Navarre High School dominated the district meet held Jan. 9 at home, placing first in nine of 10 weight divisions. The Raiders also had five second-place winners and one third-place finisher.
This time of the year every game is a challenge, according to Navarre girls’ soccer coach Rob Simon. In a week of non-district matchups, the Raiders beat a very tough Choctawhatchee team on Monday Jan. 7, tied Pensacola Catholic on Tuesday Jan. 8 and succumbed to West Florida after leading the game for the first 60 minutes on Friday, Jan. 11.
Navarre freshman Nadia Fingall recorded a triple-double and the Lady Raiders played their most complete basketball game of the season Friday in a 59-32 rout of visiting Tate High School.
Navarre High School’s boys’ soccer team played three games last week, winning against West Florida and Pensacola Catholic and losing to Choctawhatchee. Raiders coach Ken MacDonald substituted freely in each game attempting to rest several injured players before next week’s district tournament.
A national coaches association recently announced that Navarre High School’s 2011-2012 girls soccer team earned a Team Academic Award for its overall performance in the classroom.
Navarre High School’s boys’ soccer team played two games last week and at first the Raiders were a little rusty after a two-week break from school. Coach Ken MacDonald substituted freely trying to get the Raiders familiar with playing together at game speed. Some players are coming off injuries and his goal, he explained, was to ease them back into play and avoid aggravating their injuries.
The quicker Eagles’ pesky defense and balanced attack led Pine Forest to a 52-27 district win against the host Navarre Raiders on Thursday, Jan. 3. Despite the lopsided loss, Raiders’ coach Greg Boozer said his team had improved since a 68-17 loss to the Eagles in Pine Forest.
