pace Patriots, down a run, found their groove.


Kennedy Franz doubled, Laila Loomis bunted. Gracie Ueberroth soon tied the score with a clutch hit.

Pace plays in a 6A state semifinal against Parrish Community today at Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park in Longwood.


Here are five things to know about Pace heading into the showdown with the Buls at 1 p.m. EST today.

The Uniiversity of West Florida baseball team dropped the opening game of its NCAA Divisioin II South Super Regional on Thursday.

The University of West Florida’s first FCS schedule has been released.


UWF will kick off its Division I era on Aug. 27 with a game against Southern Illinois at Pen Air Field.

Minivans rolled out of town early Wednesday afternoon bound for the Orlando area, a familiar scene for the Pace Patriot softball team this time of year.


Fans cheered as players waved goodbye from open windows as the Patriots headed back to the state final four for the sixth consecutive year.

Ralph Mims is taking on a new role at L.E.A.D. Academy, taking over as head boys basketball coach.

Pace’s softball team is back in the final four and the Patriots will look to move one stop closer to a championship on Friday when they face Parrish Community in a 6A state semifinal.

A couple of former area athletes are headed to the NAIA College World Series.


Jay’s Grayson Shehan plays for Johnson University’s baseball team, which punched a ticket for the first time. Pace’s Bethany Dean is on a University of Mobile team that will play in the event for the first time since 2022.

Sometimes it comes down to just doing what is right for the student athletes in our area high schools.

It doesn’t always happen. State tournaments are played on the day of high school graduations, and even locally, all-star games are played on graduation nights.