With the final week of the regular season coming up soon, several area teams remain in playoff contention based on the latest FHSAA regional rankings.
Jay’s girls basketball team is second in Rural Region 1 while the Royals’ boys team is fourth. In Region 1-6A, Milton’s girls basketball team is sixth and the boys are eighth.
The District 1-6A soccer tournament brackets are set, with action scheduled to get underway on Thursday.
Navarre’s boys and girls soccer teams are both seeded second and get a bye in the opening round. Pace’s boys soccer team will host Milton in a tourney opener while the Milton girls will host Pace.
Let the story of Michael Carter provide a valuable lesson to all young athletes out there who aspire to one day be the best they can be in their respective sports.
Carter is a former Navarre Raider running back, the best in school history to be exact, and he just finished up his fourth year in the NFL.
Autumn Boutwell was 8 years old when she started playing basketball. She played other sports in the past, like T-ball, soccer and cheerleading, but having a basketball in her hands was a feeling like no other.
It’s getting tougher to play the recruiting game as a high school athlete.
Between the transfer portal, Name Image and Likeness deals and roster limits at the Division I level that all but eliminate walk-on opportunities, athletes in high school who dream of one playing a college sport are finding it tougher to find a home.
Jay’s girls and boys basketball teams are both in the top half of the latest FSHAA regional rankings while Milton’s boys and girls basketball teams are also in the top eight this week.
Brady Godwin knows how tough it can be to transition from one sport to the next. Fresh off an extended football season, he and his teammates that were on the gridiron for the Royals needed time to get their basketball legs underneath them.
It appears they have that under control now as the Royals are on a roll, pushing their win streak to five games with a 57-26 road win over L.E.A.D. Academy last Monday night.
Thirty-two minutes of intensity, energy, big shots, excitement, all-out effort and physical play highlighted a girls basketball rivalry between Jay and Pace that never disappoints.
Forget about the Rural and 6A distinction that the Royals and Patriots are, respectively. It doesn’t matter. This game Monday night in a raucous gym in Pace was a battle between two teams fighting for a big win, playing as if a trophy was on the line.
