Sports Archive

It’s another hot and humid morning in late June and young swimmers are rolling into the area at the Pullum YMCA for a practice.

Limited the last two years because of the pandemic, the program is thriving again, and swimmers are getting the opportunity to compete for the first time since before 2020.

Grady Kelly is used to being a star, a force to be reckoned with on the defensive side of the ball.

Once the former Navarre Raider arrived on the campus of Colorado State last fall, however, he had to learn to adapt to being in the background.

Jorge Soler drew quite a crowd during his short rehab stint with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos this week.

Fans lined the railing leading from the dugout to the field prior to the start of each of the two games he played in against the Chattanooga Lookouts. The 2021 World Series MVP signed autographs for every fan and even posed for pictures.

Joey Indelicato isn’t letting opportunities to get better slip away this summer.

He’s already attended a few showcases, including a Top 100 event, and the rising senior Navarre baseball standout gained a lot from the experience.

In a span of a few minutes, Navarre dug itself out of a two-touchdown deficit and forged a tie with Escambia in a 7-on-7 battle last Thursday out on the practice field behind Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

James Clark and JJ Lewis both made touchdown throws that locked up the score at 42-42, with Clark finding Terence Marshall and EJ Love on scoring strikes.

The sun has been up for a little over an hour, and here in the Pullum YMCA pool on a humid Wednesday morning in late June, the Raider swimmers are putting in work.

Back and forth they go in the lanes, stopping on occasion for a breather, but determined to keep the momentum going as they utilize the summer months to improve.

Natalie Busch made quite an impression as a freshman on the Navarre flag football team and ended up earning all-state recognition because of it.

Busch was named an honorable mention pick on the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-State team last week.

A defining moment for Navarre Xpress unfolded on a sweltering Sunday in early June at Sherman Robinson Stadium in Pensacola.

The boys team representing the local track club won an AAU district championship. The girls placed second. Combined, the two teams scored the most points of any other team at the area meet.

Navarre head football coach Jay Walls stands outside the weight room and looks up at the sky to see where things stand weather-wise on the final Thursday of June.

It’s cloudy and rumbles of thunder can be heard off in the distance, but he’s hoping the Raiders have an opportunity to get on the practice field for a summer workout, and soon enough, the lightning does clear out, though a light rain begins to fall shortly after the players get things going on the field.