Heartbreak enveloped Navarre’s girls soccer team late Tuesday night. Its dream of moving on in the Region 1-1A tournament dashed after a chaotic ending to a 2-1 double overtime loss to Nease on a chilly February evening at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
A new era begins for Navarre’s softball team. Chelsi Kania enters the 2024 campaign as the head coach and takes over a team with a promising cast of talent.
It’s a Navarre team that finished as the district runner-up a year ago and advanced to the regional semifinal.
A total of 23 recruits were added to the University of West Florida football team on national signing day Feb. 7.
That group includes Navarre’s own Tyrell Marshall, a standout defensive back for the Raiders
Before awards were given out at the District 1-3A girls weightlifting meet last month in Niceville, the announcer noted the district is the best, not just in the area, but in the state as well.
That might seem like an exaggeration, but the results don’t lie when it comes to the success of girls weightlifting in Northwest Florida.
Navarre soccer standout Cici Buffalino has been named the Florida Athletic Coaches Association District 1 Player of the Year.
Buffalino was named the top player in a district that features athletes from Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties. Teammate Katie Kauth earned a spot on the senior all-state team.
A handful of Navarre football players are headed to the next level to continue playing the sport they love.
Hunter Pfiester and Jaxson Spalla will play at Maryville, Brayden Brown is going to Stetson, Charlie Cottrell has signed with Birmingham-Southern and Tyrell Marshall will stay close to home and play at the University of West Florida.
Navarre’s boys basketball team came to an end last Tuesday night. The Raiders were overwhelmed early by Crestview and never got on track in an 84-57 District 1-6A quarterfinal loss to the Bulldogs.
Down 18-3 after one quarter and 45-15 at the half, it proved to be too big of a hole for the Raiders to dig out of as their up and down kind of season wrapped up.
Navarre’s girls basketball team could have folded up shop after the first half of its District 1-6A quarterfinal against Crestview last Monday night.
The Raiders trailed 19-9 at halftime but put together a furious second-half rally, nearly resulting in an upset win of the fourth-seeded Bulldogs.
Tyrell Marshall won’t be going too far from home to play college football, choosing to play for the University of West Florida.
Marshall originally committed to Division I Memphis, but when the Navarre defensive back standout chose to go another route, he knew D-II UWF had interest.
Northwest Florida will be well represented at the 3A FHSAA state weightlifting meet next Friday in Lakeland. The meet begins at 1 p.m. EST that day at the RP Funding Center.
Navarre has 13 competitors in the Olympic category, including regional champ Izzy Zach (183).
