Sports Archive

While the Lady Raider varsity softball teamed worked at a car wash March 22, the JV team members were hard at work playing in the Raider JV tournament. The four-team tourney included Escambia, Gulf Breeze, West Florida and Navarre. Each team played three games and at the end of a long day of softball, the Lady Raiders were named tournament champions.

The Pensacola Ice Flyers haven’t tasted defeat since a Feb. 20 shoot-out loss to the Mississippi Surge, their first round playoff opponent. The Ice Flyers have won 11 straight since including two road wins over the Surge Feb. 28 and March 1.

On March 6, Jared Gonzalez accepted a scholarship offer to play baseball for Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala. Five days later he showed why he was so coveted by the Hawks coaching staff. The senior hurler pitched the game of his life in leading Navarre to its first district win of the season against Fort Walton Beach. His gem gave the Raiders back-to-back victories for the first time this year.

The Raiders met Pace at home March 10 in a dual meet and tied the Patriots 44 – 44. The competition served as a warm-up for the District Championships March 26.

The Navarre Lady Raiders track team finished eleventh out of 14 teams at the Vince Whibbs Invitational March 15 at Pensacola Catholic High School. Pine Forest won the meet but only by 16 points over McGill-Toolin Catholic. Pine Forest had dominated the Patriot Invitational winning by more than 50 points in Pace March 7.

The Navarre Raiders track team finished ninth out of 14 teams at the Vince Whibbs Invitational March 15 at Pensacola Catholic High School. The Raiders finished ahead of rival Gulf Breeze, who had outscored them by half-a-point March 7 in Pace.

Orlando, Fla. (AP) – An annual study of the schools in the men’s NCAA tournament shows a slight increase in teams that fall below graduation rate standards.

Led by four RBIs from Jenna Bobbitt and Taelor Smith, the Lady Raiders overcame an early 4 – 0 deficit to win at Pine Forest March 12. Trailing 4 – 0 going into the bottom of the second inning, the Raiders scored their first run. Callan Taylor reached first on one of 10 errors committed by the Eagle defense. Taylor moved to third on Kolette Jones’ bunt single and scored on a passed ball, making the score, Pine Forest 4, Navarre 1.

Raiders 16, Crestview 4

Led by home runs from Taelor Smith and Jenna Bobbitt, the Lady Raiders breezed to an easy win over Crestview at home on March 4. It was the fifth home run of the year for Bobbitt. Smith’s home run was a shot. “The ball went over the fence and into the woods,” Allison Pettigrew said. “It was the longest we have seen so far this season.”

The Navarre Raiders track team finished fifth out of 14 teams at the 33rd Annual Frank Lay Patriot Invitational March 7 at Pace High School. Only a single point separated third through fifth place.