Navarre’s flag football team saw its season come to a close last Monday night with a 20-14 loss to rival Gulf Breeze in the District 1-6A tournament.
Courtney Danforth and Bella both scored touchdowns while Jayah Jones tallied the two extra points for the Raiders.
As another boys state weightlifting meet wrapped up late Saturday inside the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, coach Garrett Bagley looked over the numbers as he stood in the middle of the arena floor.
He couldn’t help but feel good about his team.
Navarre’s goal was a state championship. And the Raiders nearly pulled it off.
In the end late Saturday night at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, the clock pushing past 11 p.m. in the Eastern time zone, Navarre found itself as the runner-up in Olympic and traditional at the FHSAA 3A boys state weightlifting meet.
Madison Simmons ran with the ball in her hands, looking at first as if she was going to pass before keeping possession of it and weaving through a few defenders for extra yards.
That play defined the second half for the Navarre Raider flag football team, which kept battling even with a comeback out of reach against eighth-ranked Pace last Wednesday.
Nine Navarre athletes signed their national letters of intent last Wednesday at the high school.
Kenzie England, Joey Indelicato, Madison Laina, Eliza McGuire, Kyra McKelvey, Katie McLeod, Ameer Rustom, Dwayne Clark and Hailey Snider will all continue their careers at the college level this fall.
8-1. That’s what Navarre’s baseball team was down after two innings against Escambia Tuesday night.
It could have been a fold up shop and call it a night kind of moment for the Raiders in a game they seemed to have no chance to win against one of the area’s better teams.
Lily Weaver consistently puts pressure on a defense.
Whether it’s a bunt that leads to an errant throw and an extra base or a timely hit that provides a much needed insurance run, the sophomore seems to always get the job done.
Nick Wilhelm scored what head coach Jonathan Jones called a ‘beautiful goal.’
The nice move by the senior standout to get open and fire a shot into the net gave Navarre an early 1-0 lead against rival Gulf Breeze in the opening round of the District 1-2A tournament Friday night.
We’ve reached the final stage of the boys high school weightlifting season and several area lifters are headed to the 3A state meet Saturday at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
Alex Minisall and Bryce Eberhardt both won regional titles in Olympic and traditional this past weekend at Flagler Palm Coast. The Raiders, the regional runner-up in both competitions as a team, are sending a total of 13 lifters to state.
Navarre’s girls and boys track teams competed at the Frank Lay Patriot Invitational last Thursday in Pace. The boys placed fifth as a team and the girls finished sixth.
Renee Harris-Toliver helped lead the way for the girls, placing second in the 100 (12.74) and third in the 200 (26.72). She also took 10th in the high jump with a leap of 4-feet-6-inches.
