Pace grad Jayden Heavener is already earning recognition, and her first season of college softball at LSU hasn’t even started yet.
Heavener has been named one of the best 100 players in the country by Softball America.
Talking about the record of Pace’s girls soccer team on paper doesn’t tell the whole story.
Yes, the Patriots have just three wins in 12 games, but their schedule has been grueling to say the least, with no shortage of area powerhouses on it.
The Pace Patriot boys soccer team had only one win going into its senior night showdown with North Bay Haven Tuesday night, making it the underdog.
But games are played on the field, not on paper, and the Patriots wrote a success story on a chilly January evening at home, knocking off the Buccaneers 4-3.
Pace’s girls basketball team had just watched its double-digit lead shrink to six and now needed to do enough down the stretch to secure a victory over rival Navarre Tuesday night at home.
The Patriots did just that, notching a 43-35 victory in a District 1-6A battle.
Jackie Ruffini is the lone senior on this year’s Milton girls soccer team and was recognized prior to the Panthers’ game against Pine Forest on Monday night.
Hayden Morris is currently in the midst of basketball season with the Jay Royals, and soon enough he’ll be back on field playing baseball for the reigning 1A state champions.
Last fall, he was named the District 1 Rural Player of the Year in Florida after shining on the football field for the Royals as a quarterback and safety.
Pace football standout Grant Wise has been named a Junior All-American by MaxPreps.
Wise earned second-team honors as an offensive lineman after playing a key role in the Patriots’ success this past season.
Jay’s girls basketball team remains second in the latest Rural Region 1 rankings.
The Royals are the No. 4 team in the state and sit behind second-ranked Holmes County.
Pace’s boys basketball team closed the gap against Navarre to a single basket in a District 1-6A battle last Friday night.
A layup by Joeseph Skipworth as time expired at the end of the third pulled the Patriots within 25-23 after they trailed 22-12 at the half.
