Football season kicks off for real Friday night and it will be an opportunity for area athletes to showcase their skills.
The Panhandle never has a shortage of talent, and this year won’t be an exception. While there are a lot of great players in our coverage area, here is a look at some to keep your eye on in the season ahead.
Go back to late June and the football field at Central High is starting to look like, well, a football field as the first varsity season approaches.
Bleachers were being constructed at the time and have since been completed. Goalposts are already in place. So is a scoreboard and play clock.
The Pace varsity football team finished off a great night for Patriots of all ages, dominating West Florida 27-0 in a scrimmage meant to get both teams ready for next week’s season openers. And that was in only two quarters of play. “It was a good night. I felt like we had to get reps […]
Milton’s football team was looking for an early spark against Choctaw Thursday night.
The Panthers seemingly found it early in the first drive, running a couple of plays after a solid kickoff return by Kaiden Hall.
Central’s football team has made a change to its 2024 schedule.
Due to Graceville shutting down its season because of numbers, the Jaguars won’t play Sept. 20. But they do have a game slated for Oct. 18 against Vernon in Milton to make up for the lost game.
Central’s volleyball team lost a lot of its experience to graduation, but the Jaguars aren’t letting that slow them down in preparation for a new year.
The University of West Florida football team will open the 2024 season as the No. 12 team in the nation in NCAA Division II.
The Argos are one of three Gulf South Conference teams ranked in the top 25 of the American Football Coaches Association poll.
Milton head coach Jan Cupp is feeling good about how things are shaping up for her Milton volleyball team this season.
In the second year of her second go-round as the head coach of the program, Cupp said summer workouts and the preseason went smoothly and that this team is ready to go.
Though it’s early in the year, Pace’s swim team appears to be in good shape once again.
The Patriots have a smaller girls team, with just 13 on the roster, and there are 22 boys on a team that has the depth and work ethic to be successful.
Jay’s volleyball team is a mix of experience and new talent, but one common thread for the Royals is their chemistry.
Head coach Carey Locklin, who begins year two of her second stint with the program, is excited about this team’s potential because of it.
