Sports Archive

Last season didn’t end the way the Navarre boys soccer team would have liked. A blanket quarantine cost the Raiders the final two weeks of the regular season before Niceville eliminated them in the district tournament.

But with a new season on the horizon and a little more normalcy in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the team is ready to make this season a good one.

Navarre’s girls soccer team fell short of its goal of winning a district championship a season ago.

That has motivated the players in practice as they prepare to take aim at helping to return the program to the level it’s accustomed to being at.

Noah Reed looked focused as he prepared to swim the 100 Butterfly at Friday’s District 1-3A Meet in Pensacola. The Navarre standout stood at the diving block jumping up and down a little and slapping his chest to hype himself up before the race.

Once he hit the pool, Reed looked as if he was swimming as fast as he has all season.

Athena Hicks and Gavin Anthony had the best times among the Navarre Raider runners at the District 1-4A meet Thursday morning at Bartram Trail.

Hicks was the top runner among the girls with a time of 22:11.60 and placed 70th overall.

It was a double win for Michael Carter on Halloween.

The former Navarre Raider came through with the best game of his NFL career Sunday, helping the New York Jets pick up a 34-31 come-from-behind win over the Cincinnati Bengals.

When everything clicks for the University of West Florida football team, the Argos are tough to slow down.

That was the case Saturday night at Robinson-Hale Stadium, especially in the second half, as the reigning NCAA Division II national champions turned a tight game into a blowout in a convincing win over the Choctaws.

One thing is for sure. There are no shortage of offensive weapons on the University of West Florida football team.

The  fifth-ranked Argos hope to utilize their arsenal of talent in today’s 6 p.m. Gulf South Conference road game against Mississippi College.

In a span of four minutes on Friday night, Navarre flipped the script and revived the once-fading pulse of its playoff hopes.

First Derek Percivalle blocked a punt attempt in the end zone for a safety. Then, a couple of minutes later, EJ Love scored the first varsity touchdown of his career.

Friday night won’t be the first time Navarre’s football team has found itself in a must-win situation to keep its playoff hopes alive.

The Raiders were in that position a couple of weeks ago against Pace, and now, as they get set to battle Crestview, they are in that spot again.

Kileigh Whited is on the field directing the defense as the University of West Florida women’s soccer team battles Shorter in a Gulf South Conference game on a Sunday afternoon in Pensacola.

This is the former Navarre Raiders’ first official season of playing for the Argos after transferring in from South Alabama.