Sports Archive

The sun has been up for a little over an hour, and here in the Pullum YMCA pool on a humid Wednesday morning in late June, the Raider swimmers are putting in work.

Back and forth they go in the lanes, stopping on occasion for a breather, but determined to keep the momentum going as they utilize the summer months to improve.

Natalie Busch made quite an impression as a freshman on the Navarre flag football team and ended up earning all-state recognition because of it.

Busch was named an honorable mention pick on the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-State team last week.

A defining moment for Navarre Xpress unfolded on a sweltering Sunday in early June at Sherman Robinson Stadium in Pensacola.

The boys team representing the local track club won an AAU district championship. The girls placed second. Combined, the two teams scored the most points of any other team at the area meet.

Navarre head football coach Jay Walls stands outside the weight room and looks up at the sky to see where things stand weather-wise on the final Thursday of June.

It’s cloudy and rumbles of thunder can be heard off in the distance, but he’s hoping the Raiders have an opportunity to get on the practice field for a summer workout, and soon enough, the lightning does clear out, though a light rain begins to fall shortly after the players get things going on the field.

Tied game. Overtime awaits.

Navarre’s girls basketball team is about to be tested in a summer league game against Crestview, and the pressure is welcomed for a team that won a lot of games easily last year but is expected to find itself in tighter contests this season after losing two of its best players to graduation.

Navarre’s volleyball team is hosting a volleyball camp July 18-21 at the high school.

The camp is scheduled from  10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. for students in grades second through fifth and from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. for students in grades sixth through eighth.

Up and down the court the Navarre Raider boys basketball team goes during a summer hoops camp at UWF. They are in the midst of a game against Fort Payne that they will hang on to win by two points.

Raider head coach Terry Posey isn’t expecting everything to come together right away, but he is seeing steps forward being taken by his team in the summer months.

Jordan Jefferson was 17 when he arrived on the campus of West Virginia for his first year of college football.

It wasn’t an easy adjustment to make considering he was a little younger than his peers, but the former Navarre Raider found a way to navigate the transition, playing in 11 games and starting once.

Will Koch kept it as simple when it came to his feelings on being named the new head softball coach at Navarre on June 27.

“I told the principal, Kasie Windfelder, I am blessed and honored,” Koch said.