Ty Stringfield never experienced the thrill of winning a medal in track prior to last week. No matter the number of events she tried, she couldn’t find her niche.
Navarre struggled in a loss to rival Gulf Breeze but bounced back in a big way with wins over a pair of schools from Kentucky in a doubleheader. The Raiders, coming off a 5-2 loss to the Dolphins Tuesday, blanked North Oldham 7-0 and earned a 9-4 win over Lafayette.
Navarre’s girls softball team scored two runs in the sixth and seventh innings, but it wasn’t enough as the Niceville Eagles won the district contest by an 8-4 score at Navarre March 26.
Navarre dropped two games by slim margins last week and fell to 5-8 for the season. The Raiders outhit both opponents, but managed just three runs combined in the two contests, losing 2-1 to Southside out of Alabama and falling 4-2 to area powerhouse Tate.
Callan Taylor found herself penciled into the starting lineup as the designated hitter for the University of West Florida softball team on the first day of the 2017 season.
