Pace’s flag football team has now gone back-to-back as District 1-3A champions.
The Patriots claimed their latest title Thursday night, beating Niceville 20-7 to lock up the No. 1 seed for the postseason.
Pace’s baseball players flashed fives with their hands amid an energy-filled celebration Wednesday night on their home field.
For the fifth year in a row, the Patriots are champions, rolling past Crestview 10-0 to claim the District 1-6A crown.
Milton’s softball team didn’t walk off the field with a win over Navarre Tuesday night, but the Panthers didn’t come away empty-handed either.
For a young team with just one senior on the roster, there were lessons learned in a 4-2 loss.
Don’t let Milton’s record in baseball fool you. The Panthers have proven they can rise to the occasion.
They did it again Monday night on the road in a District 1-5A semifinal, rallying from two different deficits to knock off Gulf Breeze, the No. 2 team in the state.
Bryson Brown walked off the platform at state one last time late Saturday night.
Milton’s senior standout nearly won a championship for the second year in a row, but his bid fell just short as he finished second in Olympic at the FHSAA 3A meet with a 555-lbs. total.
Chase Dooley went to state in weightlifting for the first time a year ago. He thought maybe this season he could call himself a champion at the end of the day.
That proved to be the case for Dooley, who won the unlimited division in Olympic and traditional at the 1A meet Saturday night in Lakeland.
With the arena mostly cleared out late Saturday night, Pace’s boys weightlifting team was still hanging around.
Lifters were posing for photos, taking turns holding up the trophies and showing off their medals. School principal Stephen Shell even took a selfie with the team.
All the work weightlifting athletes from Santa Rosa County have put in this season reaches a culmination Saturday at the FHSAA state meet in Lakeland.
Action for 1A and 3A lifters gets underway at 9 a.m. EST at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
Milton’s boys basketball team has its new head coach.
Matt Anderson was named to the position Wednesday and brings a wealth of experience to the Panthers.
