Even last season, when Navarre’s girls basketball team was in the midst of arguably its best season in program history, Jackie Coyne considered stepping down as the head coach of the Raiders.
Tony Carter has watched the players on Navarre’s football team grow up, his ties to many of them going back to their youth football days. He also has two sons, Michael and Josh, who have been instrumental to the success of the Raiders all season.
Jay Walls has made quite a mark in his five seasons as the head coach of the Navarre Raiders. His team has won 10 or more games three times and the latest win was one of the most memorable.
Sometimes players will tell you past losses don’t matter, that they are forgotten like a homework assignment that was completed more than a decade ago.
The Lady Raider lifters demonstrated why they are the favorite to win another division championship this season. The Raiders won first place in all 10 weight divisions and second place in all but one.
Less than two minutes had gone by and Navarre’s girls basketball team was already down six points to Pensacola Tuesday night. By the end of the first quarter the deficit was 24.
Navarre football players will get a chance to watch a little football on Thanksgiving, but they are much more excited about the game they will play in the day after they gobble up some turkey.
