Sports Archive

Navarre begins its quest for another district championship in boys weightlifting Wednesday when the Raiders host the District 1-3A meet.

The Raiders are the reigning champs and are poised to hoist another trophy a year after making a run to the state meet where they finished tied for fourth.

Amber Leggett warms up on the court inside the Pensacola Bay Center on a morning in early March as the Troy pep band plays.

Leggett is about to play in her Sun Belt Conference tournament game for the Trojans just an hour down the road from where she grew up in Navarre.

Here in the sixth inning of a game where victory appeared to be out of reach, Navarre’s softball team came to life and seemed to have the wheels in motion for a comeback win.

Trailing by four runs, the Raiders scored twice, including once off a sacrifice fly by Kayden Riddle that sliced the Orange Beach lead to two.

Derek Percivalle was selected for not one, but two all-star games. He couldn’t play in the football all-star game in December due to his commitment to hoops season.

But two weeks ago in Pensacola, the standout Navarre athlete played in the Pensacola Sports Association All-Star basketball game.

Renee Harris-Toliver is a year older and has more experience as she gets rolling with another year on the Navarre track team.

Nearly a month into the season, the junior standout is in a good place.

Cheyenne Beasley did her best to deal with the physicality of an early-season showdown with Fort Walton Beach Wednesday night at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Visibly showing her frustration at times, Beasley kept getting up and going after it, doing what she could to help Navarre come out with a win.

Tyler Hymel is focused on making the most of his senior tennis season at Navarre.

He believes the work he put in during the offseason has been instrumental in achieving that goal.

Navarre’s baseball team went into spring break still searching for its first win of the year.

The Raiders nearly had that initial victory last Thursday night, falling just shy of the win column in a 2-1 loss to Pine Forest.

Renee Hester didn’t flinch under pressure.

She stood at the plate in the seventh inning and swung the bat, sending the ball into the outfield for a game-winning, walk-off double that lifted Navarre’s softball team to a thrilling 5-4 win over Pensacola Catholic Thursday night.