In its first year under coach Ken MacDonald, the Navarre High School boys’ soccer team had one of its best seasons ever. The Raiders beat Tallahassee Chiles 2-1 in their opening regional playoff game. A few days later, it took a last-minute Niceville goal to eliminate the Raiders in the region semifinal game.
Before a baseball game this spring at Navarre High School, Paulette Rollant gripped the baseball, went through her wind up, and threw a perfect pitch to Raiders’ catcher Matt Marshall. Presidents, dignitaries, celebrities and former big league players who have attempted and failed miserably to throw a ceremonial first pitch would have been impressed. More importantly, Dan Rollant could not have possibly been more proud. Not only for Paulette’s execution of the pitch, but for what she has done to honor him since his death in December 2011.
The Navarre High School Baseball Booster Club held its annual dinner and awards banquet on Thursday, May 16, in the Parish Center of St. Sylvester Catholic Church. Players, coaches, Diamond Girls, family members and special guests attended the event.
Navarre natives Delbert Tucker, 53, and Julie Harrington, 50, finished first and second overall and first in the male and female walkers’ divisions in the 2013 Sunset Stampede at Navarre Beach. Tucker finished the 5-kilometer course in 31 minutes, 5 seconds, and Harrington arrived at the finish line 33:09 after starting the out-and-back course on Gulf Boulevard.
University of West Florida will play Florida Tech at 6 p.m. tonight in Tampa in the first round of the NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship Tournament.
Joey Pinto, 42, of Jacksonville, edged Navarre High School standout James Mullin, 18, by seven seconds Saturday to win the seventh annual Michele Hill Raider Run.
Jordan Leggett didn’t know much about Clemson University until the Tigers’ football program began recruiting him before his junior season at Navarre High School.
Graduation will hit Navarre High School’s boys’ cross country team hard in 2013. Seniors James Mullin, Trent Beck and Jonah Griego regularly led the Raiders last fall.
