The Lady Raiders’ softball team failed last week to avenge early season losses to Tate and Pace. The Tate Aggies were first on Navarre’s schedule and, although the March 12 game in Cantonment was much closer than the first game the teams played, the Raiders lost 5-4. The result was much worse for the Pace game March 15 at home as the Raiders lost to the Patriots 10-2.
Friends and family joined Navarre High School senior Hayley Naker on March 12 in the school’s cafeteria/auditorium, where she signed a letter of intent to play soccer at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala.
The first Decire’ Febus Memorial Track Meet was a success for the Raiders, who honored the late Navarre High School homecoming queen and track athlete – and focused attention on the dangers of drinking and driving – at the three-team competition on Tuesday, March 12.
Slumping Navarre fell to 6-7 after losing 6-0 to Jay, Okla., in the first round of the Aggie Classic high school baseball tournament Monday. The loss was the Raiders’ third straight and Navarre’s first shutout loss of the season. The Maroon and Black were scheduled to play Edmond, Okla., North on Tuesday at West Florida High School. The tournament, featuring 22 local and out-of-state teams, continues through today, Thursday March 21, when the two top-seeded teams and third- and fourth-seeded teams will play at 7 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively, at Community Maritime Park in Pensacola.
Nearly 17,000 green-clad runners, many costumed for the occasion, rushed through Pensacola’s downtown streets Saturday in the 36th McGuire’s St. Patrick’s Day 5K.
The Gulf Breeze Rage All Stars will compete in the international Cheerleading and Dance Worlds Competition from April 26-29 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Walt Disney World. According to a news release, the competition, produced by the United States All Star Federation and the International All Star Federation, is a “premiere championship” and will host the best cheer and dance teams from all over the world.
Special Olympics Escambia/Santa Rosa will host the Area 1 Summer Games beginning at 9 a.m. March 23 at Corry Station in Pensacola. Area 1 includes Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties.
The Navarre High School weightlifters placed second in a three-team meet March 6 with Fort Walton Beach and Choctawhatchee at Fort Walton Beach. The Vikings demonstrated why they may be one of the favorites in the upcoming state meet by scoring 50 points. Navarre scored 34 points and Choctaw had 27. Five points were awarded for first place in a weight-division, three for second, two for third and one for fourth.
