Sports Archive

Drew Ottley shot under 40 for the first time this season to pace Navarre’s golf team in a match against Gulf Breeze last Tuesday afternoon at the Club at Hidden Creek.

Ottley shot a 39 and was just three strokes off medalist honors as Gulf Breeze’s Luke Jacobi came through with a 36.

The Navarre Raider volleyball team is ranked ninth in the latest 6A MaxPreps rankings.

The Raiders are 10-1 on the season and have rattled off 10 consecutive wins, a streak that is believed to be the longest in school history.

One week after its opening match of the season rained out, Navarre’s girls golf team finally played, facing off against Pace and Gulf Breeze in a tri-match at Tiger Point Thursday.

On a warm and sunny afternoon, the Raiders produced a 202 as a team, led by the effort of Hailey Netro, who came through with a 48. Madison Fields, a move-in from Indiana, also shot under 50 as she checked in with a 49.

With game point hanging in the balance for Navarre in a tightly contested in-region battle with Tate on the road, Hailey Snider calmly sent her serve over the net.

Moments later, the ball came zipping past her as Tate’s return sailed out of bounds. Snider threw up her arm to signal it was out, stomped her foot and joined her teammates in a celebration on the court that featured wide smiles and joyful screams.

Week two of the season went pretty well for the University of West Florida football team.

The Argonauts clicked on all cylinders in a 63-14 win over Southwest Baptist Saturday night in front of a crowd of 5,463 in the first ever game played on campus at Pen Air Field.

Momentum swung in favor of Navarre midway through the fourth quarter of Friday night’s showdown with Milton on the road, the sideline coming to life after touchdown by Kyle Chambers gave the Raiders their first lead.

That momentum soon shifted back to the Panthers. They wrestled it away from the Raiders on a clutch touchdown catch by four-star recruit Raymond Cottrell with under two minutes to go.

After an unplanned bye week, Navarre’s football team is set to return to the field Friday night when it takes on county rival Milton on the road in a 7:30 p.m. game.

The Raiders (1-0) were off last week after Warren Easton out of New Orleans was forced to cancel its trip over to Navarre due to Hurricane Ida.

Coming off a win over Division I McNeese State last week, the University of West Florida football team now shifts its attention to its home opener Saturday night against Southwest Baptist.

The reigning NCAA Division II champions will face the Bearcats at 6 p.m. at Pen Air Field. It will be the first game ever played at the on-campus field.

Julia Irmen sets the ball behind her and Kyra McKelvey is ready to pound it home for a ferocious kill that pushes Navarre in front by 10 late in a match against Bay last Wednesday night.

Irmen is only a sophomore but she has quickly settled into running an offense that is dealing with no shortage of hitters.