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Major League Baseball tends to stick to tradition. It doesn’t embrace change the way other pro sports do, sometimes avoiding it like a plague.

That is until two weeks ago when commissioner Rob Manfred dropped the hammer on Atlanta by pulling the 2021 All-Star Game out of the city.

A lot is going Tori Martino’s way right now.

The former Navarre Raider and current standout on the IU East women’s soccer team just earned all-conference honors for the second consecutive season. She’s also on a team headed to the NAIA tournament.

Tony Carter leans against a fence outside the track and watches the athletes put in work.

Navarre’s track coach loves seeing the athletes continue to strive for greatness and is thankful his Raiders have made it to the finish line of the regular season despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Seven Navarre Raiders have landed a spot on the FloridaHSFootball.com 7A All-State team that was released Friday morning by the site’s publisher, Josh Wilson.

The group includes third-team picks Elijah Melendez, Devin Wright and Grady Kelly.

Teddi Atteberry coached her final girls lacrosse game Thursday.

She is moving to another state but has enjoyed coaching the Raiders over the last two years, leading Navarre to three wins this season after a winless inaugural campaign that was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will take the field with fans in the stands during the 2021 Southern League season.

Major League Baseball approved the decision this week and various health and safety protocols will be in place.

When the season began, Navarre boys weightlifting coach Garrett Bagley noted that his team had a long way to go.

Over the last two months, the Raiders have made significant strides and enter Friday’s sub-regional at Oak Leaf with a shot to bring home another trophy.

My dog got a hold of my press pass the other day and brought it to his pit of death, which is a cooler term for under the dining room table.

He put a few bite marks into it, but luckily, the pass lives on, which means more opportunities are on the horizon for me in the world of covering sports.

Soccer had always been the main sport for Zoey Dezaldivar. When Navarre started up its girls lacrosse program last season, Dezaldivar made a switch.

There have been difficult moments for sure, growing pains that come with being new to the sport, such as Thursday’s 12-1 loss to Seacoast Collegiate at Ian Lockwood Field.

Renee Harris-Toliver turned in a strong performance for Navarre’s track team at the Patriot Invitational last Thursday in Pace.

Harris-Toliver won the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.80 and she placed second in the 100, clocking in with a time of 14.07.