The Raiders traveled to Tallahassee on Jan. 31 to meet Chiles High School in the regional quarterfinals. The Raiders gave the heavily favored Timberwolves all they could handle for 100 minutes before losing on penalty kicks.
Gulf Breeze alum and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin is preparing with his teammates for the Super Bowl Sunday against the Denver Broncos in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Seahawks traveled cross-country and arrived Sunday in New York. The team’s first practice was Monday. Before departing from Seattle, Baldwin spoke with members of the media about the Seahawks’ season and the upcoming battle with the Denver Broncos.
At the sectionals or state qualifying meet held at Choctaw on Jan. 22, the Raiders finished first out of the 15 schools with 87 points. Pine Forest was second with 37 and Niceville finished third with 20.
The Raiders won the first game of the district playoffs, 4 – 1 over Crestview on Jan. 21 at Ashton-Brosnaham Park. In round two, they played Pace the next night and came away with a 2 – 1 win. However, the winning streak was broken by Niceville on Jan. 24 in a 2-0 loss.
Kirk Herbstreit, football analyst for ESPN’s College GameDay, will be the featured speaker at the All Sports Association annual awards banquet Friday, Feb. 6 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center.
The second-seeded Navarre Lady Raiders drew a tough schedule in the district playoffs starting with Crestview in the first round. The next night, they were scheduled to play Niceville; a team they had never beaten. If they won both, then they would probably face number one seed, Pace.
The Raiders celebrated Senior Night on Jan. 15 by blanking Catholic 2 – 0. Two days later, they closed out the regular season with a 1 – 1 tie against Gulf Breeze.
Allison ‘Cat’ Pettigrew and Jenna Bobbitt signed a letter of intent on Jan. 16 to attend Pensacola State College and play softball for the Pirates. Surrounded by family, friends and teammates, the two close friends, signed together. Both said they look forward to playing together at the next level.
The Navarre Raiders varsity boys’ basketball team has to continue to play hard as the number of remaining games for the season continues to dwindle. The past few games the Raiders have won and lost by only a small margin. The Raiders participated in the Christmas Tournament at Pensacola Catholic over the holiday break. At the tournament, the Raiders beat Gulf Breeze High School 39-38, lost to Washington High 49-42, and lost to Escambia Charter 54-52.
