Natalia Taylor started playing softball when she was 7 years old. Her mom got her into it. It didn’t take long for the Navarre standout to fall in love with the sport.
It wasn’t as if Tony Romo or Jimmy Garoppolo was going to be walking through the door to give Eastern Illinois a fighting chance against the nationally ranked Alabama Crimson Tide on Nov. 22.
Navarre’s girls basketball team is set for a new season, and the Raiders have a cast of experienced players it will be able to lean on throughout the 2025-26 campaign.
Navarre’s girls soccer team has played a challenging schedule out of the gate, and it didn’t get any easier Tuesday night in a District 1-6A showdown with Niceville.
The Raiders were beaten 4-0 by the Eagles in a rematch of last year’s Sweet 16 matchup.
There was a different kind of energy among the Navarre boys basketball players as they dominated from start to finish in a 77-41 season-opening win over Pine Forest Tuesday night at home.
And you could sense that energy in the stands too, especially in the raucous student section, which was hyped up cheering on the home team as a new era of Raider hoops got rolling.
