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Navarre’s opportunity to make a statement will have to wait.

The Raiders started strong against state-ranked Pine Forest but couldn’t sustain the momentum in a 39-9 loss to the Eagles Friday night at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Navarre faces one of its biggest test of the football season Friday night when it battles state-ranked Pine Forest in its home opener.

The Raiders take on the No. 10 Eagles, the 2021 6A state runner-up, in a non-district showdown at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Dante Wright tweeted out in July that he is “locked in this season.”

That’s good news for the Colorado State Rams. Probably not so much for the opponents, who will have to deal with a receiver considered to be one of the best playmakers in college football.

Julia Irmen ran across the court and bumped the ball into the air. Kyra McKelvey did the rest, elevating from the left side of the net and drilling it.

Choctaw tried to keep the ball in play and extend the life of this decisive fifth set, but the attempt to send it back failed as the ball dropped in front of its side of the net.

Quinn Caballero experienced the thrill of winning a championship a year ago. East Tennessee State won the Southern Conference crown and punched a ticket to the FCS playoffs.

It’s a feeling the former Navarre Raider hopes to experience again.

A picture-perfect November afternoon that began with hope and excitement ended in disappointment and disbelief as the University of West Florida football team saw its dream of a title run dashed in a 33-30 overtime loss to Newberry to end the 2021 season.

Wide receiver David Durden hasn’t forgotten that NCAA Division II playoff setback. But he also knows a new year brings new hope.

At home against rival Milton and with a fired-up student section creating an extra level of energy within the crowd, Hailey Snider couldn’t wait to get the volleyball season going last Tuesday night.

This, after all, is the kind of atmosphere a team relishes, and Snider and her teammates fed off it, shaking off a slow start and rolling to a three-game sweep of the Panthers to put an exclamation point on the start of their season.

Jenna Cavanaugh had a pretty good first meet for the Navarre Raider swim team, and that really comes as no surprise.

Cavanaugh used the offseason to make improvements and is confident with where the team is at early in the season.

Michael Carter entered the NFL last season looking like a player who belonged in the league.

His production on the field proved he had the talent to fit right in with the best football players in the world.

Ice cream.

That’s what motivates Navarre cross-country runner Kada Beihl during the toughest stretch of a race.