Navarre’s boys weightlifting team competed in its first big meet of the season, taking part in the Baker Invitational Wednesday.
The Raiders finished fourth in Olympic and sixth in traditional in a meet featuring the top area teams.
Less than three minutes in the Navarre Raiders were already on the board in their boys lacrosse game against Pensacola Wednesday night.
Leland Erickson found the back of the net at the 9:31 mark and the rout was one.
A familiar face is back as the head coach of the Navarre Raider girls lacrosse team as Teddi Koppelberger has returned to coach it.
Koppelberger was the head coach of the program in its inaugural season in 2020, which was cut short by the pandemic, before moving out of the area after the 2021 season.
Facing a four-run deficit after two innings, Navarre’s baseball team battled back and nearly came up with a season-opening win over Niceville last Tuesday night.
The Raiders got within two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, but the Eagles answered in the top of the seventh and then held off a final-inning rally as Navarre lost 6-3.
Hope was fading for Navarre’s softball team, the Raiders down to six outs to make something happen against Choctaw in its season opener Tuesday night.
It was in the bottom of the sixth inning when Navarre came to life offensively, scoring four runs.
Jason Kisor will be the first to tell you things are a lot different for Navarre’s flag football team this season.
The Raiders have more experience, depth, and the potential to be one of the area’s top teams.
Izzy Zach didn’t make it to the podium at the 3A state weightlifting meet a year ago. But oh what a difference a year makes for one of Navarre’s standout lifters.
Zach sat on the floor of the RP Funding Center in Lakeland Friday during the awards ceremony, wearing a medal around her neck and a smile on her face, savoring the thrill of being a state champion for the first time.
Alyssa Grant didn’t spend her Super Bowl Sunday at a party. She was actually at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas earlier this month.
A Navarre grad and recreation management major at Florida State, Grant was able to see what life was like working a major sporting event.
Navarre’s girls weightlifting team stuck around for the team championship trophy presentation Friday night, watching rival Pace claim both the 3A Olympic and traditional titles at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
While this marked the second consecutive year that the Raiders fell short of adding an eighth state championship in program history, the end of the season was still something worth noting.
Navarre head coach Kirk Whited talked last week a few hours before a preseason game against rival Gulf Breeze about seeing what his Raider baseball team can do when it’s on the field and the lights are on.
Turns out, a good first impression was made as the Raiders rolled past Gulf Breeze 17-8 after falling behind 5-0 early.
