The Navarre High School Lady Raiders officially formed their Varsity, Junior Varsity and Freshmen Volleyball teams last week after crowded tryouts took place at the school Aug. 4 and 5.
Navarre residents Shay Griffin and Nicole Lancaster traveled to Mobile, Ala. for the Heart of Dixie fitness competition Aug. 9. The women, who are friends and mothers, were both successful at the competition where Griffin took first place in open figure A, and Lancaster took third place in open bikini class d.
The Navarre Raiders baseball team will have a new coach for the 2015 season after Coach Bubba Meredith resigned unexpectedly Aug. 5. Meredith has accepted a teaching position at Pine Forest High School in Pensacola. Meredith moved to Navarre from Arizona and was the Raiders’ head coach for two seasons.
The Navarre YMCA Wahoos competed Aug. 2 at the 2014 BASS Championship Meet held at Hunter Pool in Pensacola. Navarre swimmers claimed four, first place finishes.
If the turf at Bennett C. Russell Stadium in Navarre could talk, it would have be screaming, “Uncle” during the early morning hours of Aug. 9. Football players, from the tiniest Navarre Youth Sports Association (NYSA) athletes to high school seniors, ran, jumped and even mashed each other into the turf for more than seven hours as Raider Day became Midnight Madness. The event began with a 6 p.m. game between 5 and 6-year-olds and concluded at midnight with a scrimmage featuring the varsity, JV and freshmen teams.
Many parents and young athletes struggle to fill the sports training gap left in Santa Rosa County from a lack of middle school athletic programs. One local club is striving to do just that with their Gulf Coast Diamond Aces traveling softball team.
Do you learn soccer better when the coach yells with a British accent? While that fact may be up for debate, whether the children at the Challenger British Soccer Camp were having fun during their weeklong camp was not.
The goal of the Navarre football program every year is to go deep into the playoffs. For the past two seasons the Raiders won the district championship with the passing game being the difference maker. Last year’s graduation put a dent in the receiving corps. However, a new crop of receivers are confident in their abilities and are anxious to make an impact for the Raider team. The eight receivers feel it is their turn to continue the excellent tradition of their passing game and, in the process, bring home another district championship.
K-Lani Rae Vickery traveled from Navarre to the Memphis area recently to compete in the 2014 Palomino World Championship Show and brought home a “Top 5” finish.
