Sports Archive

As Navarre’s softball team prepared to hit the field for a game against rival Gulf Breeze March 12, there was a feeling of uncertainty gripping the moment.

With the COVID-19 pandemic gaining steam, athletic activity was on the brink of shutting down.

LaMarcus Smith might have wondered at times what he had gotten himself into. Joining a college football team that didn’t win a game the previous year isn’t exactly ideal.

But Smith stayed the course at Ave Maria, an NAIA school in South Florida, and it paid off. 

Michael Carter is in the running for one of college football’s biggest awards.

The University of North Carolina running back is a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award, which is given to the nation’s most versatile athlete.

Abby Fogg coached like her team was down 30 instead of up by that much throughout Thursday night’s showdown with Pace.

Rachel Leggett, Mickey Vollmer and the rest of the players on Navarre’s girls basketball team kept playing like they were the team trying to dig out of a hole rather than bury its opponent in one.

Dante Wright didn’t get a chance to play many football games this season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But when he was on the field, he made his presence felt.

Blitzing wasn’t supposed to be part of the deal. This was, after all, an all-star game.

But when the West squad blitzed in the second half, the East did the same. And that opened the door for Navarre’s Grady Kelly to go after the quarterback, something he specializes in considering he is the all-time leader in sacks at Navarre.

Michael Carter and Tommy Leggett are entering the 2021 NFL Draft. That surprises no one.

Both are talented football players good enough to excel at the next level. It was obvious they were destined to be special when they were standout athletes at Navarre High School.

Malik George slapped his hands together out of frustration after a missed layup attempt late in the action of a tightly contested game against Fort Walton Beach last Monday night.

George typically makes big shots – even the tough ones – so missing the easy one didn’t sit well with the Navarre senior.

Grady Kelly committed to Colorado State back in the spring and never wavered from that decision.

On Wednesday, he made his commitment official, signing his national letter of intent with the Rams.