For two straight years, the Navarre Raiders boys’ soccer team advanced to the regional playoffs before being eliminated by a late goal. This season’s seniors think that they have the right stuff to make it to the playoffs again and this time, producing a different result.
A 14-year-old Holley-Navarre Middle School student is competing in the Palomino World Championship for horseback riding in Tunica, Mississippi near Memphis, Tennessee. K-Lani Rae Vickery of Navarre has competed in several horse shows and now has advanced to the World Championship.
Andreea Brooks was looking for a part-time job when her husband saw that the previous tennis pro for Holley by the Sea was no longer employed at the recreation facility. Brooks has lived in HBTS for seven years and has not been a part of the tennis program even though she was a national tennis champion for Romania when she was only 14-years old. She was also the No. 1 player in singles at the University of West Florida three years in a row. Later, Brooks became an assistant tennis coach at UWF and was also an assistant pro at Pensacort in Pensacola.
The 2013 Navarre High School girls’ soccer season was special. The team advanced to the regional semifinals before losing by a single goal. Despite the disappointing loss, the team made history. The Raiders won matches over Gulf Breeze and Niceville for the first time ever. One of the main reasons for their success last year was the 11 seniors on the team. Coach Rob Simon had so many seniors on the team, he was able to substitute one senior for another.
Navarre High School football players start practice Monday, Aug. 4, but they can’t get back into full gear until the sixth day of practice. So, the coaching staff, Navarre Raider Quarterback Club and Navarre Youth Sports Association (NYSA) are launching the first-ever “Midnight Madness.”
With a full slate of swim meets scheduled for July, Coach Mary Moorer scheduled a mock swim meet June 21 at the Betty J. Pullum Family YMCA in Navarre. “We have a lot of swimmers on the team this year that are new to competitive swimming,” Moorer said. “We wanted to get them used to meet conditions before the July meets are held.”
A ceremonial shotgun start kicked off the 2014 Ducks Unlimited charity golf tournament June 21. Seventy-two golfers lined up for a chance to win Stoeger shotguns among other prizes.
More than 20 four-person teams took to the course June 20 at the Club at Hidden Creek to compete, have fun and support a Santa Rosa County-based nonprofit that provides support for disabled young adults. An added attraction was an opportunity to spend a few minutes with PGA Tour pro Boo Weekley, who was stationed at the 17th hole to help raise additional funds for Vision of Hope.
About 130 high school and middle school football players and their parents spent last weekend in Navarre, so the youth athletes could hone their skills learning from Super Bowl and All-Pro NFL players and coaches. Keith Brahms organized the local camp for Football University, a company that holds the player training events across the country.
The Navarre High School Cheerleading team sponsored a clinic for young cheerleaders June 10-13. Kindergarten through eighth-grade girls attended to learn routines, fight songs, jumps, techniques and even some stunting.
