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Day after day for nearly three weeks now, Navarre has only had itself to compete against.

That all changed on a sunny and humid Thursday morning as the Raiders squared off against Escambia in a 7-on-7 competition on their own practice field.

On a Friday morning inside Pensacola State’s Hartsell Arena, Navarre’s boys basketball team is in the midst of a tight battle with Washington during a summer hoops tournament at Pensacola State.

The fact that the Raiders are back on the court for live action in the summer for the first time since 2019 is a huge deal. The opportunity was taken away last summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The college football season has yet to begin, and already, University of West Florida quarterback Austin Reed is getting recognition.

Reed has been named one of the top 20 signal callers in NCAA Division II by the College Football Network.

Derek Percivalle still thinks about the ball that he initially deflected in the end zone during Navarre’s playoff game against Buchholz last November.

The receiver he was guarding still managed to get his hands on the ball, and that touchdown left the Raiders staring at a 28-point deficit early in the third quarter of an eventual 35-14 loss.

Jake Eder will join Max Meyer in the 2021 All-Star Futures Game Sunday at Coors Field in Denver.

The pitching stars played integral roles in the success of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos this season and are among the Miami Marlins’ top prospects.

Emily Madril has dealt with defeat before in her soccer career, but the loss Florida State suffered against Santa Clara in the national championship game in May cut deeper than usual.

In a game decided by a penalty kick shootout, Madril walked off the field with tears in her eyes and the added sting of knowing the Seminoles should have prevailed.

Caitlin Tilton has stayed busy this summer between workouts with the Navarre softball team and travel ball.

Any moment the rising senior gets to make herself a better athlete, she’s going to take advantage of it.

Lemuel Wilson is asked by his position coach to step off to the side of where a blocking drill is taking in practice and give a younger player pointers during a summer workout last Thursday morning.

The moment speaks to the kind of player Wilson is and the expectations there are that the defensive lineman be a leader for the Navarre Raider football team this season.

In less than two weeks, Michael Sandle should become the latest from Navarre to reach the pro level of sports.

Sandle, who played his college baseball at the University of South Alabama, is expected to be taken in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.

Miami Marlins third overall draft pick Max Meyer is living up to the hype in his first season as a pro.

Meyer has fashioned a 3-1 start in his first nine outings with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, the Double-A affiliate of the Marlins, and believes he improves each time he pitches in a game.