Travis Snider remembers when the Navarre Raider boys lacrosse team got trounced on by Catholic his freshman year in 2023.
“We got whipped 24-4,” Snider said.
Noah Chin broke a school record in the 200 and the Navarre Raider boys track team claimed the Eagle Invitational championship at Pine Forest on Saturday.
The Raider girls finished seventh out of 17 teams.
I still remember when the University of West Florida football team practiced on a lonely field on campus and played all its home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
Ryan Davenport announced Friday morning that he is stepping down as the head coach of the Navarre Raider volleyball team.
Davenport has been the coach of the Raiders since 2018.
Navarre’s football team opens the 2026 regular season at West Florida Tech on Aug. 21.
The Raiders will play a Kickoff Classic against Escambia the week before.
You could feel the excitement in the air, almost as if you could reach out and touch it, and there was plenty of joy among the Raiders as they grabbed a 3-0 lead over 2025 state runner-up Pace in the third inning of Thursday’s softball season opener.
Navarre’s baseball team has played a tough schedule to start the season and is still searching for its first win.
The Raiders (0-4) opened the season with a 6-1 loss to Choctaw before falling 3-1 to Crestview. They battled Niceville in a 12-10 loss on Monday before falling 6-2 to Escambia two days later.
Navarre’s boys lacrosse team has never started with three wins to open a season.
But 2026 is off to a record start as the Raiders are 3-0, scoring goals seemingly at will on their way to the early-season success.
