Forget about shying away from pressure.
Zoe Mattes wanted the weight of it on her shoulders as she lined up for a chance to put the finishing touches on a penalty kick shootout against Navarre in a District 1-6A semifinal Thursday night.

The latest FHSAA regional rankings are out for high school soccer and two teams in our coverage are remain in the top eight.
Pace’s girls soccer team is third this week while Navarre is eighth in Region 1-6A.

The FHSAA playoffs are the next stop for Pace, Milton, Baker Jay and Crestview.

Milton softball alum Lexi Hawthorne played in the Triple Crown International Challenge last month in Colorado and finished out the experience with a bronze medal.
It was her second time playing in the event as she also played for Team Canada the summer leading up to her sophomore year with the Panthers.

Nathaniel Lyons Jr. ran across the finish line in his first track meet of the year last month, taking first in the 100.
But the joy of that victory runs much deeper than what shows on the surface for the Pace senior when you consider Lyons was in a hospital bed fighting for his life six months earlier.

Reigning 3A state champion Pace claimed the Olympic and traditional championships at the Navarre Invitational on Wednesday.

They had lost to top-ranked Valdosta State on the road, the University of West Florida Argos falling 26-21 despite a furious second-half rally after trailing 20-0 at the half.
Their 2019 playoff hopes weren’t dashed, but if the Argos were going to make an NCAA Division II national championship run, they’d have to do it without home field advantage.

October has arrived and that means it’s the final full month of the regular season for high school football in Santa Rosa County.
This week, Pace welcomes to small school power Madison County to town for its homecoming game while Jay and Central square off for the first time at the varsity football level.

Crestview threw everything except the kitchen sink at Pace last week in a massive district opener for both teams. The Bulldogs ran a fake punt in their own territory on their opening drive, faked an extra point for a successful two-point conversion and kicked several onside kicks, though those came after the Patriots had opened […]

Friday night was nothing new for Pace, which survived nail-biter in overtime, prevailing 17-14 over Mary G Montgomery in a tightly contested season opener.
The Patriots won the game over one of the best teams in Alabama on the strength of a game-winning field goal by Caleb Nelson.