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Michael Carter grew up attending the Senior Bowl.

This week, instead of being a spectator, he’s part of the show. The former Navarre Raider and University of North Carolina running back will take part in Saturday’s game at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile.

Still displayed in the high school weight room is the state championship Navarre won two years ago in boys weightlifting.

Because the COVID-19 pandemic pulled the rug out from under last season, the Raiders technically go into this year as the reigning champs.

The point of the girls basketball season has been reached where the wear and tear of a long season is starting to take its toll.

Injuries and players missing time because of quarantine hasn’t helped Navarre’s cause in a season that has been a special one for the Raiders.

Late Friday night after the gym had mostly emptied out, Navarre head coach Terry Posey walked down a quiet hallway.

He was on his way back to the bus to join his team for the trip home after a gut-wrenching 45-44 loss to Pace, the top ranked team in Region 1-6A.

For the first time in history, the state girls weightlifting chamionship meets will be split between two locations.

The 1A and 2A meets will be held at Suwannee High School while the 3A meet will be held at St. Cloud High School next month.

Getting bumped up from 2A to 3A this year didn’t present a roadblock to glory on the first step of the postseason journey for Navarre’s girls weightlifting team.

In what has become a familiar scene, the Raiders were crowned champions of the district once again, adding another title that further bolsters a run of dominance that has lasted nearly two decades.

As the regular season inches closer to the finish line, the postseason picture begins to become more clear for the basketball and soccer teams at Navarre.

The girls basketball team maintains its top five spot in Region 1-6A while the boys hoops team is in the top eight and staring at an opportunity to rise higher based on how its showdown with top-ranked Pace goes on Friday night.

Jada Thomas shouts words of encouragement over the loud music playing inside the weight room on a Thursday morning.

She’s encouraging one of her teammates to nail her lift in an intra-squad meet being used as preparation for the upcoming District 1-3A meet.

Maia Vacks wasn’t expecting the shot to go in. The goal keeper wasn’t either.

Vacks fired her shot from well outside the box, the ball floating upward before slipping under the crossbar and over the head of a keeper who never had a chance to react.