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As he waited for his turn to bat, Kolby Vitale turned to his teammates in the dugout and encouraged them to keep cheering loud for the player at the plate.

It was the sixth inning. The Raiders trailed 13-7. Yet, Vitale wasn’t about to let his fellow Raiders give up hope.

Jadan Moon loves competing in weightlifting, but for the Navarre senior, the sport has a deeper meaning for him.

He is driven to be his best, to win a state championship, and he is fueled not just by his competitive drive but by the fight his mom is up against.

Navarre’s Rachel Leggett is headed to the University of South Alabama to continue her basketball career.

The Raider hoops standout becomes the fourth member of her family to move on to play at a Division I school.

With Navarre down four runs and hope of a comeback fading, the Raiders kept pushing forward in their season opener against Milton Tuesday night.

In the seventh inning of a game now pushing three hours in length, Kayden Riddle opened the inning with a base hit to center.

Tony Carter looks out at the group of more than 200 at a track practice on an early February afternoon and knows there are athletes with a lot of potential.

Marvin Sacdalan, Devin Wright, Eddie Love, Lily-ana Campbell, Athena Hicks and more all have a chance to make their mark this season and contend for berths in the district, regional and state.

Chris Williams knows there’s one thing he’ll be able to count on this season from his Navarre baseball team. And that’s the drive to keep battling no matter what the situation is.

That much was evident last Wednesday night in a preseason game against Gulf Breeze. Trailing by three runs, the Raiders scored four in the sixth to come back to life.

Caitlin Tilton and Alexis Hobbs are the only seniors on a Navarre softball team with a lot of potential despite its youth.

And both veteran players are looking forward to leading the way and making the most of the opportunities in front of them.

On the strength of six first-place finishers in their respective weight classes, Navarre’s boys weightlifting team dominated the Northwest Florida Invitational Wednesday.

The Raiders scored 75 points, easily outdistancing the rest of the field by more 30 points.

That final buzzer went off as the clock struck zero, and the heartbreak was beginning to feel real for Navarre’s girls basketball team.

Their dream of a state championship run was over, those hopes were ripped away in a 52-48 Sweet 16 loss to Nease last Tuesday night at home, and it was visibly evident that the pain of defeat hit hard.

With the sting of defeat beginning to sink in, Rob Simon brought his Navarre girls soccer team together for a postgame pep talk.

But first, he had his players line up, all holding hands, and walk towards the home section of Bennett C. Russell Stadium.