Up eight with time winding down against Central on Friday afternoon, Lighthouse Private Christian Academy managed to hold off one last scoring attempt by the Jaguars and secure a 30-22 victory.
Navarre’s football team went into Friday’s final District 1-6A game of the year with a shot at a championship.
But a slow start proved impossible to overcome on the final Friday of October as the Raiders had no answer for the Patriots in a 35-7 loss at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
Tyler Lewis and Jax Callen are among the Navarre athletes who rose to the occasion at the District 1-3A swim meet Wednesday at the University of West Florida Aquatic Center in Pensacola.
Despite the challenges Navarre’s football team has faced this season, the Raiders find themselves with a shot to win a third consecutive district championship this week.
They take on District 1-6A front runner Pace Friday night at Bennett C. Russell Stadium, and a win, coupled with a Tate victory over Crestview, means the Raiders are district champs.
Addison Danforth dove to the floor near the Navarre Raider bench and forced the ball back into the air. Izzy Aloy then bumped it behind her after chasing it down on the other side of the court, keeping it from going out of bounds.
Katelyn Weller did the rest, hammering home a ferocious kill that capped a wild 33-31 win for the Raiders and sent this Region 1-6A quarterfinal against Pace to a fifth and decisive set.
Anakah (Madril) Evangelista reached a point in her final collegiate soccer season where she realized ‘she wasn’t ready to be done playing yet.’
She had a lot of success her senior season at Life, including earning NAIA All-American honors, and that inspired her to play beyond college.
