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Archive for: February, 2021

Living With Purpose

    Our country has been dealing with a great deal of unrest. Combined with the pandemic, there’s everyday struggles that have created a mess of stress. We must be intentional in reminding ourselves, and one another, no matter how stressed you are, remember how blessed you are. And the more grateful you are, the […]

Carson Walters Honored

Carson Walters, a Jay High School senior, has been awarded as a National Merit Scholar Program finalist. Over 1.5 million seniors from around the nation apply for this program every year. Congrats to Carson for being the first Jay High School student to ever receive this prestigious honor. Carson serves as Co-Student body president and […]

Jags stay Undefeated/Royals stumble on the road

On Thursday night the FHSAA regional semi-finals got started and for the second straight season, the Royals season ended in the first round. Jay traveled to Poplar Springs and could not get the win. Meanwhile, Central took care of their first round opponent (Graceville) at home. This sets up a matchup between Central and Poplar […]

High School Basketball

Thursday- Royals are on the road tonight in the first round of the playoffs at Poplar Springs at 7pm. Central hosts Graceville tonight at 7pm.

Royals Football search has begun

The Jay Royals have begun conducting interviews to hire the next head football coach at Jay High School. The job was posted on the Santa Rosa County job line last week.

Jay Alum Hired as Head Football/AD at Chipley

Jay High School class of 2002 graduate Marcus Buchanan was named head football coach and athletic director at Chipley High School. Buchanan has been coaching at Milton for the last 4 years and had coached at Pace for 6 years prior to that. Click on link below to see an interview. https://www.mypanhandle.com/sports/local-sports/chipley-hires-marcus-buchanan-as-new-head-football-coach/   (Image courtesy […]

Let’s Work Together to Save Money During Upcoming Hard Freeze

February 15, 2021 — Temperatures in the low 20s are predicted across our service area tomorrow morning. Frigid cold snaps like this put excess demand on power systems. To keep future power bills in check, remember this simple fact: when you use electricity can be as important as how much electricity you consume.Electricity use fluctuates […]

State Weightlifting Meet-Fretwell places 2nd

Friday-Six girls from Jay advanced and competed in the 2021 FHSAA State Weightlifting Championships. This year’s state championship was held at Suwannee High School. Below is the list of the ladies that represented JHS and how they placed in their respective weight class. Kaitly Fretwell-2nd place Briana Dunsford-7th place Carlyn Watson-5th place Ella Nelson-7th place […]

Lady Royals fall in Championship

@ Paxton- On Saturday the Lady Royals played for their 3rd district championship in a row under head coach Brian Watson. By defeating Northview on Thursday, Jay advanced to play Paxton. The Royals never could find their groove in the championship game. After taking an early lead (3-0), the Royals trailed the entire game. Up […]

Living With Purpose 

    As a child, I discovered in our community there was no lack of church houses to attend. You could scarcely go no more than 5 miles and you’d pass another place of worship. Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal—the diversity of congregations abounded. The choice to not go to church because you couldn’t find one, was […]