No one on Navarre’s girls soccer team had forgotten how the end of last season went against Pace.
The Patriots beat the Raiders in back-to-back weeks, the final loss coming in a District 1-6A tournament semifinal, sending Navarre home for the season.
Navarre’s boys soccer team already has more wins than it did a year ago.
The Raiders have found the win column three times through their first eight games.
Zach Marquis used to call his dad freshman year at North Carolina Wesleyan, asking for advice. He was unsure if college football was a thing worth sticking with.
As Christmas draws near, Navarre girls weightlifting coach Garrett Bagley likes where things stand with his team.
The Raiders faced two of the better teams in the area in November, taking on Niceville and reigning 3A state champion Pace, and that’s a positive for the Raiders, who were third in the state last year.
Pick any game and Madison Simmons is scoring points, applying pressure to force turnovers, battling for loose balls and is unafraid to sacrifice her body as she charges into the lane for a shot.
Bradley DiGiorgio and Nathan McGovern provided all the offense Navarre’s boys soccer team needed in a shutout win over Pensacola Catholic on a chilly Thursday night at the Navarre Soccer Complex.
Cici Buffalino and Emma Bailey play club soccer together. That gives them an added connection on the field for the Navarre Raiders, and it was on display in an 8-0 win over Booker T. Washington last Wednesday night in Pensacola.
Madison Simmons battled a cramp in her leg with a few minutes left in the fourth quarter, forcing her to the sideline during Navarre’s District 1-6A game against Pace Tuesday night.
It was a tough-luck moment for Navarre as it occurred at a point in a game that once seemed out of reach, but now appeared winnable, the Raiders trimming a double-digit advantage down to seven.
Before the Pensacola Blue Wahoos officially get their 2024 season started in the Southern League, they will play a couple of exhibition games against the Mexican League’s Sultanes de Monterrey. Those games will be played April 2-3.
