Justin Raley has learned a lot coaching with his dad, Duane, including at Jay, where the two won a state championship with the Royals in 2024.
Now, Raley will get his chance be a head baseball coach after landing a job with Northview.
A change to the regional tournament format for baseball is the among the changes made during the FHSAA Board of Directors meeting earlier this month.
Instead of having all three rounds of the regional played under a best-of-three format, only the semifinal and final rounds will be a series. The best-of-three was first used in 2025.
Kaiden Hall plans to continue his football career at the University of Florida.
Hall, a standout player and rising senior with the Milton Panthers, announced his decision to commit to the Gators on Tuesday.
When Hannah DeMarcus took over as the starting pitcher of the Pace Patriot softball team this season, she filled a role once held by Jayden Heavener, the nation’s best player in 2024.
Now that the season is complete, DeMarcus, who is only a sophomore, is the nation’s best in the sport.
Shelby McKenize made the most of her opportunities as a freshman softball player at Florida State.
In 38 games, including 15 as a starter, the Pace grad came through with 23 hits, including six for extra bases.
Former Pace baseball standout Broc Parmer is experiencing life in the NCAA tournament this year with the Texas-San Antonio baseball team.
Parmer and the Roadrunners claimed a regional crown the last weekend of May as they knocked off nationally ranked Texas twice to punch a ticket to a Super Regional against UCLA in Los Angeles.
Former Pace softball star Jayden Heavener has been named a freshman All-American by D1softball.com.
Heavener, a second team pick, had a stellar first season at LSU, fashioning a 13-5 record in 25 appearances for the Tigers.
Two former area softball players are now national champions at the college level.
Pace alum Mallory Baker and Milton grad Lulu Luedtke were part of Northwest Florida State’s run to its first NJCAA championship in program history.
Pace’s softball team returned to the state tournament for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, reaching the championship game for the third year in a row.
Lana Gonzales and her Pace teammates stood in the outfield here in Longwood late Saturday afternoon sharing long embraces. They fought back tears the best that they could as they listened to the coaches talk.
Losing a state championship game is never an easy thing to digest. Losing it when the only run scored was off a bases-loaded walk makes it hurt even more.
