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Nearly four hours into a Wednesday night game at Blue Wahoos Stadium, J.J. Bleday was in the right place at the right time and he didn’t let the opportunity slip from his grasp.

The Miami Marlins prospect swung at a slider and turned it into a game-winning double to right that lifted Pensacola to a 4-3 13-inning win over Biloxi at a point in the Southern League season where every game means a little more.

Jessika Seward has made her share of great saves in her soccer career, but one in particular last season at Wright State might just trump them all.

In a one-on-one situation against Youngstown State, the former Navarre Raider somehow managed to hang on to the ball despite suffering a brutal injury in the process.

Trent Hall is finally up and moving around again. He walks with a brace but being back on his feet is a step forward from where he was a couple of months ago.

A fateful night in early June pulled the rug out on Hall’s senior season at Navarre before it even began.

There is still work to be done for Navarre to shape itself into the team it ultimately wants to be in 2021, but Friday’s scrimmage at Bennett C. Russell Stadium provided a chance for the Raiders to continue down their trail of progression.

Big plays, hard hits, forced turnovers and the excitement of playing in front of a crowd highlighted Navarre’s first taste of live action in the preseason on a humid August evening.

Zach McCambley didn’t label Thursday night’s pitching performance as his best ever, but it was nonetheless impressive.

A third-round pick of the Miami Marlins in 2020, McCambley had command from start to finish in a five-inning outing that helped propel the Pensacola Blue Wahoos past the Montgomery Biscuits 5-2 for his Double-A win.

Early morning workouts in the pool continue as Navarre’s swim team gears up for another season.

And so far the build up to a new year is going well for the Raiders, who are back in 3A and competing in a more localized district.

Hailey Neely has made up for lost time this summer while blazing a path to the next stop in her life as an athlete.

This summer, she ran track for the first time since March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic cut her senior year short, competing for Navarre Xpress.

Even on those July nights when the humidity and heat bordered on unforgiving, there were athletes from Navarre’s boys soccer team putting in work.

Junior Varsity head coach Chris Beckman headed up most of the workouts for the varsity, JV and incoming players, and the group consistently hovered around 20-30 players.