Less than two minutes had gone by and Navarre’s girls basketball team was already down six points to Pensacola Tuesday night. By the end of the first quarter the deficit was 24.
Navarre football players will get a chance to watch a little football on Thanksgiving, but they are much more excited about the game they will play in the day after they gobble up some turkey.
Corey Banfield isn’t going to panic about the Pensacola Ice Flyers’ challenging start to the season, a start that has left the reigning Southern Professional Hockey League champs with a 2-4-3 record through their first nine games.
No matter how things played out Friday night between Tate and Gulf Breeze in their 6A playoff game, Navarre was going to get a shot at revenge this week as long as it took care of business against Escambia in its playoff opener.
If anyone was looking for a sign that expectations have been raised for Navarre’s boys soccer team, look no further than the Raiders’ reaction to having to settle for a tie in their season opener against area power Niceville last Tuesday night at the NYSA Soccer Complex.
All year, well, really you could go back to last season’s devastating playoff loss to Tate, the Navarre Raiders have had a state championship on their minds.
John McLean set himself up for success as a pro hockey player two years ago when he took advantage of an opportunity to play with the Pensacola Ice Flyers straight out of college.
Taf Bentley could spend all day talking about everything last year’s Navarre boys basketball team accomplished. The fourth-year head boys basketball coach of the Raiders could point to the school-record 17 wins, the district runner-up finish and the first trip to the regional in more than a decade.
