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Emily Madril is headed to Paris.
The former Navarre soccer star has been named an alternate for the United States Women’s National Soccer team’s trip to the 2024 Olympics in France later this month.

Time flies as this will be year 10 of covering Navarre Raider football. There have been a lot of great moments, enough to fill a book.

Those include the chance to watch Michael Carter play, a final four run, a comeback for the ages against Crestview and big Beach Bowl wins.

After missing the game the week before, Quentin Randolph was back at it, making plays for the Vegas Knight Hawks in their Fourth of July weekend game against the San Diego Strike Force.
Randolph scored twice for the Knight Hawks in their 60-59 road loss that puts their clinching of an Indoor Football League playoff berth on hold. They are 9-5 on the season.

Navarre alum Emily (Madril) Sams and the Orlando Pride are atop the National Women’s Soccer League standings after an impressive 2-1 road win over the KC Current Saturday night in a battle of unbeaten teams.

A best two-out-of-three format for high school playoff baseball  may soon be reality.
The Florida High School Athletic Association is expected to vote on it in September.

Big news broke in the flag football world as Conference Carolinas will add the sport starting in the 2025-26 season.
The conference will be the first at the NCAA Division I or II level to have flag football. Division III Atlantic East already has flag football.

Season tickets are now on sale for University of West Florida football games.

The Argos have six home games on the schedule this year as they begin their eighth season of football.

The University of West Florida football team is ranked among the top 15 in NCAA Division II in one preseason football magazine.
Lindy’s has the Argos at No. 13 in its Top 25 poll.

With the heat index, it’s probably feels like it’s at least 100 degrees on a late June morning in Navarre. Lee Jones is encouraging Raider players as they run sprints and navigate their way through weave drills on a sun-baked practice field.
It’s one of those days where Jones, a former Navarre Raider standout, is thankful he’s now a coach instead of an athlete.

New Breed is a team of flag football all-stars, a dream team that one might create on a video game.
You’ve got Pace quarterback Amaya Pablo, nicknamed Little Tua and arguably one of the nation’s best quarterbacks. There’s Natalie Busch, who burst onto the scene in 2024 with a breakout season at Navarre, and is one of those receivers who catches almost anything you throw her way.