Before the second set against Booker T Washington
Thursday night, the Navarre Raider volleyball team huddled up to talk strategy.
The Raiders had just lost a marathon opener 31-29 to the Wildcats and now it was time to get back on track.
Navarre is hoping for a bounce-back win Friday night when it travels to Pensacola to take on Pine Forest.
The Raiders are coming off a 34-27 overtime loss to Catholic and are gearing up for a game that will have an interesting storyline to it.
Navarre’s swim team competed in a tri-meet with Milton and Fort Walton Beach last Wednesday afternoon at the Pullum YMCA.
Several Raiders finished in the top three, including Hayden Weber who was second in the 100 Breaststroke (1:08.51) and third in the 100 Butterfly (59.03).
In 2016, Kaleb Nobles was making his debut as the quarterback of a first-year University of West Florida football program.
Fast forward seven years and Nobles is now the head coach of the program that ushers in a new era Friday night when it hosts Kentucky Wesleyan in a 6 p.m. game at Pen Air Field.
Addison Danforth is a skilled volleyball player, but it’s something that doesn’t show up in the box score that may very well be her best asset on the court for the Navarre Raiders.
One of the most encouraging things for Navarre head coach Tish Boozer heading into a new year is that many of her key golfers have spent time on their own this offseason working on their game.
Julia Irmen used to kick a ball rather than set it. She played soccer when she was younger, but for the senior Navarre standout, the game wasn’t for her.
“The running part just wasn’t for me,” Irmen said.
Lighthouse Private Christian Academy won only one game last season. The Stingrays have already matched that win total in 2023.
They picked up that victory Aug. 25 with an 8-6 win over All Saints Academy at home. Anton Johnson rushed for the game-winning score in the fourth quarter.
The conversation with New York Jets running back Michael Carter in a post-practice phone interview hits on a variety ot topics, shifting directions often as a window opens up to not only the topic of football but to the life around a game that is also very much a business here in the NFL.
Connor Mathews sat on a bench in the football fieldhouse late Friday night cutting tape off his ankles, the sting of a 34-27 overtime loss still fresh on his mind, the look of disappointment mixed in with the sweat on his face.
Mathews, running with all-out effort, often plowing through defenders for extra yards, had scored two touchdowns in a season opener against Catholic here on a brutally hot and humid evening at Bennett C Russell Stadium.
