Sports Archive

The Navarre varsity Lady Raiders basketball team won three of their last four games to improve to .500 for the season.

The Raiders once again dominated the competition as they won the Choctaw Invitational on Dec. 11 with 84 points. Their closest competitors Niceville and Choctaw scored 30 and 23 points respectively.

The Lady Raiders scored a 5 – 0 win on Dec. 10 at home against Fort Walton Beach. Three days later they played Bay at home and shut them out as well by an 8 – 0 score.

The Raiders proved to be road warriors last week as they traveled to Pace on Dec. 9 and Tate on Dec. 10 and came away with wins in both contests. The Raiders beat the Patriots 4 – 2 in a non-district game and the Aggies, 3 – 1 the next night in a district game.

The Lady Raider weightlifting team traveled to Milton last Thursday for a quad meet, and once again, the Raiders dominated the competition. The Lady Raiders scored 95, while the second closest team was Gulf Breeze with 30. Pace scored 24 and Milton 4 in the meet. A Raider placed first in all 10 weight divisions. They also placed second in all but two weight divisions.

The Raiders came back from the Thanksgiving break hungry to be back in action. They shut out Milton 8 – 0 last Monday at home in only 40 minutes. The following night, the Raiders shut out Pine Forest 6 – 0 at home.

The Raiders scored an easy 8 – 0 win over Pine Forest on Dec. 3 at home. On Dec.6 they traveled to Tate and shut out the Aggies as well by a 5 – 0 score.

Tallahassee – Florida State was voted the No. 1 team in the FBS Sunday for the first time since Oct. 1, 2000. The Seminoles are heavily favored against Duke in the upcoming Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and are 60 minutes from a berth in the BCS title game.

The Navarre High School Swim and Dive team traveled to the Sailfish Splash Water Park in Stuart to compete in the Florida High School Athletic Association State 3A Swim and Dive meet Nov. 15.

The Lady Raider lifters were tested for the first time in an away match win over Pine Forest on Tuesday when they scored a 56 to 33 victory.