Ryan Ragan has shown early on in this baseball season that he can be clutch in a big moment.
In the seventh inning of a tightly contested game against Washington last month, Navarre trailing by a run, the junior came through with a two-run hit with two outs in the seventh inning to help propel the Raiders to a 7-5 victory.
Tyler Lewis gets up each day before the sun rises to make the trip over from Navarre to the University of West Florida Aquatic Center in Pensacola.
The high school season is still several months away, but for Lewis, a sophomore on the Raider swim team, the work never stops as he’s currently swimming for the Great Pensacola Aquatic Club.
Let’s talk about odds for a moment. Navarre’s softball team had a few stacked against them in Tuesday night’s battle with rival Niceville.
For starters, the Raiders came into the night on a four-game losing streak. And they trailed 5-0 after two innings against the Eagles, the same Eagles who have long been a thorn in their side, including at the end of last year when they bounced Navarre from the district tournament.
Kaleb Nobles talks with his team after the end of a University of West Florida spring practice on a sun-splashed morning in early March.
The first-year head coach of the program tells his players he is proud of the work they have put in and likes the way they have handled everything this spring.
Since becoming a program in 2020, there have been ups and downs, big wins and tough losses for the Navarre Raider boys lacrosse team.
As the Raiders navigate their way through the 2023 season, they’ve carried on the momentum they built up a year ago when they nearly produced a winning season.
Area basketball standouts were given one last chance to shine in a high school setting, taking part in the Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Game Friday night.
Kenzie England and Angel Rhodes both represented Navarre on the East team, which rolled to a 52-30 win over the West at Pensacola State’s Hartsell Arena.
Head coach Jason Kisor drew up the play, fully confident it would work.
Bella Kendall made the throw, the ball traveling through the air, on course for its intended target.
Jayah Jones came through with the catch in the end zone, three defenders running towards her but not in nearly enough time to do anything about it.
Garrett Bagley held his two young daughters, one in each arm, as he talked about his Navarre boys weightlifting team early Wednesday evening.
Fifteen minutes earlier, he was holding a couple of trophies, his Raiders sweeping the titles at their own invitational, winning the Olympic 58-45 over Choctaw and cruising to a 55-38 win over the Indians in traditional.
Cole Crocker had no idea he was in the midst of dealing a no-hitter until it was mentioned to him late in the action of a game against Milton March 2.
“It wasn’t until the fourth inning that I realized I hadn’t given up a hit. I tried not let that get to me, but it’s hard.”
Cailyn Cooke wasn’t sure what the future of her athletic career held for her coming off a girls weightlifting season that was cut short because of a back issue.
But after a delay to start her senior softball season, the Gulf Coast State commit got back on the field late last month and seems to be getting back to her usual self and in her regular position behind the plate as a standout catcher for the Navarre Raiders.
