The Florida High School Athletic Association will review its policies on performance-enhancing drugs following an allegation that its athletes were among the customers of the shuttered clinic at the center of the baseball scandal.
The Raiders have had a 1,000 yard runner the last three years in a row. The secret to that kind of production is an outstanding offensive line. A strong running game balances a passing attack and is vital to keep a defense honest.
Allison ‘Cat’ Pettigrew was drawn to be a pitcher from an early age. “When I watched my older sister Emily play, I was mesmerized by the pitcher’s windup,” Pettigrew said. “At five or six years old, I would walk around the house, practicing that windup motion. There was just something about it.” When she was eight, Pettigrew began using that motion as she pitched for her NYSA team.
The fairways and greens at Club at Hidden Creek Locals will become stages for celebrities this weekend. The public is invited to come out to Hole No. 1 at 1 p.m. Saturday and watch local pro golfer Boo Weekley and national TV star Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty hit the links for Weekley’s annual charity golf tourney.
Recently, the Navarre 12-U softball team won the title at the annual Northwest Florida Girls Softball Alliance (NWFGSA) All-Star tournament held in Pensacola at Exchange Park.
The Navarre Raiders’ football future could very well rest on the right arm of junior quarterback Matt Webb, who has been auditioning for that role since he was five years old.
The Raider girls’ weightlifting team won the school’s only state title in February when the team sent 11 girls to the state championship held in Kissimmee. Six Raiders were on the podium to receive individual medals when the competition ended and the Raiders won the state team title by one point. Of the six individual medal winners from the state competition, the Raiders lost five through graduation.
The Navarre Beach Volleyball Club currently consists of three teams that play in the Gulf Coast Region and travel to tournaments between Mobile and Panama City. The club has been in existence for two years, and plans for expansion are already in the works.
