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Area track athletes shine at Wildcat Invitational

Written by Brian Lester on March 6, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

Area athletes took to the track for the first big meet of March, competing in Pensacola Saturday at the Steve Garst Wildcat Invitational at Washington. Several athletes placed in the top 10 in their respective events. Ameer Rustom of Navarre won the javelin with a school-record throw of 174-feet-2-inches. He also won the shot put (45-04).

Benaquis has grown into leader during lacrosse career at Navarre

Written by Brian Lester on February 23, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

Courtney Benaquis has been with the Navarre girls lacrosse program since its inaugural season. A friend asked if she wanted to be a part of it their freshman year in 2020.

Brian Out Loud

Written by Brian Lester on February 21, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

A new name. A new school. The same story. You want more than anything for the cycle of young people dying by suicide to end. There just doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.

Navarre Presbyterian celebrates 25th anniversary

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on February 14, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

In 1998, Navarre welcomed a presbyterian church to the area. Navarre Presbyterian Church is still going strong 25 years later. In honor of that 25th anniversary, Navarre Presbyterian hosted a special luncheon after their Sunday service to recall good times and good fellowship.

Clark ready to soar with Hawks

Written by Brian Lester on February 13, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

When Navarre linebacker Dwayne Clark Jr. is on the football field, nothing else matters. It’s just him and the opportunity to make a big play on the defensive side of the ball while playing the game he is passionate about.

Experience and depth should set stage for Raider softball team’s success

Written by Brian Lester on February 6, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

Eight seniors. A new coach. The potential to be one of the top teams in the area in 2023. That’s a quick-hit description of Navarre’s softball team, which has high hopes heading into a new campaign under the direction of Will Koch, a long-time assistant with the Raiders.

Yelton ties UWF record for wins in a career

Written by Brian Lester on January 31, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized.

Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is now tied for the all-time coaching record for the University of West Florida women’s basketball team.

Depth, talent on display as Raiders hold off Indians

Written by Brian Lester on December 28, 2022. Posted in Uncategorized.

Tied at 28-28 and a younger lineup on the floor, Navarre’s girls basketball team put its depth on display in an opening-round battle against Keystone Heights in the Navarre Beach Holiday Classic Tuesday night. Unfazed by the adversity starting them in the eyes, the Raiders rose to the challenge.

Navarre girls soccer team comes up short against Eagles

Written by Brian Lester on December 7, 2022. Posted in Uncategorized.

It is as if Navarre’s girls soccer team is stuck in a repeat cycle when it comes to game day. The Raiders play hard and are within striking distance of victory, but mistakes prove costly in the end. That was the case Tuesday night as the Raiders fell 2-1 to Niceville at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Bed tax uses, Whiting Aviation Park among SRC legislative priorities

Written by Ken Garner on December 5, 2022. Posted in Uncategorized.

Easing restrictions on how Santa Rosa County is allowed to spend tourist-development tax revenue and funding to build a taxiway and apron to connect Whiting Aviation Park to an NAS Whiting Field runway are among the requests County Commission Chairman Colten Wright will share with state legislators at the county legislative delegation’s annual public hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Gulf Breeze Community Center on Shoreline Drive.