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Soundside’s first volleyball season in program history wrapped up earlier this month. And head coach Chris Williams was pleased with the way it turned out.

“I think it went really well,” Williams said. “One of the best things was the way the girls worked together and showed up every day ready to work hard. They came in with a lot of energy every day.”

After two weeks of no Friday Night Lights because of Hurricane Isaias and its aftermath, football will be back next week for high school teams in Santa Rosa County.

But the schedule is going to look a little different than it did prior to the storm, which hit the area hard on Oct. 9.

Although there hasn’t been football for two weeks in Santa Rosa County, the FHSAA regional rankings continue to be updated.

While schools in Santa Rosa County School won’t reopen until Monday due to the damage caused by Hurricane Isaias, an exception is being made for volleyball teams in the area.

District tournaments will be allowed to move forward this week. No other sports are allowed to be in action until schools open on Monday.

Sean Acosta was supposed to be holding tryouts for the Navarre boys soccer team on Monday.

Instead, he and several Raider athletes were at the Navarre Soccer Complex on a sun-splashed October morning cleaning up the mess left by Hurricane Isaias, which ripped through Northwest Florida as a Category 2 storm on Friday night.

In the wake of Hurricane Isaias, the Florida High School Athletic Association is providing some flexibility for athletic teams for district volleyball tournaments and for football.

FHSAA Executive Director Craig Damon talked about that flexibility during an interview on Monday morning.

District volleyball tournaments in the area are set to begin on Monday.

Jay and Navarre are both top seeds in their respective tournaments, with the Royals on top in Rural District 1 and the Raiders atop District 1-6A.

The University of West Florida football team isn’t playing Saturday after its game was canceled due to Hurricane Isaias.

The Argos were scheduled to take on Northeastern State out of Oklahoma at Darrell Gooden Stadium in what would have been their first home game of October.

It’s time to take a look at the latest round of regional rankings for high school football.

Keep in mind that the Florida High School Athletic Association regional rankings look a little different this year.

History is within reach for the Navarre Raider volleyball team, which will play for its first district championship in program history next Thursday.

The Raiders (11-12) are the top seed in the three-team District 1-6A tournament and get a bye into the championship round, hosting either Pace (9-13) or Crestview (9-13) for the crown.