Navarre, Pace and Jay have all earned at-large berths to their respective regional volleyball tournaments. And now, it’s win or go home time as the road to a state title begins.
Pace quarterback Ben Tyner summarized the Patriots’ 29-6 win over the Pine Forest Eagles at home in a few words Thursday night.
“It was not pretty, but we got the job done,” Tyner said.
There was a chill in the air, the water was cool, but it didn’t take long for the competition to heat up at the Santa Rosa County meet last Thursday at the Pullum YMCA in Navarre.
It was 6-6 in the third set and Jay was hoping for perhaps a shot of momentum to carry it to a win and avoid a sweep at the hands of Baker in Rural District 1 championship match.
But a comeback wasn’t in the cards Thursday night.
Three weeks remain in the regular season and every team at this point is looking for a strong finish.
The Pace Patriots are trying to solidify their standing in the playoff rankings and keep the momentum they have on their side while Milton and Central are both looking for their first wins of the year. Jay is off this week.
Eli Tyner had a little fun as he neared the finish line at the Aggie Invitational Tuesday morning at the Ashton Brosnaham Park.
On his way to a top 10 finish, the Pace junior turned to the runner next to him and smiled and waved as he ran past him.
The Pace volleyball team swept Tate in their district tournament opener on Oct. 14, winning in three sets to move to the next round.
Pace improves to 18-6 on the year and will face Gulf Breeze tomorrow night in the district semifinal. Gulf Breeze comes into the match-up at 24-1, with their lone loss coming against Chiles on September 19th.
