Mateo Soto is only a sophomore, but in a season that hasn’t been easy for Navarre’s boys soccer team, he’s done his best to be a leader.
“It can be uncomfortable at times being younger, but I try to help out and ignore my age,” Soto said.
Averie Prochazka stood near the top of the 3-point line and decided to just shoot the ball. She’s not one of the players typically filling up the stat sheet, but on this night, the senior role player took charge.
Prochazka launched the ball up from beyond the arc and sent it swishing through the net early in the first quarter Thursday night.
Joe Surratt is on the ground floor at Central and he couldn’t be more excited.
Named the head coach of a start-up Jaguar football team that begins play in 2023, Surratt is looking forward to building the program up.
Sarah Shipley smiled as she popped off of the bench after her final lift, clenching her fists and stretching out her arms before leaping over to her teammates to celebrate a personal exclamation point kind of moment at the District 1-3A girls weightlifting meet Wednesday afternoon in Niceville.
Shipley hit a new PR on the bench with a 185-pound lift, willing herself to get the bar up despite the extra strength it took to do it and clinching a district championship in traditional along the way.
Getting to the top is tough. Staying there is even harder.
Navarre’s girls weightlifting team knows that as well as anyone. The two-time reigning state champion Raiders lost their own invitational a few weeks ago, finishing as the runner-up to Pace, and head coach Garrett Bagley said at the time he hoped it would serve as motivation.
Wins haven’t been easy to come by this season for Navarre’s boys soccer team. A tough schedule and a young team have played a part in that.
But the Raiders had something to celebrate last Tuesday night at home on the turf of Bennett C. Russell Stadium, beating county rival Pace 4-1.
The gym erupted in cheers, the loudest of those perhaps coming from the Raider bench, the players smiling and jumping up as Mackenzie England bolted down the court and right down the middle of the lane for a wide-open layup that put Navarre ahead 41-40 with little time left on the clock.
Navarre’s girls basketball team has another player headed to the next level, with senior shooting guard Mackenzie England announcing her commitment to LaGrange College on Tuesday.
England made the announcement via social media.
Navarre’s boys basketball team pushed Crestview to the limit and nearly pulled off a win last Tuesday night against one of District 1-6A’s best teams.
The Raiders led the Bulldogs by 10 at the half but couldn’t maintain that momentum the entire second half in a 56-53 loss on the road.
Lattrell Tate scored 23 points, connecting five times from 3-point range, as the University of West Florida men’s basketball team ended a five-game losing streak with a 72-54 win over Shorter Saturday.
