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Grace Koch nearly gave up on swimming after last season. But a new state and a new team revived her passion for a sport she’s been involved in since fourth grade.

Koch’s dad is an assistant coach on the Navarre Raider softball team, so Koch ended up moving to Florida from Texas. She’s happy with the decision.

Navarre wraps up its typical Thursday morning practice just before 8:30 a.m. and while the Raiders knew there would be no game on Friday night against Warren Easton, that didn’t change their attitude or approach to practice.

“It hasn’t stopped us from working,” senior quarterback Kyle Chambers said. “We still have Milton to prepare for. We can’t take any time off.”

Two former Navarre Raider soccer players made their mark at the University of West Florida over the weekend.

Kileigh Whited recorded an assist for the Argonauts in their 3-1 win over St. Mary’s Sunday in Texas. Jack Patching tallied an assists for the UWF men’s team in its 1-1 tie with St. Leo Sunday.

Madison Fields didn’t start playing golf until her sophomore year of high school.

But she’s become pretty good at it over the last two years.

Never mind that the University of West Florida football team was up against a Division I opponent in its first game in more than 600 days.

The Argonauts were ready for the challenge behind an offense that was clicking on all cylinders in a 42-36 win over FCS foe McNeese State on a hot and humid afternoon in Louisiana.

Just two weeks into the season, the Navarre Raider volleyball team has already matched its win total from a season ago.

The Raiders kept their momentum rolling over the weekend by winning the Labor Day Classic in Foley Alabama, and are on their way to what could very well be their best season in program history.

For the first time since winning the NCAA Division II national championship in December of 2019, the University of West Florida is set to play a football game.

Sidelined in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Argonauts kick off their 2021 campaign Saturday afternoon in Louisiana against Division I FCS McNeese State.

Stats are great. And don’t think for a moment that Colorado State wide receiver Dante Wright doesn’t like making the plays that lead to impressive numbers in a box score.

But there is a point where statistics don’t matter nearly as much the number that shows up on the left side of a particular column in the standings.

Navarre came through with a team victory in the Choctaw Freestyle Invitational last Saturday afternoon in Destin.

The combined scores between the boys and girls teams gave the Raiders the overall win.