The Jay Royals’ softball team has won four consecutive games, including wins over Paxton and Blacksher this week. 

Jay’s Chase Dooley flashed a smile and flexed immediately after breaking a Navarre Invitational record he had set moments earlier.


Dooley ended up hitting a 365-lbs. clean and jerk lift, making it look almost too easy, on his way to a first-place finish in Olympic and a runner-up finish in Traditional in the unlimited class.

Pace’s boys weightlifting team certainly has the highest aspirations, aiming to bring home another state championship this season.


But winning the Navarre Invitational is a big deal as well for the Patriots, especially because of the competition they are up against, and they claimed the crown once again on Wednesday.

Milton’s Matt Anderson has been named the Florida Athletic Coaches Association District 1 Coach of the Year.

As I watched Jay’s girls basketball season end with a 66-49 loss to Williston in the FHSAA Rural state championship game on the final Friday night of February in Jacksonville, the initial thoughts were on how tough it is to lose after coming so far.

Milton’s softball team started feeling the pressure a bit as Choctaw sliced its deficit to two in the top of the sixth inning last Friday night.


But these Panthers have confidence and refused to be rattled.

Pace’s Kiiaana Gavere is a state champion.


The senior standout wrestler for the Patriots won an FHSAA championship Saturday with a 14-7 win over Ennis Coakley of Sunlake in the 140-lbs. weight class.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will play a game at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field on May 27.

The University of West Florida men’s basketball team is headed to the Gulf South Conference championship after a 79-72 win over Lee in the semifinal round on Thursday night at the UWF Fieldhouse.

The Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Games are slated for March 12 at Hartsell Arena in Pensacola.


Santa Rosa County will be well represented in the game. Tip-off for the girls contest is 5 p.m. The boys game gets rolling at 7 p.m.