The Navarre High School baseball team advanced to the second round of a district tournament for the first time in four years with a dramatic 13-inning win against Milton, but the Raiders’ struggles against Pace continued in the District 1-6A semifinals. The Patriots claimed a 5-3 victory April 24 at Tate High School in Cantonment despite managing just three hits against Navarre pitching.
Raiders T. J. Woodberry and Jay Warren brought home medals from the Florida High School Athletics Association weightlifting championship held Friday, April 19, in Kissimmee.
The Lady Raiders’ softball team easily defeated Washington in the opening round of the District 1-6A tournament April 16 at Milton. Two days later, the same Navarre High School bats that scored 15 runs in two innings against the Wildcats were virtually silent against Pace as the Raiders lost 1-0 in a pitcher’s duel.
Robby Miller’s unassisted double play in the bottom of the 13th inning Monday preserved a 4-3 Navarre High School win, ended Milton’s baseball season and sent the Raiders into the District 1-6A baseball semifinals.
Four Navarre High School weightlifters will compete in the Florida High School Athletics Association Class 2A state championship tomorrow, April 19, in Kissimmee.
The Navarre High School Lady Raiders softball team warmed up for this week’s district playoffs with victories against Fort Walton Beach and Choctawhatchee. A game scheduled against Gulf Breeze on April 11 was canceled and not rescheduled.
Navarre High School played three District 1-6A baseball contests last week; the Raiders were shut out twice and scored a season-high number of runs in the other.
The Lady Raiders’ softball team won an easy 10-0 victory against Pine Forest on April 2 at Navarre High School. Two days later it was a different story; there was nothing easy in an extra-inning win against Escambia. The teams were locked in a scoreless pitching duel before the Raiders scored seven runs in the ninth inning for the win.
