The Jay Lady Royals (19-3) defeated Chipley last week 48-29 to advance them to the regional finals. The opponent? Ponce de Leon (23-3). Ponce is no stranger to these types of games as of late. The Lady Pirates are back-to-back reigning state champs. Last year, Ponce defeated Wildwood 39-38 to win the school’s fourth state […]
Friday-The Jay Royals are district champs! Jay (21-3) hosted Paxton (22-4) and came away with a hard-fought victory over the Bobcats, 65-45. The district championship marks the first for the school in basketball in 25 years. The game capped off an unbelievable week for Jay High as the boys hosted their district tournament on Monday, […]
Thursday-Imagine this; you are on a team full of underclassmen, literally…as in two of the starters are not in high school yet. Next, imagine you are playing in your first playoff game, as many of these Lady Royals were. Now imagine the team that you are hosting is the fifth ranked team in the state […]
The Jay Lady Royals’ playoff journey begins on Thursday as they host Chipley (21-6) at 7:00pm. Jay (18-3) is hosting the first round of the playoffs as the winner of the district championship against Paxton last Friday, 52-32. “We are so excited to be playing at home and need a raucous environment,” head coach Jorey […]
Tuesday-Jay (20-3) knocked off their rivals from Baker (13-5) at Jay on Tuesday, 57-34, to advance to the district championship. A slow start, at least for Jay’s standards, put Jay up 9-3 at the end of the first quarter. The hot-shooting from Monday night was a little slow to start and the Royals had to […]
Monday-Jay (19-3) hosted winless Northview in the first round of the district tournament and got the big win over their rivals, 67-20. Northview got on the board first, but the early 2-0 lead would be the only lead of the game for the Chiefs. Jay’s Tristan Watson lead all scores with 25, connecting on seven […]
Weekly athletic schedule sponsored by Baptist Hospital. Athletics for the week of February 6th – February 11th Monday; February 6th Tuesday; February 7th Wednesday; February 8th Thursday; February 9th Friday; February 10th
Paxton-The Lady Royals (18-3) defeated Paxton (17-9) 52-32 for the District 1A Championship. The win marks the 6th win in a row for Jay. Paxton came out on fire on their home court. Abbie Davis hit two quick 3’s for the Bobcats, but the young Lady Royals quickly answered. 8th grader Presley Hawthorne hit two […]
Paxton-On Wednesday Jay knocked off Freeport in the district tournament semi-finals round, 60-43. Jay was lead by Kaylee Gilbreath, who scored 26. “Kaylee Gilbreath put on a show,” head coach Jorey Diamond said. “What a ballgame she had.” Presley Hawthorne scored 11 and Darcy Locklin added 8. “Darcy was good off the bench,” Diamond added. […]
Weekly Athletics Schedule sponsored by Baptist Hospital. Athletics for the week of January 30th – February 4th Monday; January 30th Tuesday; January 31st Wednesday; February 1st Thursday; February 2nd Friday; February 3rd Saturday; February 4th
