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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.

Jadon Reese helped ignite the fire and energy the Navarre Raiders were looking for in their season opener at Fort Walton Beach Friday night.

Turning in a breakout performance, Reese caught three touchdown passes, all from Hunter Pfiester, while the defense played with a level of aggression that led to winning the turnover battle and the game in a 47-7 victory over the Vikings.

It’s time for the Navarre Raiders to play football in a game that counts.

The Raiders kick off the 2022 season tonight on the road when they travel to Fort Walton Beach to take on the Vikings at Steve Riggs Stadium.

Navarre’s boys and girls golf teams both have experience on their side heading into the 2022 season.

Three seniors are on the boys team, including Drew Ottley, who won a playoff at the district tournament last year to earn a regional berth. Will Rivers and Brady Nevius are also seniors.

Though it’s been barely an hour since the sun has risen on a humid Tuesday morning in mid-August, there is a positive, upbeat vibe flowing through the Navarre cross-country runners.

They like the way the workouts have gone leading up to the season and are optimistic about what can be achieved.

Ethan Newman isn’t thrilled about the way last season ended. The Beach Bowl loss to rival Gulf Breeze in the season finale left a sour taste in the mouth of Navarre’s standout senior offensive lineman.

Fumbles and missed opportunities that November night not only left the Raiders with a 5-4 record, it also left them outside looking in when it came to the playoffs.