The Navarre Raider softball team is playoff bound for the first time since 2023.
The Raiders begin Region 1-6A tournament play Thursday on the road against South Lake.
For three and a half innings Thursday night, Navarre’s softball team kept the game scoreless against reigning state champion Pace.
The Raiders weren’t going to go down without a fight against the Patriots in the District 1-6A title game, and while the result wasn’t what they wanted, they aren’t hanging their heads after a 5-1 loss.
Navarre grad Jordan Jefferson grew up chasing a dream of playing in the NFL. This past season, he lived it with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
“It was special to live out that dream that a lot of kids wish they could,” Jefferson said. “I was in the 1% that got to do that. It was a blessing. God is good.”
Kylie Pearson didn’t see a lot of time on the field last season in what was her first year of varsity softball at Navarre.
But what a difference a year makes for Pearson, now a senior and a key contributor for the Raiders, who are playing in the district tournament this week and are poised for a Region 1-6A tournament bid.
Navarre’s softball team was laser focused on getting a win Tuesday night.
And after a 10-1 win over Tate at home, the Raiders shift their attention to Thursday’s District 1-6A championship game.
Navarre’s own Josh Carter will get an opportunity to play in the NFL after receiving a rookie minicamp invite from the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday.
Carter played the final three years of his college football career at Eastern Kentucky and emerged as a standout running back.
School hasn’t started yet on a Tuesday morning in late April but spring football practice is underway for the Navarre Raiders.
It’s day two. There’s energy and effort all over the sun-splashed practice field, and the goal is to maintain both throughout the spring.
Dante Wright is the latest from Navarre to get a shot with an NFL team.
He earned a rookie minicamp invite from the Kansas City Chiefs Saturday evening after the NFL Draft.
Navarre Raider head flag football coach Jason Kisor still has one more opportunity to coach this season.
Kisor has been named the head coach of the North team for the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Flag Football Game May 17.
August Gamauf and Carson Green are headed to nationals next month in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Representing Gulf Coast Elite, Gamauf and Green will compete at the US Men’s Gymnastics National Championship meet for the first time in their careers.
