Sports Archive

The Pensacola Ice Flyers will put their single-game tickets on sale starting Wednesday at Noon.

The Ice Flyers are one of five teams in the SPHL that will have a season this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The home opener is Dec. 30 at the Pensacola Bay Center.

A tie is better than a loss. Especially against Niceville.

Despite being down five starters because of COVID-19 exposure, Navarre’s boys soccer team managed to forge a tie with the rival Eagles Monday night. Nathan Green scored the lone goal for the Raiders, who ended a streak of eight consecutive losses to the reigning 6A state champ.

Michael Carter moved up the charts in school history at the University of North Carolina Saturday, pushing to fifth all-time in rushing for the Tar Heels.

Carter now has 3.096 yards in his career at UNC after churning out 73 yards and three touchdowns Saturday in the Tar Heels’ 49-9 victory.

Five Navarre Raider football players are headed to the Subway All-Star Football Game Dec. 18 at Washington’s Sherman Robinson Stadium.

Jaden Rivera, Grady Kelly, Jaden Jones, Elijah Melendez and Preston Brewer have been selected to the game, which will kick off at 7 p.m. next Friday night.

It’s not as if I haven’t seen playoff losses before in football.

Navarre has been through its share of them in the five years I’ve covered the team.

Every memory is still vivid.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos didn’t have a season, but they are ending the year with some recognition.

The local minor league team received the Bob Freitas Award, which is given to the Double-A organization of the year.

Maia Vacks has been on a mission lately. That didn’t change Tuesday night at the NYSA Soccer Complex as she recorded her second consecutive hat trick to help Navarre’s girls soccer team crush Milton 10-2.

Vacks has scored seven goals in the last four games and the Wayne State College signee was just glad to help propel the Raiders to their fourth victory of the season.

There was a point late in the third quarter when things got a little tight for Navarre in its season-opening game against Escambia Monday night.

Once ahead by double digits, the Raiders now led by just two late in the third quarter and managed to stay in front moving forward into the fourth as they hung on for a 53-47 over the Gators in Pensacola.