- Boys Basketball:
- Looking to continue the momentum from last year’s impressive season, the men’s basketball team, led by Coach Sharman White, hopes to regain the title as AAAA state champions. This year’s roster is led by seniors Jake Agoli, Jayden Avery, Brian Clark, and Hayden Clay. Of these seniors, Hayden Clay is the only one so far to have announced that he will be continuing playing basketball at Georgia Southern following his high school career. In the first preseason scrimmage so far, the Knights beat Riverwood 59-48, hopefully a trend that will continue throughout the season. The team is playing in seven tournaments this season, not including the state tournament, where they hope to show dominance as they have in the past. Sophomore Nate Fogarty says, “This year’s basketball team feels more like a family. We hope to win as much as possible this year.”
- Girls Basketball
- Pace Academy Girls Basketball has gotten off to a solid start, winning its first preseason game 63-44 against a strong Riverwood team. This is an impressive result and lays a solid base for the team to build off of throughout the year. The team is coming off a season in which they reached the Sweet Sixteen and saw great success as a whole. They upset the number one seed, Harris County, in a phenomenal team victory that brought the Knights to an awesome accomplishment. As the season ramps up, so does excitement around the team in general. “Even though we lost some key seniors, I can’t wait to see what we can do as a team if we work together and stay disciplined,” said sophomore Meghan Wrigley. As the year goes on, we can’t wait to see what this team can achieve after such a promising start for the program.
- Wrestling
- The wrestling team is led by senior Bauer Thomas hopes to have a successful season following up last year’s team. Sophomore JK Hasson said, “We’re looking forward to seeing what our team can do this year. We will continue to work hard and hopefully see it pay off in the States.” The team had successful meets against Villa Rica High School and Rome High School and will continue their hard work in order to capitalize on their young team.
- Swimming and Diving
- This year’s swimming and diving team, led by head coach John Ague, looks to follow up a season in which the team placed tenth in states. So far, they have done just that with the boys winning their first meet against Loganville and North Atlanta handily, and the girls coming in third place in their first meet. Since the season is still young there is a lot to be accomplished throughout the season but generally there is a lot of excitement around this years squad, “I’m excited to start the season and meet new people. Coach Ague does a great job preparing us for the season and I look forward to working with him and my teammates this year” said sophomore Rohan Sapre. Rohan was a part of a group that worked and got recognized in the state meet for their 200 medley relay time. This group consisted of Rohan Sapre, Neal Narula, Dylan Corbett, and Matthew Bramwell. This was a great feat for the team, and the team is looking to build off of this for this season. We can’t wait to see what Pace swimming and diving can do this year as they progress in their talents.
