Sunshine bakes the softball field at the University of West Florida on a Sunday morning in May, and in the words of Navarre High School softball standout Kallie Anderson, the heat is “the toughest part” of playing travel softball in the summer months.
Jackie Coyne built Navarre High School’s girls basketball team into a winning program a year ago, guiding the Raiders to a district championship and appearance in the regional tournament.
Scott Murphy watches as nearly 50 baseball players between the ages of 8 and 14, many with dreams of one day playing at the high-school level and beyond, take the field for another day of camp.
Dave McPherson remembers the night he and his wife were driving home from a state Taekwondo tournament that their adopted son and daughter had competed in during the weekend.
