As Bo Shipley plays his senior season of high school baseball at Navarre, his dad, Jess, has a front row seat as one of the team’s assistant coaches.
As a father who knows these moments at the ballpark with his son are winding down, Jess is doing his best to make them all count.
Navarre’s boys lacrosse team went into spring break with a little momentum, winning two of three, including a 24-1 win over Pensacola on March 13.
With a 4-6 record, the Raiders have matched last season’s win total and are two wins shy of matching the program record for wins in a season.
Navarre, Pace and Milton are set to compete in the District 1-3A weightlifting meet Monday afternoon in Pace.
The start time is 3:30 p.m. and lifters from those schools will be vying for a shot to move on to the regional.
Eddie Love Jr. is back at Navarre, the place it all started for him in high school, and he’s spending his final months as a high school athlete running track for the Raiders.
“To come back, it’s like friends and family. It feels like home. I definitely enjoy being back,” Love said.
Pace and Navarre remain two of the top flag football teams in Region 1-6A. The Patriots are ranked second in the region this week while the Raiders are seventh.
The two teams have gone head to head once already this season, with Pace prevailing 34-0 on March 3. They are slated to play again on March 24 at Pace.
The first shot Darius Cunningham Jr. made in a college game was a 3-pointer that went off the backboard.
“You don’t want to bank a shot in, but if it goes in, it goes in,” Cunningham said.
Navarre’s girls lacrosse team is in position to make the regional tournament for the first time as its in the top eight of the Region 1-2A rankings.
The Raiders are fourth in the region and 18th in the state.
Yalal Mustafa says a quick prayer before stepping onto the platform at the Navarre Invitational earlier this month for his latest lift. He then proceeds to crush the attempt.
It’s another highlight in what has been a good second year of weightlifting for the Navarre Raider standout, who has had to get used to quite a bit inside and outside the athletic world.
