From the JHS Cross Country Team: Congratulations to our boys’ team for winning 2nd overall out of 9 schools represented at the Baker Meet yesterday afternoon, only to a larger school Crestview. The course was located at Ropin’ the Truth Ranch. It was a true cross-country course with a mixture of ponds, woods, a few inclines, […]

Jay (1-1) @ Franklin County (1-1) Gametime—7:00pm Jay got its first win of the season last week by defeating Freeport 24-15. Franklin County defeated a down Vernon team, 14-12 in week 2. The Royals’ are oozing with confidence right now, which is a welcomed sight around Jay. It has been quite a while where there […]
FLHSMV URGES DRIVERS TO TAKE A BREAK TO DRIVE AWAKE ~ September 5-11 is Drowsy Driving Prevention Week in Florida. ~ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) launched its annual Drowsy Driving Prevention Week campaign to educate the public regarding drowsy driving prevention on Florida’s roads. Each […]

Royal’s Race Recap from Saturday, 9/4: The Running Royals showed up at the Pace Patriot Invitational ready to compete. Twenty-three schools were represented from across Northwest Florida for the early Saturday morning meet. In the Boys’ Varsity race the top five scorers for the Royals were Chance Thornton who led the pack. The next three […]

Northsantarosa.com sat down with head football coach Brian Watson with a little Q and A about last Friday’s win over Freeport (24-15) and what to expect this week against Franklin County. Q-You’ve won over 300 softball games, multiple district and regional championships, and a state championship. Very successful in your tenure as the girls basketball […]

Tuesday-The Santa Rosa County Farm Bureau Insurance Organization held their annual meeting in Jay on Tuesday. Over 120 members, officers, and dignitaries were in attendance. The JHS FFA Chapter performed the “Opening Ceremony” to start the meeting. Members were fed a catered meal by Oakes Catering, then several guest speakers addressed the group, including Wilton […]
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From left to right, junior Rebekah Salter, senior Briana Dunsford, senior Mackenleigh Bledsoe, senior Avery Mitchem, senior Emerson Walters, sophomore Katlynn Cooley, and freshmen Georgia Lewis

Photos courtesy of Heather Willis

FSU (2-0) defeated LSU (0-1) in Brian Kelly’s debut, 24-23. FSU controlled the game early, running the ball at will, averaging 5 yards a rush in the first half. Special teams for the ‘Noles proved to be up to the SEC challenge as that unit blocked an LSU field goal, the would-be game tying extra […]

The Royals’ (1-1) got their first win of the 2022 season on Friday night by defeating Freeport (0-2), 24-15. It was also Brian Watson’s first win as Jay’s head football coach. Going into Friday night, Jay knew that Freeport would spread them out and test their secondary and that was exactly what happened. Freeport’s quarterback […]