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 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.

Milton head football coach Ronnie Douglas said his team has made significant strides this offseason and is optimistic going forward into summer workouts.

Britten Kettler flipped her bat and headed around the bases, charged up knowing this was an exclamation point kind of moment for the Pace Patriots in their bid to make it back to state in softball.

Broc Parmer has earned the Will and Mary Hathaway Academic Athlete of the Year Award at Texas-San Antonio.


A Pace alum, Parmer plays baseball for the Roadrunners.

There are no secrets, no surprises, and no lack of knowledge on what Pace and Navarre bring to the table as softball programs.


The Patriots and Raiders have met seven times already in the last two seasons, and Friday’s Region 1-6A championship game will mark meeting No. 8 and the right to go to state.