Fort Walton Beach is 0-5 against Pace since April of 2021 but things could change on Wednesday. The Fort Walton Beach Vikings will host the Pace Patriots at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Fort Walton Beach's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Gulf Breeze 41-0. The Vikings pushed the score to 27-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Dolphins had little chance of recovering from.
Gabby Kruse
| 02/20/25 vs Gulf Breeze | 141 |
| 02/18/25 vs Booker T. Washington | 85 |
| 03/27/24 vs Destin | 0 |
| 03/15/24 @ Booker T. Washington | 72 |
| 03/08/24 @ Pace | 18 |
| + 5 more games |
Fort Walton Beach had a senior duo take command as Renee Bailey picked up 103 receiving yards and three touchdowns and Gabby Kruse threw for 141 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most passing yards Kruse has posted since back in February of 2024.
Fort Walton Beach's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Gulf Breeze's QB won't forget Chloe Paige anytime soon given she sacked her twice.
Meanwhile, Pace humbled Destin with a 38-6 victory. With the Patriots ahead 26-6 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Fort Walton Beach better keep an eye on Amaya Pablo. She was instrumental in Pace's win, throwing for 160 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing for 50 yards. Emily Good was another key player, picking up 48 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Pace didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Good picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
The victory made it two in a row for Fort Walton Beach and bumps their season record up to a perfect 2-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34.5 points. As for Pace, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Fort Walton Beach was dealt a bruising 32-0 loss at the hands of Pace in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pablo, who threw for 188 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of her passes, and also punched in one touchdown on the ground. Now that Fort Walton Beach knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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