Sports Archive

First-year Navarre head girls lacrosse coach Mackenzie Nicodemus saw positives in the way her team performed in its season opener against Niceville last Monday night.

Perhaps what stood out the most to Nicodemus was the fight her team showed even with it faced a deficit against Niceville at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Cailyn Cooke and Katie McLeod are only a few weeks removed from helping Navarre win a state championship in girls weightlifting.

Now the two junior standouts are seeing their involvement in that sport paying off in softball.

Caden Howard, Devin Wright and Eddie Love Jr. paved the way for Navarre at Saturday’s Wildcat Invitational in Pensacola.

Howard won the high jump, Wright claimed the discus crown and Love sprinted to a win in the 100-meter dash.

Trent Hall wondered what his future held back in the spring when he injured his knee in Navarre’s spring football game.

That unknown factor as well as the doubts have since transformed into certainty and confidence for Hall, who is back at it as an athlete, competing for the Raiders in weightlifting and track.

It wasn’t the easiest season for Navarre in boys soccer this year. The Raiders managed to win only three games during a season that had its share of challenges.

But last Tuesday night, three of the Navarre seniors, along with head coach James Baccarini, were together one more time for the Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Soccer Game at the Ashton Brosnaham Complex in Pensacola.

Midway through the first half of last Tuesday night’s Pensacola Sports All-Star Soccer Game last Tuesday night, Hunter Wallace did what she’s been doing throughout her career – finding the back of the net for a goal.

Wallace scored once and also dished out an assist as she helped lead the East team to a 5-1 win over the West on a cool March evening at the Ashton Brosnaham Complex in Pensacola.

Scan the roster of Navarre’s flag football team and a lot of the familiar names that were part of last season’s historic run to state are no longer on it.

A number of those players were seniors. Top scoring threat Rachel Leggett, meanwhile, isn’t returning for her senior season as she is focused in on track and her effort to win a state title in the high jump.

Down two goals in the third period, Navarre’s boys lacrosse team rallied for a win over Washington Friday night in Pensacola.

The Raiders outscored the Wildcats 6-1 to erase the deficit and secure an 11-8 victory that set off a celebration on the field after the game.

Navarre head football coach Jay Walls didn’t think the metro/suburban split in high school football was going to happen this year.

Not after FHSAA executive director George Tomyn said last week he did not endorse the proposal as written.