Sports Archive

John Crossley has been named the next head coach of the Navarre Raider baseball team.


Crossley has been an assistant with the team for four years and is a Navarre alum.

Madison Simmons always seemed destined to play college basketball. And she’ll get the chance to do it after signing with Notre Dame of Maryland University earlier this year.


Simmons was a four-year starter for the Raiders during her time at Navarre and is now looking forward to the next chapter.

Dante Wright is already set to go into his final college football season at Temple with high expectations.


Those are a little higher now after the Navarre alum was named the Athlon Sports Preseason All-America Athletic Conference team.

Welcome to Spence-Vill. Population: 2. Enter town at your own risk, though, because it can be painful.


You won’t find it on a map, but on a football field for sure as that’s the area owned by rising senior Navarre Raider linebackers Vinny Villanova and Andre Spence.

Darrien McDowell was named an NCAA Division II first-team All-American after a successful baseball season at the University of West Florida.

Quentin Randolph scored a touchdown on his birthday in the Vegas Knight Hawks’ June 8 game against Sioux Falls.


It was the 12th touchdown of the year for the Navarre alum. He rushed for it in the final minute of the opening quarter.

Lighthouse Private Christian Academy’s football team will open its 2024 regular season against Rocky Bayou on Aug. 16 at home.

It is one of 10 games on the schedule for the Stingrays.

Antenney Hemingway never imagined a day where high school athletes would have an opportunity to make money off their name, image and likeness.


But that day, after months of discussion, is here after the Florida High School Athletic Association’s Board of Directors voted unanimously last week to approve NIL.

Taylor Jefferson isn’t done playing softball yet. The Navarre grad has signed with Division I Southern University.

Lane Kasper first got interested in baseball when he was 4 years old. He attended a Major League game and that launched his love for the sport.