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An opener against Division I McNeese State, a battle against the 2017 national champs and finale against Gulf South Conference rival Valdosta State are among the games on tap for the University of West Florida football team during the 2021 season.

The Argonauts are the reigning national champions in NCAA Division II and are gearing up to play for the first time since 2019 when they defeated Minnesota State for the at McKinney ISD Stadium in Texas.

Bri Edwards started out doing ballet. It wasn’t long before the Gulf Coast Gymnastics star and Navarre High senior discovered that maybe it wasn’t the best fit.

“I was a bit too energetic for ballet,” Edwards said with a laugh. “I had a friend that was doing gymnastics and I signed up to do it with her.”

Harmony Stafford tallied five hits in a pair of games as Navarre’s softball team swept Flomaton Saturday on the opening day of the Florida/Alabama Challenge.

The Raiders defeated the Hurricanes 4-2 and 12-3 in a doubleheader at home.

Maybe it was the fact that it had been nearly 15 months since that memorable night in Texas ended with the University of West Florida football team winning its first NCAA Division II national title in program history.

Or maybe it was just as simple as the sun was shining and it was a picture-perfect day for college football at Pen Air Field.

Tori Martino is on a roll for Indiana East.

The former Navarre Raider has scored goals in two consecutive games for the Red Wolves, including one in overtime in a 1-0 win over Ohio Christian on Thursday.

Baseball is back at Blue Wahoos Stadium and the Navarre Raiders are set to be a part of the action.

The Raiders will play Fort Walton Beach and West Florida Tech this weekend at a stadium known as one of the best in all of minor league baseball.

Four Navarre Raiders have been selected for the Subway All-Star Games next week.

Skylar Burleson, Tailor Ernst and Oliva Warren will represent Navarre in the girls game while Tim Brewer was the lone selection for the boys.

Cheyenne Beasley waited patiently for the signal to go on her free shot attempt against Pensacola Catholic last Tuesday night.

Once she was given the green light, the junior captain avoided the pursuit of the defenders behind her and fired the ball high, scoring with ease to give Navarre a one-goal advantage with seven minutes left.

There was still life in the dugout in the seventh inning of Monday night’s game against Milton, the players encouraging each other to continue to believe.

Never mind that the Raiders trailed by four runs. They refused to quit.

Navarre’s softball team had plenty to be happy about in its 5-1 win over Crestview at home last Tuesday night.

The Raiders received strong starting pitching from senior Rachel Hester, timely hitting from Haley Smith and Cailyn Cooke and solid defensive play.