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Roan Strom wasn’t going to let anything stand in the way of him breaking a Navarre invitational record in the clean and jerk.


“I felt a little rough. My knee was hurting. My back was hurting, but the adrenaline pushed me through,” Strom said.

Tate had tied the game at 3-3 and now the pressure was on for the Navarre Raider softball team to respond to the adversity.


The Raiders weren’t rattled.

Navarre’s boys and girls lacrosse teams are in the top eight of the latest set of Region 1-2A rankings.

As Navarre’s girls lacrosse team huddled up after a 20-10 loss to Gulf Breeze on Monday at Bennett C. Russell Stadium, the players couldn’t help but hear the cheers coming from the Dolphins as they celebrated a win.

There were still a few tears in the eyes of Rachel Leggett as she walked out of the Bay Center in Pensacola and was greeted by family and friends who served as her own personal cheering section during the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship game on Monday.

Former Navarre Raider Rachel Leggett and the Troy Trojans are headed to the championship game of the Sun Belt tournament.


Troy punched its ticket with an 83-73 win on Sunday over Arkansas State, last year’s champ, and will play James Madison at 1 p.m. Monday at the Pensacola Bay Center.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will play a game at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field on May 27.

Navarre’s girls lacrosse is ranked among the top eight in Region 1-2A in the first set of FHSAA regional rankings.


The Raiders are seventh in the region after a 7-1 start to their season.

Navarre’s boys lacrosse team is ranked second in Region 1-2A in the first set of FHSAA regional rankings. The Raiders are the fourth-ranked team in the state in the classification.

The Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Games are slated for March 12 at Hartsell Arena in Pensacola.


Santa Rosa County will be well represented in the game. Tip-off for the girls contest is 5 p.m. The boys game gets rolling at 7 p.m.