Milton’s Garrett Chaffee is a little more than six months removed from a major surgery.


But you wouldn’t know it based on the way he’s lifting lately.

Pace’s boys soccer team has repeated as FHSAA 6A academic state champions.


The Patriots earned the honor for the second year in a row, sporting a 3.534 team GPA.

The new FHSAA classifications are out for fall sports other than football.

Spring break for the area high schools was this past week, marking the last real chill period until the end of the school year.

One month remains in the high school softball season and it’s shaping up to be an interesting stretch run for area teams.

Pace’s Kiiaana Gavere had reached a point where the expectations were too high and her identity outside of wrestling was nonexistent.

In the sport since the age of 3, and not to mention pretty good at it, Gavere nearly walked away.

Dax Brooks set the tone for Pace in its 11-1 run-rule win over Claremore (Oklahoma) Tuesday afternoon.


The sophomore sent the 0-1 pitch soaring to left, rounding the bases before crossing home plate and leaping into a celebration with teammates near the dugout.

Pace’s beach volleyball team has won three of its first six matches and head coach Cody Trimm feels good about how things have gone overall so far this season.

Pace is the No. 1 team in the state in 6A and atop the FHSAA Region 1-6A rankings.

Jay and Central are also ranked among the top teams in the region while Navarre and Milton are just outside the top eight in their respective regions.

Navy Junior ROTC cadets in Santa Rosa County and other areas have been told not to wear their uniforms as a result of instruction from NJRTOC headquarters, which falls under Naval Service Training Command.