Courtney Danforth raced down the field, turned, looked up and waited for the perfect pass from Madison Simmons to drop into her hands before snagging the ball in the corner of the end zone as Navarre extended its lead to 24 points.
“I kept running my route, went straight to the corner, and (Madison Simmons) threw it to me. It worked out perfectly,” Danforth said.
The latest regional rankings are out and one local team finds itself at the top in baseball.
Pace is ranked No. 1 in Region 1-6A and is also the No. 1 team in the state. The Patriots are the reigning 6A runner-up. In softball, Pace and Navarre are both in the top eight of the current 6A regional rankings.
Through two innings there was no score. After four, it was only a 3-1 game, Navarre’s softball team still harboring hope of an upset over one of the nation’s best teams.
What the Raiders couldn’t do against Pace, though, was avoid the mistakes that the No. 3 team in Florida is always quick to cash in on.
Keyon Stoutemire has long dreamed of playing college football. He made that opportunity official on March 30 when he signed a national letter of intent with LaGrange College.
The Lighthouse Private Christian Academy receiver weighed his options this offseason before choosing the NCAA Division III school.
There’s a passion quarterback Cameron Dukes has for the often unforgiving game of football that keeps him pushing ahead to pursue his pro dream.
Sure, the Navarre resident has been knocked down, but he’s always gotten back up, and he understands that you just have to keep betting on yourself.
Ace DeMotts thought he swung a little late.
And truth be told, he wasn’t even trying to hit his third home run of the night in Navarre’s road game against state-ranked Pace Tuesday night.
Isaac Cole almost didn’t lift at Wednesday’s District 1-3A meet. He hurt his back at a meet a week earlier and that put his postseason hopes in jeopardy.
“I thought it was going to stop me,” Cole said.
Chase Guillot is going to college to play golf.
It’s a dream come true for the Lighthouse Private Christian Academy star, who noted how fortunate he is to be in this position. He signed with William Carey, an NAIA school in Mississippi.
Alina Schorzman is always busy when it comes to athletics.
Whether she’s swimming in the pool, kicking a soccer ball or running down the track, the Navarre sophomore is active to say the least.
With a runner on second and two outs, Kayden Riddle kept her poise. Her team, after all, still had a 5-3 lead in the seventh inning on the road against West Florida Tech Friday night.
So Riddle settled in and did her job while having the confidence the defense behind her would do its job as well to seal the deal on a big win for the Navarre Raider softball team.
