Adapting to a new team comes with the territory of being a minor league baseball player. Players promoted to the next level must get used to new teammates, a new stadium and new opponents.
Here was Tyler Mahle, in just the second start of his Double-A baseball career for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, staring straight into the evil eyes of a bases-loaded jam last Wednesday night.
Adapting to life in a new city won’t be anything new to Navarre’s Zamir Jones when he heads to New England this fall to play basketball at Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts.
Phillip Ervin steps off the field after batting practice on a Saturday afternoon in June, wiping the sweat from his forehead before he begins answering questions about how his second season in the Southern League has played out in Pensacola.
Concerns are on the rise over pitch counts in baseball but Navarre pitcher Tyler Rebber will tell you it’s the last thing on his mind when he is in a game.
Just behind Bennett C. Russell Stadium, the place where Navarre’s dreams of a perfect season came crashing down in a gut-wrenching 23-22 loss to Tate in the opening round of the playoffs last November, the Raiders work hard on a sun-splashed practice field.
On June 20, Coach Rob Simon started the onerous task of rebuilding the Raider soccer team, which lost half of its players because of graduation. The start of soccer camp began with fundamentals. The girls practiced passing and defense in hot weather.
