Pace, Escambia, and West Florida high school baseball teams advanced to regional semifinals. Pensacola Catholic boys tennis reached the 1A state championship, while Pace and Jay won regional weightlifting titles.
The high school sports calendar is going full steam ahead as we enter the final week of April.
Pace (6A), Escambia (4A) and West Florida (3A) baseball advanced to their respective regional semifinals, which will be best two-out-of-three series on Friday and Saturday. Northview and Jay will play in the Rural Region 1 semifinals as the rural state playoffs get going this week.
Pensacola Catholic boys tennis advanced to the 1A state championship for the first time since 2023 after winning the Region 1-1A championship and will play April 29-May 1 at Sylvan Lake Park.
Weightlifting regionals were held over the weekend, with Pace (3A) and Jay (1A) sweeping their respective regional titles as athletes from around the area qualified for the state championship in Lakeland in two weeks.
Gulf Breeze boys lacrosse is moving on in the state playoffs as well and will play Fletcher at Atlantic Coast High School in the Region 1-2A semifinals on Tuesday. The Dolphins beat Nease 8-7 in overtime in the regional quarterfinals on April 24, avenging a loss to the Golden Panthers in the regional semifinals a year ago.
Gulf Breeze beach and boys volleyball brought home district titles last week and will host regional quarterfinals on Monday and Thursday, respectively. The Dolphins boys volleyball team is the top seed in Region 1-2A, but will play all regional matches at the yet to be opened Soundside High School due to end of year testing at Gulf Breeze.
Pace and Booker T. Washington flag football are heading on the round for the opening round of the flag football state playoffs, with the Wildcats playing in the Region 1-2A quarterfinal on Tuesday and the Patriots playing in the Region 1-3A quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Pace, Escambia, and West Florida high school baseball teams advanced to their respective regional semifinals.
The Pensacola Catholic boys tennis team will play in the 1A state championship from April 29 to May 1.
Pace and Jay high schools won their respective regional titles in weightlifting.
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Track and field takes the next step in their postseason this week too, with all three regional meets featuring area teams at Pine Forest High School. The Region 1-1A and Region 1-2A meets will be May 1, while the Region 1-3A meet will be May 2.
Oh, and softball district tournaments begin this week. Pace (6A), Escambia (4A) and Northview (Rural) are top seeds in their respective districts.
A jam-packed schedule means a bevy of nominees for the Florida Power & Light PNJ Athlete of the Week.
Last week West Florida baseballās Owen Morgan won the boys award and Escambia softballās Callie Menard won the girls award. Morgan totaled 53.97% of the vote, while Minard totaled 69.17% of the vote.
Voting closes at 11 a.m. Saturday, and the winners will be announced each Monday after the poll closes. Each weekly winner will be awarded a PNJ Athlete of the Week shirt provided by BSN SPORTS.Ā An athlete can only win one time per season.
Nominees will be accepted via phone or email, but the poll is decided by PNJ staff. Send nominations by Sunday night.
Here are the boys nominees.