Sports Archive

Caden Howard needed a new challenge when it came to competing in track and field.
So, after his second year with the NCAA Division III Huntingdon Hawks ended, the Navarre grad started searching for a new home.

Darrien McDowell is the highest drafted player in University of West Florida baseball history.
McDowell was taken 180th overall, going in the six round to the San Diego Padres on Monday.

A handful of area athletes are featured in the new EA Sports College Football video game.
Among them are Dante Wright, Grady Kelly and Ethan Newman from Navarre as well as Tyler Strain out of Pace and Emory Williams from Milton.

Marquez White had never played a full season of football before last year. It didn’t take him long to catch on to the game and thrive.
White finished among the top tacklers for the Navarre Raiders, ranking third with 64, and he’s ready to build on that success as a junior.

Sometimes Emily (Madril) Sams still can’t believe this is her life. Not many get to be a pro athlete, after all, and let it be known the Navarre alum is fully aware she’s living the dream.

Quentin Randolph is headed to the postseason with the Vegas Knight Hawks.
Randolph caught three passes for 45 yards and also rushed for seven yards as he helped Vegas defeat Northern Arizona 55-45 on Saturday to clinch the franchise’s first ever Indoor Football League playoff berth.

Emily Madril is headed to Paris.
The former Navarre soccer star has been named an alternate for the United States Women’s National Soccer team’s trip to the 2024 Olympics in France later this month.

Time flies as this will be year 10 of covering Navarre Raider football. There have been a lot of great moments, enough to fill a book.

Those include the chance to watch Michael Carter play, a final four run, a comeback for the ages against Crestview and big Beach Bowl wins.

After missing the game the week before, Quentin Randolph was back at it, making plays for the Vegas Knight Hawks in their Fourth of July weekend game against the San Diego Strike Force.
Randolph scored twice for the Knight Hawks in their 60-59 road loss that puts their clinching of an Indoor Football League playoff berth on hold. They are 9-5 on the season.

Navarre alum Emily (Madril) Sams and the Orlando Pride are atop the National Women’s Soccer League standings after an impressive 2-1 road win over the KC Current Saturday night in a battle of unbeaten teams.