Florida Power & Light Pensacola Girls Athlete of the Week Oct. 19-24

High school sports returned in Pensacola this week just in time for the busiest stretch of the fall season.Volleyball has reached the regional finals, with Pensacola Catholic and Jay one win away from the Final Four. Both teams will play on Oct. 27, with the Crusaders hosting South Walton in the Region 1-3A finals and the Royals hosting Chipley in the Rural Region 1 final.Cross country runners across Escambia and Santa Rosa County headed to the Equestrian Center for the annual Running Wilde EscaRosa Championship, where the Gulf Breeze girls snapped Pensacola Christian’s seven-year title streak, edging Navarre by 11 points. Senior Ashton Dahlem won the race by over a minute.Postseason swimming and diving got underway last week too, with the Gulf Breeze girls leading the area with a fourth place finish at the District 1-3A meet. The Region 1-3A meet will take place Oct. 27 in Gainesville. 1A and 2A swimmers and divers will compete at districts this meet with District 1-1A in Panama City Beach and District 1-2A in Pensacola at Booker T. Washington.Postseason golf starts this week too. District 1-3A golfers will compete at Stonebrook in Pace on Oct. 26. District 1-1A golfers will compete at Eagle Springs in DeFuniak Springs, with the boys on Oct. 26 and the girls on Oct. 27. District 1-2A boys will compete at the Fort Walton Beach Pines Course on Oct. 26, with the girls at Bay Point Golf Club in Panama City on Oct. 27.If that’s not enough, winter sports are here too. Girls weightlifting is underway, while soccer starts next week and basketball tryouts begin Oct. 26.That means a strong list of nominees for this Florida Power & Light PNJ Girls Athlete of the Week. Gulf Breeze cross country’s Zoey Talbott won last week’s around, totaling 51.6% of the vote. Dolphins cross country runners have now won 25 percent of the athlete of the week awards so far this school year.Now it’s time to make your voice heard again. Voting closes at 11 a.m Saturday, and the winners will be announced each Monday after the poll closes. Each weekly winner will be awarded a PNJ Athlete of the Week shirt provided by BSN SPORTS. An athlete can only win one time per season.Nominees will be accepted via phone or email, but the poll is decided by PNJ staff. Send nominations by Sunday night.