Here’s a roundup of Pensacola-area high school sporting events for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 2.
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MONDAY
Boys Golf
District 1-3A Tournament: It’s Lucky No. 7 for the Pace boys golf team.
The Patriots, with a team score of 302 (14-over par), snuck by Chiles from the Tallahassee area (306) to keep their district championship streak alive, and secure a spot in the Region 1-3A tournament next week.
With the district being expanded to include some Tallahassee-area teams, that made the district title a little more special this year. It’s also a different team for Pace, coach Keith Kircharr noted, with a senior-heavy squad this season compared to having just one last year in Braden Duvall.
“Having that big district now, it’s good but I’m glad we got to host this one instead of driving to Tallahassee. Now we have to go all the way to Port Orange (for regionals). … Some of these guys have played that course before,” Kircharr said. “Looking at the (iWanamaker) app, it’s flip-flopping all the time. We made three birdies at the end that helped us.”
Pace junior Adam Penrod, in his first district tournament with the Patriots after not making the final squad his freshman and sophomore seasons, fired an even-par 72 to claim low medalist honors for the tournament. But don’t call it beginner’s luck at the district level, that’s for sure.
“He had a great summer playing in all those First Tee tours,” Kircharr said of Penrod. “Being a junior, I’m lucky to have him next year, too.”
Having home-course advantage helped, Penrod noted, after playing the course the last four days in a row. Plus, he’ll be back to practice for the week leading up to the region tournament.
“My iron shots were really, really on point. I didn’t even putt that well today, to be honest. I was putting my approach shots close,” Penrod said. “It was just fun to go out there and put up a good round to help the team. … I was just hoping for a round in the 70s today to make a mark. To win, it’s really special.”
“If you told me an hour into it, I didn’t think it was an advantage,” Kircharr said of home-course advantage with a little laugh. “They got to wake up in their bed and come out here to their home course. They play it all the time. … I felt like we had that familiarity with the course. It helped us out. We’ll take it.”
Kircharr called the district championship “the first step” to making it to the state championships in November as a team.
“But we’ve got some work to do,” Kircharr said.
Outside of Pace’s team qualifier, Tate’s Ben Robinson and Gulf Breeze’s Clark Norris both carded a six-over par 78 to automatically qualify for the region tournament as the next top two golfers not on Pace or Chiles.
It’s still to-be-determined if any other area golfers make it as at-large bids based on iWanamaker rankings from different tournaments throughout the fall.
Here are the area team results from the District 1-3A tournament:
1. Pace (302)* – 1. Adam Penrod (72) | 4. Ian Jackson (76) | 5. Judah Talley (77) | 5. Troyce Perkins (77) | 25. Tate Jernigan (86)
3. Tate (322) – 7. Ben Robinson (78)* | 10. Jacob Drysdale (80) | 13. Parker Hassell (81) | 16. Baylor Touchstone (83) | 23. Landon Ray (85)
4. Gulf Breeze (325) – 7. Clark Norris (78)* | 10. Evan Lafon (80) | 16. Mitchell Busbee (83) | 19. James Pearce (84) | 25. Blake Norris (86)
6. Navarre (356) – 16. Manasseh Underwood II (83) | 25. Cruz Lazo (86) | 30. Ethan Erickson (89) | 38. Kaelen Boozer (98) | 43. Jacob Askfeldt (123)
Individual: Scores: 30. Sayler Melton (Milton) – 89 | 32. Dallas Fahr (Milton) – 91 | 37. Reid Pace (Milton) – 96
District 1-2A Tournament: Booker T. Washington’s Jack Floyd is headed to the Region 1-2A tournament after an impressive outing at the Panama Country Club in Lynn Haven.
The Wildcats’ senior carded a four-over par 76, the top golfer from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in the district tournament. He was one of the top golfer individual golfer not on one of the top two teams to automatically make it to the region tournament.
Floyd was able to pull within reach thanks to a pair of birdies on both the par-5 ninth and par-5 14th holes. Floyd finished third overall in the tournament, trailing two golfers from South Walton.
It’s still to-be-determined if any other area golfers make it as at-large bids based on iWanamaker rankings from different tournaments throughout the fall.
Here are the area team results from the District 1-2A tournament:
5. Pensacola (355) – 12. Cash Schweigert (83) | 23. Walton Buckley (87) | 28. Nathan Hultstrand (91) | 31. Clayton White (94) | 44. Landon Fernandez (104)
6. Booker T. Washington (361) – 3. Jack Floyd (76)* | 29. Rylan Lett (92) | 32. Henry Minard (95) | 37. Webb Day (98) | 47. Owen Audelo (107)
8. West Florida (364) – 14. Devin Grandt (84) | 24. Ethan Conner (89) | 32. Cooper Davidson (95) | 35. Brett Robbins (96) | 37. Jordan Hosman (98)
10. Escambia (453) – 41. Brad Konrad (102) | 41. Carter Mills (102) | 44. Noah Gasca (104) | 49. Ethan Stephens (145)
Girls Golf
District 1-3A Tournament: The Pace golf team secured a second-place finish in districts at Stonebrook Golf Club to earn a spot in the Region 1-3A tournament.
The Patriots, with a score of 367 led by an 88 from senior Isabella Ortiz, edged out Gulf Breeze by a single stroke to continue its season as a team.
Navarre’s Jaya McDonald, a freshman, is also headed to the region…
