A beautiful day. A beautiful game.
And at the end of it, the University of West Florida football team found itself on the doorstep of the NCAA Division II national championship game, the sixth-ranked Argos punching their ticket to the final four with a 45-14 win over Wingate Saturday afternoon at Pen Air Field.
UWF soccer star Kileigh Whited has picked up another accolade. The former Navarre Raider was tabbed an All-American by the D2CCA on Wednesday.
Whited was named a second-team selection after helping UWF go 18-4-1 and play in the NCAA Division II tournament.
Former Navarre Raider Tyler England wrapped up his 2022 season with the Huntingdon Hawks as one the team’s top receivers.
Playing in his first full season after being out with an injury last year, England caught 34 catches for 554 yards and four touchdowns.
Jessica Farrer has a knack for putting the ball in just right the spot for her teammates.
She did it twice last Monday night on passes to teammates Cici Buffalino and Taylor Armstead, helping to spark Navarre to a 5-0 win over Fort Walton Beach at the Navarre Soccer Complex.
Harmony Stafford has turned into a pretty good basketball player for the Navarre Raiders.
Softball, however, has always been her favorite sport and she signed at the beginning of November with Bishop State.
Michael Carter’s day ended sooner than expected Sunday in a 31-10 win over the Chicago Bears as the New York Jets running back exited the game with an ankle injury.
The Navarre alum carried the ball six times for 21 yards and also caught two passes for 15 yards.
The University of West Florida football team had to share the regular-season Gulf South Conference title with Delta State.
But the Argos won’t be sharing their spot in the third round of the NCAA Division II playoffs after rallying for a 38-27 win over the Statesmen on a cool and rainy afternoon at McCool Stadium in Cleveland, Mississippi.
It was back and forth. No breathing room for either team. Four quarters and overtime were needed to decide the outcome. Thirty-six minutes in all of heart-stopping, pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat basketball in a riveting showdown featuring two of the area’s best teams.
With under 10 minutes to play in a tightly played match against rival Milton on a chilly Tuesday evening, Owen Bartlett had to hold his own in a pressure situation.
Three times he came up with clutch saves, once diving in the air and knocking the ball off his body, as the Raiders held on and preserved their 2-2 tie against the Panthers at Hurley Manning Field.
Defensive back De’Mareyae Givens hadn’t forgotten the pain of last season’s gut-wrenching ending to the season. The University of West Florida Argonauts lost to Newberry in their first ever home playoff game, which was played at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
He and his teammates didn’t want history repeating itself.
