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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.

Milton will be the first opponent Navarre’s volleyball team will square off against when it opens the 2021 campaign.

The Raiders and Panthers will battle Aug. 24 in Milton in a 6:30 p.m. match, but one week earlier, Navarre will travel to Pensacola for a pair of preseason matches.

Two games. Two hits.

Not a bad start at all to a pro baseball career for Navarre’s own Michael Sandle.

Shemar James made a decision to change schools and states just weeks before the high school football season kicks off.

He’ll spend his senior season in Florida with the Navarre Raiders, transferring from Mobile Faith Academy in Alabama, and the University of Florida commit talked about that move and more in an interview at the high school Wednesday afternoon.

It is an interesting sports fact that the University of West Florida has won a national championship but never a Gulf South Conference title.

That could change this season as the Argonauts are favored to win the conference crown.