Pensacola Catholic High School - Athletics

Athletics

Pensacola Catholic High School's athletic program is vibrant. Numerous regional, district and state championship titles have been earned by CHS teams. The CHS Athletic Program has earned the State's top athletic honor, the Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Award, twice. CHS was also awarded the Fred E. Rozelle Award for Sportsmanship by the State of Florida in 2003.

Sports:

Basketball (G/B), Baseball, Cheerleading, Cross Country (G/B), Football, Golf (G/B), Soccer (G/B), Softball, Swimming (G/B), Tennis (G/B), Track (G/B), Volleyball and Weightlifting.

The Athletic Director is Richard LaBounty. The current head football coach is Greg Seibert. The Football Team has won the district championship in each of Seibert's first four years as head coach (2005–2008). Nick Mead is the head coach of the boys Basketball Team, which captured the District Championship for the 2006-2007, 2007–2008 and 2008-2009 seasons. The girl's Basketball Team is coached by Heather Bell. Former Head Coach, Ron Robison, died after a courageous battle with cancer on May 7, 2009. Girl's basketball has won 4 State Championships since 1976. They won the district championship in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. Felicia Terhaar is the Head Volleyball coach, taking over for the late Randy Pounders. The girl's Volleyball Team has won numerous district championships. The baseball team has won 12 district championships, appeared in eight final fours, and won one state title under coach Richard LaBounty, who has been the head coach since 1984. Three alumni have appeared in Major League Baseball. They are: Phil Hiatt (1993, 1995, 1996 and 2001), Jeff Farnsworth (2002) and Billy Sadler (2006 and 2008). Softball is coached by John Billy. The Softball Team won the district championship in 2007. The Boys Golf Team won the district championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007, the regional championship in 2006 2007 and 2008, appeared in the State Finals in 2005, 2006 (where they finished fifth),2007 and 2008, they also had an individual state finalist in 2004. They are coached by Donnie Benefield. The girls Golf Team is coached by Trae Cary. Boy's Soccer is coached by Kent Williamson. They have won the district championship from 2005-2009. Girl's Soccer is coached by Breck Bankester. They have won the district championship from 1997–2000, 2007–2010 and advanced to the State Final Four in 2010. Under Coach Eric Nelson, the Crusader Cross Country and Track Teams has also enjoyed much success. The track and field squad has had a representative at the FHSAA state meet for the past 20 years, and the boys Cross Country Team won state titles in 1993 and 1996 while the girls Cross Country Team also won the 1996 state title.. For the 2007 Cross Country season, the boys finished the year 20th in state, and the girls 23rd.