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After its season ended one step short of state, head coach Jacqueline Othmani took a few extra moments on the field with her heartbroken Navarre Raider softball team late Friday night.


Like her players, she hoped for a different outcome against Pace. Still, even in the wake of an 11-0 loss in a Region 1-6A title game, Othmani told her Raiders to hold their heads high.

Michael Sandle hasn’t missed a beat in his second season with the Windy City ThunderBolts.


During the first week of the season – May 7-14 – the former Navarre Raider hit .462, tallying 12 hits and driving in five runs.

There are no secrets, no surprises, and no lack of knowledge on what Navarre and Pace bring to the table as softball programs.


The Raiders and Patriots have met seven times already in the last two seasons, and Friday’s Region 1-6A championship game will mark meeting No. 8 and the right to go to state.

Between weather delays, two different fields in two different cities, and two days of softball, the Navarre Raider softball team faced a lot of uncertainty on its regional semifinal trip to St. Augustine.


What isn’t uncertain is where the Raiders are headed next – the Region 1-6A title game to play for the right to go to state.

Matt Wood is headed to Soundside, where he will be the school’s first softball and boys cross-country coach.


Wood was announced as the coach on Tuesday.

Blame it on the rain. It’s the reason Navarre’s softball team wasn’t able to finish its Region 1-6A semifinal against Tocoi Creek on Tuesday night.


The Raiders are scheduled to resume at some point Wednesday as they aim to punch a ticket to the regional title game Thursday night at Pace.

It’s been a pretty good year for Brody Bruce.


He qualified for state in cross country in the fall and finished out his athletic career with a trip to state in track.

Navarre’s boys weightlifting team wrapped up its 2026 season at the FHSAA 3A state meet in Lakeland on May 7.

Noah Chin came back for his senior year of track and field determined to go out with another medal.


He was on the 1600 relay team that placed eighth at state in 2025 and had high hopes for placing again this year.

Navarre’s softball team played in a tournament over spring break in Mississippi.

It was a big turning point of the season for the Raiders, who were one of the last four teams still standing in the Region 1-6A tournament.