Makael Williams used to tell friends in middle school he was going to be a starter as a freshman on the varsity football team.
His statements proved true as Williams has been in the Patriots’ backfield the last two seasons.

Emma Messer returned to the volleyball court for the first time since her sophomore season, and, in some ways, it appeared as if she hadn’t missed a beat.
Her smile said it all in Milton’s preseason match with Central on Aug. 12, partly because the team won, but mostly because she was playing a sport she loves again.

After going 0-10 last year, the Milton Panthers wanted to start the 2025 football season on the right foot.
They did just that, defeating the Crestview Bulldogs 20-19 in a come-from-behind overtime victory on Friday night at Hurley Manning Field.

Jay’s football team kicked off their 2025 season in style, dominating the Stingrays 40-0 at home last Friday night.
Jay received the opening kickoff and wasted no time putting up points.

Pace’s football team certainly had opportunities to pull out a season-opening win over Mary G. Montgomery Friday night in Alabama.
The Patriots and Vikings were tied at 21-21 at one point in the third quarter before MGM pulled away for the win.

After being swept in an opening season loss at South Walton, the Pace Patriots came out hungry and determined for a victory at home on Thursday night.
The foes standing in their way were the Booker T. Washington Wildcats, who were coming off a sweep of their own by Gulf Breeze.

Jay’s volleyball team is on a roll in the early going of the season, winning three consecutive matches.

Week one of the high school football season is here for Pace, Milton, Jay and Central.
Pace and Milton both have games that headline the first slate of games, with the Patriots traveling to Mary G. Montgomery and the Panthers hosting Crestview.

Kaleb Nobles said he likes what he has seen out of his University of West Florida football team heading into the 2025 season.
And the Argos are ready to get another year going, opening next Friday night against Lenoir-Rhyne at PenAir Field.

Central’s Volleyball team bounced back from a preseason loss to Milton, winning in five games against the Panthers last Tuesday.
The Jaguars won the match 25-14,25-20, 20-25,21-25,15-6.