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De’Naizha Elder danced around at the top of the 3-point line with a little more than two minutes to go in Navarre’s District 1-7A championship game against Niceville Friday night.

The Raiders easily won the Regional (also called the sectionals or state qualifying) meet at Navarre on Jan. 19. The Raiders scored 103 points in the meet. The next closest team was Pine Forest, scoring 26 points.

Khorri Newton wasn’t sure how the season would play out for Navarre’s girls basketball team, especially with a new coach taking over the program.

Already sweating nearly half-way into his hourlong physical therapy session at the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Michael Carter takes a moment to grab a drink of water.

For the last several years, Navarre and Niceville have met in the district title game to determine who would be crowned champions.

It didn’t look good for Navarre’s boys basketball team in the first few minutes of Friday night’s game against District 1-7A rival Tate.

As the regular season winds down for Navarre’s girls basketball team, the Raiders have come a long way from the two-win season of a year ago.

Jordan Leggett will never forget the thrill of playing for the national championship.

Hockey in Florida is still growing in popularity and the Pensacola Junior Ice Flyers have benefited from the growth.

Niceville 1, Navarre 0 – District Finals

Last year, after two extra time periods, Niceville and Navarre settled the district title through penalty kicks. This season, the Raiders had only two losses going into the District final and one of those losses was at the hands of Niceville. On paper it looked like a great match-up.