The Florida Gators are headed to the College World Series in Omaha. Pace alum Brandon Sproat will be a part of it.
Sproat is part of a Gator team that has won its last five, including a 4-0 win Sunday against South Carolina in the Super Regional to punch its ticket to the CWS for the first time in five years.
Broc Parmer wasn’t rattled playing college baseball for the first time in his life.
In fact, in some ways, he was brimming with more confidence than he had even in high school, where he was a standout player at Pace.
Milton head boys basketball coach Cameron Belden is looking for his team to take big steps forward over the summer.
The Panthers went 6-19 last season and are looking to use this month and the next to set the tone for success this winter.
Houston Ramsay called a timeout during a summer tournament game at Pensacola State in early June. The game against area powerhouse Gulf Breeze was not going well, but the head coach of the Patriots didn’t care as much about the 30-plus point deficit as he did about the body language of his team.
Xakery Wiedner has made his decision when it comes to college football.
The player tabbed a Swiss Army knife because of his versatility, announced Sunday he has committed to NCAA Division I Coastal Carolina.
Pace defensive lineman Brandon Beckham faced an uncertain future in football. A sharp pain shot through his knee during his sophomore year of weightlifting.
He sought out medical advice hoping to get it figured out.
Cam Bennett made a comment after his latest MMA bout that he doesn’t get paid by the hour.
An hour wasn’t necessary. He took care of business in 45 seconds in a Main Event at Island Fights in the Pensacola Bay Center last month. It was another impressive win for a fighter who might not look intimidating, but put in him the ring and he gets the job done more often than not.
Ava Johnson’s volleyball career didn’t get off to the best start.
The newly minted Central grad started playing the sport in middle school, but battled injuries in those early days. She broke her foot in seventh grade and her arm in eighth grade.
Pace nearly won a 6A state softball championship last week, falling 5-1 to Bartow in the championship game.
It was the third consecutive year the Patriots made the state tourney, and their first trip to the final since winning it all in 2007. The good news for Pace is a number of key players will be back in 2024, including one of the nation’s top pitchers in Jayden Heavener, an LSU commit.
There is a banner on the outfield fence that highlights the state championship Jay won a year ago in softball.
There are also banners that note the district, regional and state final four trips the Royals have made over the years, but no three-year stretch has been a more impressive program than the one that ended last week.
