Sandy Conner was on a date with someone else the day she met John, her future husband.

Her date’s car battery died in front of the house Sandy was staying at that night with a friend. He was dropping her off.
John happened to be down the street in his front yard hanging out with friends.

Navarre’s girls soccer team is just outside the top eight in the first set of FHSAA regional rankings released Tuesday afternoon.

The Raiders are ninth this week in Region 1-6A. The top eight in the final rankings will make the postseason.

Navarre’s girls basketball team is near the top of the first set of FHSAA regional rankings released Tuesday afternoon.

The Raiders are No. 2 in the first poll, one of four area teams ranked in the top eight.

Three goals in four minutes.

That’s the kind of roll Kayla Johnson was on for Navarre’s girls soccer team last Friday night in a District 1-6A game against Crestview.

Three of the greatest athletes in Navarre history signed their national letters of intent shortly before Christmas five years ago.

Michael Carter, Nick Brahms and Emily Madril all opted to graduate from high school a semester early to get a jump on life as a student-athlete in college.

Eleven lifters placed in the top five to help lead Navarre’s girls weightlifting team to a victory at the Power of Christmas Invitational at Suwannee Saturday.

Savanna Christy and Emilia Collins paved the way with first-place finishes in their respective weight classes on a day when the Raiders scored 51 points to easily outdistance runner-up Sun Lake 30.

Mackenzie England was in the middle of an interview when her older brother, Tyler, a former Navarre football standout, put his arm around her and said, ‘This girl is big time.’

He’s not lying. England was on another level Thursday night as Navarre battled Crestview in a matchup of state-ranked girls basketball teams.

Navarre’s boys basketball team spent part of its Saturday watching film from the night before. A 12-point loss to Milton on Friday left the Raiders in need of a bounce-back win.

That film session paid off. Navarre bounced back against Catholic Saturday night with a 63-32 win that was fueled by its best defensive performance of the season.

Kyle Chambers faked the handoff and took off running, eluding a few defenders and barreling over another before finally being brought to the ground after a gain of just over 20 yards in Friday’s Pensacola Sports All-Game.

That kind of run wasn’t anything new for Chambers. The Navarre quarterback made those moves all the time before suffering a collarbone injury in late October that ended his senior season.

Sunday marked a double return for Navarre’s own Michael Carter.

He returned to the field for the first time in four weeks and also played in his home state for the first time in his NFL career.