Sports Archive

Kolby Vitale slid across home plate Saturday afternoon at Blue Wahoos Stadium to put the first run of the day on the scoreboard for Navarre’s baseball team.

It was one of four runs the Raiders scored in the opening inning of play, setting the tone for that long-awaited first win of the year that came in the form of a 15-2 run-rule victory over Fort Walton Beach.

Madison Simmons’ toughness is never going to be questioned. She rarely leaves the field. 

In fact, Thursday night against Gulf Breeze, the sophomore wouldn’t have come off it at all had she not been shaken up making a defensive play on the ball before falling hard onto the ground.

Navarre begins its quest for another district championship in boys weightlifting Wednesday when the Raiders host the District 1-3A meet.

The Raiders are the reigning champs and are poised to hoist another trophy a year after making a run to the state meet where they finished tied for fourth.

Amber Leggett warms up on the court inside the Pensacola Bay Center on a morning in early March as the Troy pep band plays.

Leggett is about to play in her Sun Belt Conference tournament game for the Trojans just an hour down the road from where she grew up in Navarre.

Here in the sixth inning of a game where victory appeared to be out of reach, Navarre’s softball team came to life and seemed to have the wheels in motion for a comeback win.

Trailing by four runs, the Raiders scored twice, including once off a sacrifice fly by Kayden Riddle that sliced the Orange Beach lead to two.

Derek Percivalle was selected for not one, but two all-star games. He couldn’t play in the football all-star game in December due to his commitment to hoops season.

But two weeks ago in Pensacola, the standout Navarre athlete played in the Pensacola Sports Association All-Star basketball game.

Renee Harris-Toliver is a year older and has more experience as she gets rolling with another year on the Navarre track team.

Nearly a month into the season, the junior standout is in a good place.

Cheyenne Beasley did her best to deal with the physicality of an early-season showdown with Fort Walton Beach Wednesday night at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Visibly showing her frustration at times, Beasley kept getting up and going after it, doing what she could to help Navarre come out with a win.

Tyler Hymel is focused on making the most of his senior tennis season at Navarre.

He believes the work he put in during the offseason has been instrumental in achieving that goal.