Sports Archive

The regular season is winding down and the Florida High School Athletic Association rankings listed on MaxPreps for football carry a little more weight at this point in the year.

The University of West Florida Argos are ranked No. 23 in this weeek’s American Football Coaches Poll.

Matthew Baccarini has been going back and forth between Gulf Pointe Latin and Navarre High for soccer over the last three years.

But with Gulf Pointe, a private school, switching from 7-on-7 to 11-on-11 soccer for its fall season, he isn’t able to play for the Raiders this winter due to Florida High School Athletic Association rules.

Pensacola State’s women’s soccer team is a Region 8 Division II champion for the fourth year in a row.

After winning 3-2 in comeback fashion on Oct. 15 over Pasco-Hernando the Pirates beat the same team the next day by a 3-1 score to clinch the crown.

Emily Sams reached a milestone in her professional soccer career on Oct. 17.

The former Navarre Raider star played in the 100th regular season game of her National Women’s Soccer League career, with Angel City FC beating Denver Summit FC by a 3-2 score.

Jay and Navarre are postseason bound in volleyball.

The Royals are the No. 1 seed in Rural Region 1 while the Raiders are the eighth seed in Region 1-6A.

Amiyah Byrd’s final volleyball match inside the Navarre Raider gymnasium will forever be a memorable one.

Less than a week after a hurricane hit the area, closing schools and putting the fate of the District 1-6A tournament in question as far as when it would be played, Byrd and the Raiders came out ready to go Thursday night, beating Pace in four sets to claim the program’s first ever district title.

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.