Sports Archive

The pressure was on. Navarre’s softball team had watched a five-run lead fade away against West Florida Tech at home.

Now, the game was tied in the bottom of the sixth inning and the Raiders needed to make something happen.

It was a one-goal game at halftime and that meant Navarre’s girls lacrosse team still had an opportunity to nail down its first win of the season.

Milton held a slight advantage over the Raiders, and head coach Teddi Koppelberger talked with her team at the half about taking control.

Eddie Brown was only in sixth grade when his dad passed away. If he could see his son today, he’d be impressed with how far he’s come in the game of basketball.

He was likely smiling from somewhere above on a mid-February night as Brown eclipsed the 1,000-point milestone in less than two years at Lighthouse Christian College.

Bella Kendall threw the ball around early and often, finding receivers open for big gains and touchdowns. She also shined on defense.

Madison Simmons was her usual athletic self, a player making plays on both sides of the ball, and Natalie Busch put pressure on the quarterback time and again, the rush often resulting in a flag pull for a sack.

Izzy Negley gave pole vaulting a try as a sophomore, testing the waters of the event at a few camps.

“It seemed like something that was really fun so I wanted to continue with it,” Negley said.

Navarre alum Michael Sandle has been spending time working out with the Raider baseball team ahead of spring training, which he leaves for this weekend to begin another year of pro ball.

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Navarre’s boys weightlifting team competed in its first big meet of the season, taking part in the Baker Invitational Wednesday.

The Raiders finished fourth in Olympic and sixth in traditional in a meet featuring the top area teams.

Less than three minutes in the Navarre Raiders were already on the board in their boys lacrosse game against Pensacola Wednesday night.

Leland Erickson found the back of the net at the 9:31 mark and the rout was one.

A familiar face is back as the head coach of the Navarre Raider girls lacrosse team as Teddi Koppelberger has returned to coach it.

Koppelberger was the head coach of the program in its inaugural season in 2020, which was cut short by the pandemic, before moving out of the area after the 2021 season.