Rey Ortiz isn’t sure what he’d be doing in the summer months if he wasn’t running for the Navarre Xpress track club.
A standout high school athlete for the Navarre Raiders, Ortiz said the AAU track experience has made a world of difference.
I had no idea until a couple of weeks ago that a Pop-A-Shot national championship tournament was actually a thing.
I spent hours playing that game at local arcades as a kid growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
The wait is over for the Navarre Raiders to face off against someone other than themselves on the football field.
Navarre will take on Pensacola Friday in a Kickoff Classic at 7:30 p.m. at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
If it’s a big game, Navarre’s own Quentin Randolph is going to rise to the occasion.
That’s what he did Friday night, with a spot in the Indoor Football League championship game on the line for the Vegas Knight Hawks.
Lighthouse Christian College begins year two of its football program this fall, with Dave Wilson taking the helm of the program.
Wilson is excited about the year ahead.
Though the sun has barely been an up for an hour, Navarre’s swim team is hard at work in the pool at the Pullum YMCA, gearing up for the season ahead.
With nearly 40 on the roster, there are a lot of new faces, but also some familiar ones. Fifteen of the swimmers are seniors.
Colton Vance threw a bullpen session at the end of June and thought it went really well.
It was a welcome feeling for the Navarre Raider junior after battling an injury earlier this year that kept him from being at his best during the high school season.
After its first 20-win season in nearly two decades, the Navarre Raider volleyball team looks to keep the standard high in 2025.
The Raiders take aim at it with a roster featuring several key returners as well as a handful of talented newcomers.
Quarterback Brayden Jackson was part of a Lighthouse Private Christian Academy team that won a state title for the first time in program history last season.
He said going into this year it’s important for the Stingrays to remember what helped them reach the height of their sport.
Most of the time my job here involves telling stories about athletic achievement and beyond, and taking photos that capture some of the best moments from a game.
But having this platform as a writer, and having a strong social media presence, sometimes my job responsibilities go beyond what shows up in the newspaper.
