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.

Kaylee Gilbreath took a few selfies with teammates after Jay’s softball team lost to Northview in a Rural Region 1 title game last Tuesday night.


She was capturing a few more moments before bidding farewell to a stellar high school career.

Matt Wood is headed to Soundside, where he will be the school’s first softball and boys cross-country coach.


Wood was announced as the coach on Tuesday.

It was once again a successful year for area teams in boys weightlifting.

Former Pace baseball standout Jackson McKenzie is among 15 semifinalists for the John Olerud Two-Way Player Award.


McKenzie, who is in his first season at Florida A&M, is up for an award that honors the best dual role players in the country.