Sports Archive

Several dozen fans lined the Pensacola International Airport concourse Sunday to greet the 2013 Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

Pensacola is a baseball town.

While other Santa Rosa County students were enjoying the first day of spring break, weightlifters from eight schools competed in the District 1-2A championship held March 18 in Navarre. Teams from Navarre, Pace and Pine Forest tied for first with 20 points each. Milton placed fourth with 15 points.

The current crop of Navarre High School track and field athletes were overmatched at Florida State University Relays last weekend in Tallahassee, but some former Raiders had more success.

Florida Youth Soccer Association coaches recently selected Robert Holderman IV, a Holley-Navarre Middle School seventh-grader, to play on its Olympic Development Program team for players born in the year 2000.

Southern Raceway in Milton is returning to the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series for the 2013 season. Southern Raceway officials are currently putting together a schedule for their Crate Late Model Division during the 27-week season for the series that began March 25 and runs through Sept. 29.

The Navarre High School Raiders spent their spring break playing in the Aggie Classic last week in Pensacola – and probably wish Oklahoma schools took some other week off.

Kids do say the darndest things.

Navarre High School’s lifters warmed up for the district championships by defeating host Booker T. Washington 45-35 March 13 in Pensacola. The Raiders were led by first-place finishes by T.J. Woodberry, Kody Kelley, Mitch Posey, Jay Warren, Nick Benton, Mitch Posey and Devin Colonel.

Tiger Point Golf Club recently announced the hiring of Amy Luna and Scott Crum. Luna is the new director of sales and marketing. Crum will be the superintendent of the golf course.