Sports Archive

The four captains on Navarre’s boys lacrosse team all bring a lot to the table.


There’s Aaron Pinkerton, the valedictorian of the Class of 2025 and who has never stopped working hard.

Mouse Dekom decided to give lacrosse a shot after not making the cut for the freshman volleyball team.

Navarre’s girls weightlifting program consistently finishes in the top five in the state and has even won seven state championships, the last in 2022.


This year was no exception for the Raiders, who placed fourth in traditional and fifth in Olympic at the 3A meet in Lakeland two weeks ago.

Natalia Taylor loves to hit. She’s good at it. The fact that she led the Raider softball team in hitting last season tells you as much.

Josh Wilson nearly won a state championship in weightlifting a year ago.


The Raider senior finished as the runner-up in his weight class and hopes this year he can bring home a gold medal.

Eddie Brown takes a break from practice to talk basketball. The Lighthouse Christian College star is in the middle of, arguably, the best season of his collegiate career and is thrilled about it.

Rod Aldoff is back as the coach of the Pensacola Ice Flyers.

Izzy Zach was overcome with emotion as she walked off the platform after clinching a state championship in Olympic at the 3A state meet Saturday in Lakeland.


The Navarre senior was thrilled to be a champ but also a little hurt she didn’t lift more than she did inside the RP Funding Center.

Area 1A and 3A girls weightlifting teams are set to compete in their respective state meets Saturday at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.


Pace goes into it as the reigning two-time state champion in Olympic and traditional in 3A. Navarre and Milton are expected to have strong showings at state as well. Central, Crestview and Baker have lifters competing in the 1A meet.

Navarre’s softball team enjoyed a successful preseason, winning both of its games this week.


The Raiders played two games in Pace, beating Northview 7-3 on Tuesday and winning 7-2 over Milton on Wednesday.