High school sports results for Pensacola-area events played the week of Sept. 12-17

Here is a roundup of area high school sports events played the week of Sept. 12-17. It will be updated each night during the week as games, matches, and meets are completed and reported.

Coaches, please send your scores, highlights, and stat leaders after each contest to be included in this roundup. The information can be sent to pbernadeau@gannett.com or ghollis@gannett.com.

Saturday, Sept. 17

Swim and Dive

Pace Patriot Invitational

Ten schools across Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa County gathered on Saturday afternoon at the University of West Florida Aquatic Center for the annual Pace Patriot Invitational.

Schools were split into two separate meets as boys and girls scores were merged to determine a winner.

From the shallow end of the pool, Booker T. Washington, Crestview, Gulf Breeze, Milton and Pensacola faced off while Navarre, Niceville, Pace, Pensacola Catholic and Tate competed on the deep end.

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Powered by 11 event victories, the Wildcats were the overall winners in the shallow end. The Booker T. boys triumphed in eight events en route to 547 points, 189 more than Gulf Breeze. The teams finished in reserve order in girls competition, with the Dolphins collecting 453 points to the Lady Splashcats’ 426.

Booker T. finished with a combined mark of 973 points to take first. Gulf Breeze (811) was second while Crestview (478), Milton (473) and Pensacola (382) rounded out the rest of the order.

Niceville was dominant from the deep end, picking up convincing wins from both boys and girls competition to cruise to the overall win. The Eagles topped the overall leaderboard with 1,130 combined points.

Navarre (652) used a pair of first-place finishes to take second overall while Pace (584) totaled five victories to take third. Pensacola Catholic (342) and Tate (318) were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Event winners

Boys (Deep End)

200-yard medley relay - Andrew Olson, Bo Daniels, Klan Fuhrman and Stewart Wilkinson, Niceville (1:46.8)

200-yard freestyle - Chase Jennings, Navarre (1:58.7)

200-yard individual medley - Korbin Menser, Tate (2:05.33)

50-yard freestyle - Chris Shashaty, Pensacola Catholic (23.08)

100-yard butterfly - Hudson Trammel, Pace (50.17)

100-yard freestyle - Olson, Niceville (50.49)

500-yard freestyle - Braedan Jacobs, Tate (4:49.65)

200-yard freestyle relay - Wilkinson, Fuhrman, Evan Smith and Olson, Niceville (1:35.27)

100-yard backstroke - Trammel, Pace (53.12)

100-yard breaststroke - Menser, Tate (1:04.89)

400-yard freestyle relay - Jedidiah Teague, Tyler Pace, Austin Koenigseder and Jennings, Navarre (3:40.87)

Girls (Deep End)

200-yard medley relay - Felicity McCallen, Khloe De Santana Guidry, Elisabeth Breck and Brianna Steele, Niceville (1:55.73)

200-yard freestyle - McCallen, Niceville (2:02.55)

200-yard individual medley - De Santana Guidry, Niceville (2:24.47)

50-yard freestyle - Breck, Niceville (25.38)

100-yard butterfly - Josephine Harris, Pace (1:04.96)

100-yard freestyle - Breck, Niceville (54.96)

500-yard freestyle - Harris, Pace (5:44.63)

200-yard freestyle relay - Breck, Steele, Reanna Paranisi and De Santana Guidry, Niceville (1:47.01)

100-yard backstroke - Paranisi, Niceville (1:09.03)

100-yard breaststroke - Belle McNally, Pace (1:17.11)

400-yard freestyle relay - Lola Wysack, Jillian Toppin, Aaralyn Baldwin and Serenity-Deja Herrera, Niceville (4:13.72)

Boys (Shallow)

200-yard medley relay - Logan Robinson, Max Little, Cain Scoggins and Ian Malone, Booker T. Washington (1:42.37)

200-yard freestyle - Malone, Booker T. Washington (1:46.18)

200-yard individual medley - Robinson, Booker T. Washington (2:18.71)

50-yard freestyle - Noah Day, Milton (31.97)

100-yard butterfly - Robinson, Booker T. Washington (52.27)

100-yard freestyle - Malone, Booker T. Washington (49.53)

500-yard freestyle - Addison Lee, Gulf Breeze (5:32.44)

200-yard freestyle relay - Landon Garcia, Scoggins, William Flores and Kouper Kraus, Booker T. Washington (1:37.59)

100-yard backstroke - Day, Milton (58.2)

100-yard breaststroke - Little, Booker T. Washington (1:03.81)

400-yard freestyle relay - Little, Robinson, Kraus and Malone, Booker T. Washington (3:23.63)

Girls (Shallow)

200-yard medley relay - Abigail Robinson, Sara Lypko, Olivia Quale and Madyson Bass, Booker T. Washington (2:12.6)

200-yard freestyle - Lily Walker, Gulf Breeze (2:08.2)

200-yard individual medley - Lypko, Booker T. Washington (2:18.71)

50-yard freestyle - Olivia Ahearn, Gulf Breeze (27.52)

100-yard butterfly - Jillian Beardsley, Gulf Breeze (1:03.1)

100-yard freestyle - Lily Darif, Crestview (1:00.52)

500-yard freestyle - Lypko, Booker T. Washington (5:23.8)

200-yard freestyle relay - Beardsley, Caroline Smith, Ahearn and Lexi Montgomery, Gulf Breeze (1:53.22)

100-yard backstroke - Beardsley, Gulf Breeze (1:03.24)

100-yard breaststroke - Grace Charriere, Milton (1:16.44)

400-yard freestyle relay - Beardsley, Ahearn, Walker and Montgomery, Gulf Breeze (4:04.99)

Cross Country

Southern Showcase

Competing in a meet that featured 160 schools across 10 states, the Pensacola Christian Academy cross country teams acquitted themselves well with record-breaking times on Saturday from the John Hunt Running Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

The school’s performance was highlighted by the Lady Warriors third-place overall finish. With four girls producing times under 20 minutes, the PCA girls totaled 232 points. Brentwood (Tenn.) won the event with 112 points while Mountain Brook (Ala.) placed second with 150 points.

“From the first mile, I could tell something special may happen,” PCA head coach Scott Cochran said of his girls’ effort.

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RaeAnne Tutton and Jaimee Tutton led the Lady Warriors. RaeAnne, a junior, set a new girls school record by crossing the finish line in 18 minutes, 39 seconds to place 17th. Jaimee, a freshman, ran right in tow with his older sister, turning in a time of 18:39.03 seconds to place 18th.

Elsewhere, PCA freshmen Reagan Smith (19:24.46) and Sofia Peterlevitz (19:57.17) finished 48th and 79th, respectively.

Pensacola Christian also got a record-breaking run from Drew Birx. The senior set the school mark with a time of 15:55.02 to finish 55th.

The Warriors were 33rd overall with a team score of 715.

Bale n Trail

The West Florida cross country teams made the five-hour journey to Jacksonville to compete in the Bale n Trail  from Bartram Trail High School.

The Jaguars boys team was seventh after putting up a score of 201. The Lady Jaguars placed 10th with a score of 329 points.

Luis Gutierrez was among the top runners on Saturday, placing second with a time of 16.15.5, which was one second off a personal record. The senior was behind Fleming Island’s Graham Myers (16:03.6), who won the race. It was Gutierrez’ second runner-up finish in 2022.

Elsewhere, West Florida senior Henry Casey completed his run in 17:17.4 to take 15th.

Meanwhile, junior Jennifer Mims led the Lady Jaguars’ contingent. She placed 46th with a time of 22:28.4.

Creekside won the boys meet with four top-10 finishers helping produce a team score of 45. The Bolles School was victorious in the girls meet with three top-five finishes. Led by event winner Jullian Candelino (17:45), the Fighting Bulldogs had a team score of 26.

Thursday, Sept. 15

Volleyball

Gulf Breeze 3, Navarre 0

Navarre's packed gym and loud home crowd was not enough to distract Gulf Breeze, the area's best team so far in 2022.

Winning their third game in three days, the Dolphins beat the Raiders in straight sets in a District 1-6A matchup on Tuesday.

Both teams came in hot, each losing only three games and reaching double digits in the column wins so far this season. Navarre was 2-0 in district play heading into this matchup, but the team knows in order to reach its ultimate goals, it first needs to get over the hump that is Gulf Breeze.

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If Thursday is any indication, that may be a very tall task.

The Dolphins showed early signs of fatigue in the opening set, but battled through it like true champions often do. Navarre enjoyed a 23-19 lead, but the visitors roared back with six straight points to not only take the set 25-23, but also take the life out of the gym.

Gulf Breeze captured the final two sets 25-16 and 25-15 to earn its eighth consecutive victory.

"We are on the road, district match, third game of the week with back-to-back-to-back games and this being one of our biggest rivals," Dolphins head coach Jasmine King said. "There were so many factors, and mentally, this is a hard environment.

"After we were able to come back and take a deep breath, we were able to obviously play Gulf Breeze volleyball."

Camryn Brooks led the way for the Dolphins as she typically does, posting a team-best 13 kills. Throughout the night, the senior outside hitter delivered a number of massive kill shots that deflated the air out of the volleyball. That's just one element of Brooks' versatile repertoire, as she also added eight digs, a block and an ace.

"It honestly felt really good (to win) because Navarre and Gulf Breeze are rivals. We had a lot of beef going in," Brooks said with a smile. "We wanted to play (well) and dominate.

Brooks wasn't the only one smiling about her performance either. King talked about what it is to coach such a talented player.

"She is literally like my daughter, little sister. But she is just like a freak athlete and you can't coach the athleticism that Camryn has," King stated. "She is just raw and leads in so many different ways. I hate that she is a senior and is going to play big girl volleyball next year."

King also mentioned how great it has been to have Brooks be a part of the Gulf Breeze program. The pair have combined for over 50 wins together as a player-coach duo, including a 13-3 record so far this year.

Elsewhere, sophomore outside hitter Bella Satterwhite and senior Alana Kolb chipped in 10 and nine kills, respectively. Junior setter Riley Bloomberg paced the road team with 15 assists. Sophomore defensive specialist Sarah Frazee added a Dolphins-best 10 digs.

For Navarre, senior outside hitter Kyra McKelvey had a team-best 13 kills. However, no other player for the hosts had more than three. Junior setter Julia Irmen put up a match-high 20 assists.

The Raiders dropped to 2-1 in district play and 10-4 overall. The team and its head coach aren't too down on themselves after this loss.

"I thought we did play well that first set," Navarre head coach Ryan Davenport said. "And quite honestly, I thought Gulf Breeze started off a little bit slower. So I don't know if our intensity dropped, but Gulf Breeze started fine tuning what they have and it made it difficult for us."

He also spoke about the message he told his players in between sets after they let the lead slip away in the first set.

"There's no lead in volleyball that is a comfortable lead. We got too comfortable with a 23-19 lead and lost 25-23. I told them we got to play every point like its a championship point and if you don't do that against a team like this then you are going to come up short."

Thursday's match may serve as a good lesson for the Raiders. They faced a tough mid-season test and failed it. The Raiders have time to regroup before the two teams meet in their regular-season final on Oct. 13 on Gulf Breeze.

Milton 3, Pensacola 1

The Panthers captured their second match in a row after vanquishing the Tigers at home. Set scores with 25-20, 24-24, 25-13 and 25-13. Stats were unavailable.

Pensacola is host to Tate at 6 p.m. Monday. Milton (4-5) is host to Navarre on Tuesday.

West Florida 3, Central 1

West Florida bounced back from a loss in its last match with a four-set win at Central. The road Jaguars relinquished the first set before taking the next three to take the victory. The set scores were 20-25, 25-16, 25-14 and 25-23.

Central plays at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Northview. West Florida visits East Hill Christian at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Lincoln 3, Pensacola Catholic 2

Up 2-1, the Crusaders dropped the final two sets of a tightly-contest match against the Trojans in Tallahassee. The set scores were 25-16, 22-25, 21-25, 25-23 and 16-14.

Pensacola Catholic stats were unavailable.

It was the Crusaders’ first non-tournament loss this season. Catholic visits Mosley at 6 p.m. Monday.

South Walton 3, Booker T. Washington 1

Despite being on the winning end of the most lopsided set, the Wildcats had their four-match winning streak snapped following a four-set home loss to the Seahawks. The set scores were 25-17, 8-25, 26-24 and 25-20 in favor of South Walton.

Stats were unavailable.

It was Booker T. Washington’s first loss on its home court this season. It was also the team’s first match that went beyond straight sets. Dropping to 4-2, the Wildcats play in the Florida-USA Volleyball Challenge beginning Friday at Arnold High School.

Girls Golf

Gulf Breeze 176, Tate 184, Pace 192

Holland Davidson notched low medalist honors as he led Gulf Breeze to victory during a team-team meet at the Stonebrook Golf Club.

The Dolphins senior collected a four-shot win after producing a score of 37. Tate's Talia Smith (41) and Adyson Illian (43) placed second and third, respectively.

Boys Golf

Gulf Breeze 158, Tate 166, Pace 206

The Dolphins boys team mirrored the Lady Dolphins' results on Thursday. Each squad collected eight-shot victories and featured the low-medalist winner.

Gulf Breeze triumphed in a three-team meet at Tiger Point Golf Club as sophomore Mark Piver topped the leader with an under-par score of 35.

Swim and Dive

Multi-Team meet at Booker T. Washington

At the third multi-team meet at the Washington Aquatic Center, the Booker T. Washington boys team and the West Florida girls squad each cruised to team victories.

The Wildcat boys earned wins in 8 of 12 events en route piling up a team score of 409 points. Navarre was second with 267 points. On the girls side, the Jaguars were victorious in nine events to top the leaderboard with 352 points. Booker T. Washington (263.5) placed second.

Event winners

Boys

1-meter dive - Lukas Currie, West Florida (182.65)

200-yard medley relay - Ian Malone, Max K. Little, Logan Robinson and Coulson Voeltz, Booker T. Washington (1:42.78)

200-yard freestyle - Ian Malone, Booker T. Washington (1:51.51)

200-yard individual medley - Robinson, Booker T. Washington (1:59.34)

50-yard freestyle - Chris Shashaty, Pensacola Catholic (23.18)

100-yard butterfly - Robinson, Booker T. Washington (53.26)

100-yard freestyle - Malone, Booker T. Washington (49.47)

500-yard freestyle - Braedan Jacobs, Tate (4:52.12)

200-yard freestyle - Chase Jennings, Jedidiah Teague, Tyler Pace and Austin Koenigseder, Navarre (1:37.18)

100-yard backstroke - Voeltz, Booker T. Washington (57.36)

100-yard breaststroke - Little, Booker T. Washington (1:05.26)

400-yard freestyle relay - Robinson, Voeltz, Kouper Kraus and Malone (3:27.16)

Girls

1-meter dive - Jennifer Mims, West Florida (237.55)

200-yard medley relay - Kaylee Loper, Taylor Clements, Jaydah Phelan and Shelby Smith, West Florida (1:54.16)

200-yard freestyle - Lauren Armstrong, Tate (2:08.07)

200-yard individual medley - Clements, West Florida (2:14.63)

50-yard freestyle - Mims, West Florida (26.89)

100-yard butterfly - Avery Witte, West Florida (1:06.1)

100-yard freestyle - Smith, West Florida (58.15)

500-yard freestyle - Sara Lypko, Booker T. Washington (5:27.97)

200-yard freestyle relay - Clements, Witte, Mims and Smith, West Florida (1:45.19)

100-yard backstroke - Clements, West Florida (1:02.06)

100-yard breaststroke - Abigail Robinson, Booker T. Washington (1:28.81)

400-yard freestyle relay - Witte, Phelan, Loper and Mims, West Florida (3:56.64)

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Volleyball

Gulf Breeze 3, South Walton 0

It took three hard-fought sets, but the Dolphins their seventh-straight victory in a road triumph over the Seahawks. The sets scores were 25-21, 25-19 and 25-19.

Stats were unavailable. Improving to 12-3 this season, Gulf Breeze plays at 6 p.m. Thursday at Navarre.

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Volleyball

Gulf Breeze 3, Mosley 2

Over the past two weeks, a pair of 2021 state-championship volleyball teams have walked into Gulf Breeze High School to face possibly the area’s best. And when those matches ended, each of those programs walked away empty-handed.

The latest example of this occurred Tuesday when Gulf Breeze nailed down a five-set comeback victory over Mosley, last year’s Class 5A state champions. The visitors took two of the first three sets before the home Dolphins captured the final two sets to pick up the win.

The set scores were 25-18, 14-25, 23-25, 25-21 and 15-7.

“It was some really, really incredible volleyball,” Gulf Breeze head coach Jasmine King said. “I kept trying to remind (my players) just to focus on the things that we can control, don’t try to think so much about the win, instead think about the little things, and then the win will come. It was nice when we really dialed in those last two sets.”

Player stats were unavailable.

On Aug. 31, Gulf Breeze earned a three-set victory over the defending 1A Sneads. Then, facing premier teams from the Southeast later that week, the team went 4-3 at the Nike Tournament of Champions, which included a sweep of Pensacola Catholic. Add in a preseason victory over Leon, the team that eliminated Gulf Breeze for the state playoffs last year, King has paired her team against the toughest competition with the hope of preparing for a state run.

“Last year, I looked back at some coaching decisions when it came to the schedule, and this year, I really challenged us because I wanted to be continuously challenged during the season so that when we do get into the playoffs, we have that mental toughness built up and we have that emotional stamina built up,” King said. “Last year we had an amazing team, but I don’t think we were challenged consistently enough in the regular season. … So when the going did get tough, we didn’t know how to react to that.”

Gulf Breeze improved its record to 11-3 with the win Tuesday. The team plays at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at South Walton.

Booker T. Washington 3, Escambia 0

Junior middle blocker Mallory Dickerson racked up 14 kills to lead the Wildcats to an easy sweep of the Gators. The set scores were 25-7, 25-13 and 25-18. Senior outside hitter Alex Zapatka added eight kills, 17 digs and a pair of aces while sophomore outside hitter Hannah Bradley posted eight digs and a team-best seven aces.

Escambia stats were unavailable.

Winning four of five games so far this season, the Wildcats are host to South Walton at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The Gators (1-3) are host to Pace at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Pace 3, West Florida 1

For the second time in a week, the Patriots got the upper hand against the Jaguars. On Sept. 6, Pace captured a home win against West Florida in straight sets. This time around, the Patriots needed four sets to take the match in the Jaguars’ home gym. Set scores were 25-15, 25-18, 23-25 and 25-17.

Stats were unavailable.

Coming off wins in five of its last six matches, Pace (5-3) plays at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Baker. West Florida (7-3) plays at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Central.

Milton 3, Jay 2

The Panthers needed five sets to dismiss the Royals in a tight-contested battle in Jay. Stats were unavailable. Milton (3-5) is host to Pensacola at 6 p.m. Thursday. Seeing their three-match winning streak come to an end, the Royals (7-2) face Rocky Bayou Christian at 6 p.m. Thursday in Niceville.

Choctaw 3, Tate 0

The Aggies could not keep up with the Indians, falling at home 20-25, 21-25, 13-25. It wasn’t all bad for the home team, as junior Riley Robbins reached a milestone by surpassing 350 kills and digs in her prep career.

Tate (5-11) plays at 5 p.m. Thursday at Pine Forest.

Girls Golf

Scenic Hills meet

Pine Forest’s Sarah Rudd was the low medalist after shooting a 38 during a four-team meet at the Scenic Hills Country Club. The Eagles junior finished four strokes ahead of Tate sophomore Talia Smith, who finished as the runner-up. The Aggies won the meet with a team score of 181, 17 shots ahead of Booker T. Washington.

Monday, Sept. 12

Volleyball

Pensacola Catholic 3, South Walton 1

The Crusaders captured each of their sets by the slimmest of margins during their home victory against the Falcons. The set scores were 26-24, 25-23, 17-25, and 26-24. Stats were unavailable.

Pensacola Catholic (8-5) faces Mosley at 6 p.m. Monday from Lynn Haven.

Jay 3, L.E.A.D. Academy 0

Winning each of their sets by double digits, the host Royals made quick work of the Lions. The set margins were 25-8, 25-15 and 25-8.

Baker 3, Northview 0

The Chiefs dropped to 1-6 this season after falling on the road against the Gators. The first two sets were close at 25-21 and 25-23, but Baker took the match with a 25-12 third set.

This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola-area results in volleyball, golf, and more for Sept. 12-17