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For the fourth consecutive season and fifth time overall in program history, the University of West Florida football team is headed to the NCAA Division II postseason.

The Argos learned Sunday night they would face Gulf South Conference foe Delta State Saturday afternoon in Mississippi.

In the silence of a stadium whose eyes won’t see football again until 2024, and the rain finally letting up after falling steadily most of the night, Connor Mathews stood in the back of the end zone waiting for the offensive linemen to finish up a postgame talk with their position coach.

Back in the postseason for the second consecutive year, the Navarre Raiders are seeking their first playoff win since 2018.

The Raiders will take aim at getting it tonight when they host Bartram Trail in a 7:30 p.m. game tonight at Bennett C Russell Stadium.

Navarre’s boys basketball team is gearing up for another season. The Raiders won nine games last season and are hoping for their first winning season since the 2019-20 campaign when they finished 18-8.

Navarre’s girls basketball team is set for a new season.

The Raiders have won a district title twice in the last three seasons and have been to the postseason twice during that stretch as well.

Lighthouse Private Christian Academy has had, arguably, its best season in program history.

The Stingrays are playing for a Sunshine State Athletic Association state championship this week in Sarasota for the first time in program history. That’s a big step for a team that won only one game last year.

Less than 10 minutes into Tuesday night’s road game against Milton, Taylor Armstead already had one goal.

As one of Navarre’s top returning scoring threats, that isn’t a surprise.

Four Navarre Raider athletes signed national letters of intent on the first day of the early signing period Wednesday afternoon.

Katie Kauth, Kaitlyn Lawson and Daysha Taylor will all continue their soccer careers at the next level while Jimenez will play lacrosse in college.

Elijah Melendez began his college career at NCAA Division II Valdosta State.

After two years there, he moved on to D-I McNeese State and points out that it’s been an interesting road to walk so far.

University of West Florida quarterback Byron Jarrett is in rare air after becoming the first in program history to throw for at least 5,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards.