Navarre’s girls weightlifting team stuck around for the team championship trophy presentation Friday night, watching rival Pace claim both the 3A Olympic and traditional titles at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
While this marked the second consecutive year that the Raiders fell short of adding an eighth state championship in program history, the end of the season was still something worth noting.
Navarre head coach Kirk Whited talked last week a few hours before a preseason game against rival Gulf Breeze about seeing what his Raider baseball team can do when it’s on the field and the lights are on.
Turns out, a good first impression was made as the Raiders rolled past Gulf Breeze 17-8 after falling behind 5-0 early.
Heartbreak enveloped Navarre’s girls soccer team late Tuesday night. Its dream of moving on in the Region 1-1A tournament dashed after a chaotic ending to a 2-1 double overtime loss to Nease on a chilly February evening at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
A new era begins for Navarre’s softball team. Chelsi Kania enters the 2024 campaign as the head coach and takes over a team with a promising cast of talent.
It’s a Navarre team that finished as the district runner-up a year ago and advanced to the regional semifinal.
A total of 23 recruits were added to the University of West Florida football team on national signing day Feb. 7.
That group includes Navarre’s own Tyrell Marshall, a standout defensive back for the Raiders
Before awards were given out at the District 1-3A girls weightlifting meet last month in Niceville, the announcer noted the district is the best, not just in the area, but in the state as well.
That might seem like an exaggeration, but the results don’t lie when it comes to the success of girls weightlifting in Northwest Florida.
Navarre soccer standout Cici Buffalino has been named the Florida Athletic Coaches Association District 1 Player of the Year.
Buffalino was named the top player in a district that features athletes from Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. Teammate Katie Kauth earned a spot on the senior all-state team.
A handful of Navarre football players are headed to the next level to continue playing the sport they love.
Hunter Pfiester and Jaxson Spalla will play at Maryville, Brayden Brown is going to Stetson, Charlie Cottrell has signed with Birmingham-Southern and Tyrell Marshall will stay close to home and play at the University of West Florida.
Navarre’s boys basketball team came to an end last Tuesday night. The Raiders were overwhelmed early by Crestview and never got on track in an 84-57 District 1-6A quarterfinal loss to the Bulldogs.
Down 18-3 after one quarter and 45-15 at the half, it proved to be too big of a hole for the Raiders to dig out of as their up and down kind of season wrapped up.
Navarre’s girls basketball team could have folded up shop after the first half of its District 1-6A quarterfinal against Crestview last Monday night.
The Raiders trailed 19-9 at halftime but put together a furious second-half rally, nearly resulting in an upset win of the fourth-seeded Bulldogs.
