Sports Archive

Jaya McDonald took time last week to talk about her junior season. The Navarre Raider golf standout made it to the Region 1-3A tournament for the third year in a row.

Navarre and Gulf Breeze will close out the 2026 season against each other when they meet in the Beach Bowl Tuesday night.

The Raiders (1-8) and Dolphins (0-9) face off at Dolphin Stadium in their annual rivalry game.

Navarre’s Brynlee Kurtz hoped for two things this swim season. One was a medal from state.

The other was to be part of a relay that made it to state.

Jay Walls is already working on trying to set up a schedule on the heels of Soundside opting to go varsity in football in 2027.

Schools are typically on a two-year cycle with scheduling, and that means the Hurricanes, who originally didn’t plan to go varsity until 2028, have to explore different options find opponents.

Navarre’s girls cross-country team has made a habit of getting to the regional meet.

The Raiders are headed there again next week after finishing eighth at the District 1-4A meet on Saturday in Gainesville.

Madison Gillett and Landon Leloux are the first cross-country runners in Soundside history to make it to the regional.

Kyra McKelvey has a chance to be the Southland Conference Player of the Year again.

The Navarre grad is dominating on the volleyball court for Southeastern Louisiana this season, earning player of the week honors three times in the last five weeks in the conference.

Pensacola State’s Addison Danforth has been named All-Florida College System Activities Association for the second year in a row.

Trey Dozier was cut from the basketball team as a freshman at Gulf Breeze.

For the last two years, he’s played JV basketball for the Navarre Raiders, and he’s ready for what should be a promising senior season.

Navarre’s girls soccer team opened the season with an 8-0 win over Crestview on Thursday night.