Sports Archive

Emily (Madril) Sams has established herself as one of the nation’s best soccer players.


This past summer, she was in Paris for the 2024 Olympics, winning a gold medal as an alternate on the United States Women’s National Team.

Ethan Newman has entered the transfer portal.


The former Navarre Raider made the decision this week in the wake of the Owls firing head coach Brian Bohannon.

Lighthouse Private Christian Academy nearly won a state title a year ago, finishing as the state runner-up.


The Stingrays didn’t let the opportunity to win it all slip through their fingers a second consecutive year, however, beating Keswick Christian 18-16 for the crown Nov. 15.

Top volleyball standouts showcased their talent at the Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Game Thursday at Pensacola State.

Navarre’s boys basketball team looks a little different last year with two of its top scorers lost to graduation.


But there is certainly potential for this Raider team, and it was on display at times in a couple of preseason games in Milton this past week.

A young and inexperienced Navarre Raider girls basketball team got its first look at live action on the court Tuesday during a preseason tournament in Pace.


The Raiders played four two-quarter games, including one against West Florida Tech, and head coach Abby Fogg talked about her team’s effort after that one.

Navarre’s Vinny Villanova earned recognition from the Florida Athletic Coaches Association at the end of the season.


Villanova was named to the All-District 1 team, the lone Raider to earn the honor.

Everette Alford took over as the head coach at Lighthouse Private Christian Academy in the summer of 2022, giving him little time to truly get things set up the way he wanted going into the season.


The team finished 1-8 that year, but over the last two seasons, with Alford’s fingerprints visible on the program, Lighthouse has thrived.

As a ninth grader, Katelyn Weller looked up to Kyra McKelvey, a former Navarre Raider volleyball standout now playing collegiately at Southeastern Louisiana.


This past volleyball season, Weller put herself in the same sentence as McKelvey, breaking her single season kills record.

Navarre alum Emily (Madril) Sams and the Orlando Pride are one step closer to an NWSL championship.


Orlando dominated Chicago 4-1 in a quarterfinal game on Friday. Sams had an assist in the first ever postseason win for the Pride.