Navarre’s boys weightlifting team made it a sweep of the Northwest Florida Invitational at Baker Wednesday afternoon.
The Raiders won the traditional competition with 66 points, nearly double the total Pace (39) had, and won the Olympic competition with 73 points, easily outdistancing runner-up Milton (41).
Bryce Eberhardt is coming off an impressive junior season in which he finished third at the 3A state meet in the traditional competition of clean and jerk and bench press.
His senior season, however, started off with a bit of a bump in the road, though that is now in the rear-view mirror as the senior standout was back in action last Wednesday in a dual home meet against Niceville.
Isaac Cole had a knack for getting pressure on the quarterback this season. And even if he didn’t come away with a sack, the standout defensive lineman for the Navarre Raiders often forced the signal caller to make a decision he probably didn’t want to make.
Now Cole is set to take his talents to the college level where he’ll play ball for NCAA Division III Birmingham-Southern.
Navarre’s boys lacrosse team is coming off its best season in the short history of the program. The Raiders won six games, doubling their win total from the year prior, and now head into the fourth year of lacrosse at the school hoping to take things a step further.
Navarre football standout Zavier Hamilton has announced his top 10 schools.
The junior three-star athlete who is ranked among ESPN’s Top 300 named the colleges that made the cut in a tweet on Friday, stating ‘ALL GLORY TO GOD.’
Navarre took a big step forward in girls lacrosse a season ago, making a surprise run to the district tourney final for the first time in program history.
The Raiders won only two games in 2022 but played well when it mattered to get a shot at the title. Their season ended with a 13-4 loss to area power Niceville.
JT Peoples heard about the tennis team when he got to high school and decided to give the sport a shot.
“Freshman year was my first year playing tennis,” Peoples said. “There was a lot of learning going on that year.”
A rare double-digit loss ended Navarre’s boys basketball season last Tuesday night.
The Raiders lost 53-31 to Pace in a District 1-6A quarterfinal final game on the road, marking their third consecutive loss.
It just feels different as Navarre’s baseball team goes through another practice in early February.
A five-win team a year ago, the mindset has changed. There is optimism for the program with head coach Kirk Whited now at the helm.
The University of West Florida football team announced it signed 13 players on national signing day last Wednesday.
The group includes former Florida Gator commit Marcus Stokes, a four-star recruit out of Nease.
