Navarre’s softball team won only 10 games two years ago but has been a much different team the last two years. The Raiders have 15 wins in 2019 and 32 over the last two seasons.
Called into his head coach’s office at Florida A&M before the start of baseball season, Octavien Moyer learned his scholarship money was going to be increased.
A day filled with impressive feats of strengths, high fives, fist bumps, celebratory jumps for joy, big embraces and even a little frustration when a lift didn’t go quite right, boiled down now to one final moment at Arnold High School in Panama City Beach.
Jacobi Smith was almost brought to tears by the fact that he and his fellow seniors have helped put the Navarre boys weightlifting program on the map, leading the Raiders to a 2A state championship Friday at Arnold High School in Panama City Beach.
Pressure reached a boiling point late Thursday night. Navarre found itself on the brink of disappointment in a softball showdown at home against Milton, its two-run lead no longer as safe as it once seemed to be.
Abigail Pantlitz helped carry Navarre’s girls track team to a third-place finish at the District 2-3A meet Friday at Emerald Coast Middle School in Santa Rosa Beach.
Josh Carter admits there were moments when he wondered if the hard work would pay off. That it would lead him down a path to another state championship in the 219-pound weight class.
