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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 […]

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 […]

FHSAA votes to keep July 27 start date…

Gainesville-On Monday, the FHSAA Board of Directors held an emergency meeting to discuss what changes, if any, would be made to the date that fall sports could get started practicing. The date originally set was July 27 and the board voted, 10-5 to keep that date. Schools have time to decide if they will participate […]

Spring School and Sports Cancelled

On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the 2019-2020 school year would continue with distance learning only. Two days later, the FHSAA announced what many feared, that spring sports would be cancelled as well. The full press release by the FHSAA can be found by following the link below. https://www.fhsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2020/04/20/node-48906/fhsaa_coronavirus_update_-_4-20-20_final_final.pdf

FHSAA not Canceling Spring Sports at this time

FHSAA-High school seniors still have hope in regards to playing out and fulfilling (somewhat) their senior season. The FHSAA put out a statement today that a decision would be made on May 3rd and that they are considering extending the season through June 30th. The statement is included in this article. FHSAA CORONAVIRUS Update – […]

Bonus JHS Homecoming Pics

Royals 2018 Football Schedule

Listed below is Jay High School’s 2018 football schedule. All kickoff times are 7pm. Home games in all CAPS.   @ Baker (Kickoff Classic)——–August 17 FLOMATON—————————-August 24 @ Cottondale————————–August 31 @ Rocky Bayou———————–September 7 @ Wewahitcka————————September 14 ESCAMBIA ACADEMY————-September 21 BAKER————————————September 28 @ Northview————————–October 5 Open————————————–October 12 @ North Bay Haven—————-October 19 FREEPORT (Homecoming)——-October 26 […]

Community Pep-Rally

On Thursday evening, JHS will be having a community wide pep-rally for Friday night’s playoff game. The event will take place in the gymnasium and will begin at 7pm. Come out and show your support. Go Royals!

Jay 4th of July Tennis Champs

The tournament, ran by JHS’ head football and tennis coach Melvin Kersey, is the Royals tennis teams biggest fundraiser of the year and is in its 4th year of existence. Below are the winners of this year’s tournament. Congratulations! Men’s Singles-Toby Russel Women’s Singles-Savannah Kersey Men’s Doubles-Mark Brabham and Logan Brabham Mixed Doubles- Toby Russell […]

Ivey Moves Up Coaching Ranks

Jessie Ivey, former Jay High School and UWF basketball standout, has accepted an assistant coaching job at Bowling Green State University. Jessie graduated from Jay High School in 2005 and then went to UWF to play collegiate basketball. When she graduated from UWF, she stayed on as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team. […]