Sports Archive

Navarre’s football team hasn’t played a game since Oct. 2 when it prevailed 31-26 over Fort Walton Beach in its homecoming game.

On Friday, the Raiders return to the field as they take on Crestview in a District 1-5A game at Bennett C. Russell Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

The Navarre Raider swim team didn’t get an opportunity to have its senior night on Oct. 8 due to schools closing that day ahead of Hurricane Isaias.

With school not resuming until Monday, and the District 1-3A meet ahead this week, the Raiders were unable to host a regular season meet.

The regular season is winding down and the Florida High School Athletic Association rankings listed on MaxPreps for football carry a little more weight at this point in the year.

The University of West Florida Argos are ranked No. 23 in this weeek’s American Football Coaches Poll.

Matthew Baccarini has been going back and forth between Gulf Pointe Latin and Navarre High for soccer over the last three years.

But with Gulf Pointe, a private school, switching from 7-on-7 to 11-on-11 soccer for its fall season, he isn’t able to play for the Raiders this winter due to Florida High School Athletic Association rules.

Pensacola State’s women’s soccer team is a Region 8 Division II champion for the fourth year in a row.

After winning 3-2 in comeback fashion on Oct. 15 over Pasco-Hernando the Pirates beat the same team the next day by a 3-1 score to clinch the crown.

Emily Sams reached a milestone in her professional soccer career on Oct. 17.

The former Navarre Raider star played in the 100th regular season game of her National Women’s Soccer League career, with Angel City FC beating Denver Summit FC by a 3-2 score.

Jay and Navarre are postseason bound in volleyball.

The Royals are the No. 1 seed in Rural Region 1 while the Raiders are the eighth seed in Region 1-6A.

Amiyah Byrd’s final volleyball match inside the Navarre Raider gymnasium will forever be a memorable one.

Less than a week after a hurricane hit the area, closing schools and putting the fate of the District 1-6A tournament in question as far as when it would be played, Byrd and the Raiders came out ready to go Thursday night, beating Pace in four sets to claim the program’s first ever district title.

Soundside’s first volleyball season in program history wrapped up earlier this month. And head coach Chris Williams was pleased with the way it turned out.

“I think it went really well,” Williams said. “One of the best things was the way the girls worked together and showed up every day ready to work hard. They came in with a lot of energy every day.”