It’s Super Bowl week and I have a few thoughts to share ahead of the game between New England and Seattle.
I was kind of hoping Chicago was going to make it so that we could have had a rematch of Super Bowl XX. 

District championships in basketball will be on the line this week as area teams head into their respective tournaments. Teams get rolling on Monday. Semifinals are Wednesday and championship games are Friday.

Noah Chin scored late in the fourth quarter, helping to put the finishing touches on Navarre’s 52-44 comeback win over Jay Friday night, his basket sending the student section that adores him into a frenzy.
Chin smiled. Sure, these past four years haven’t been easy. But on this night, he and his fellow Raiders had something to smile about, and it’s clear the direction of the program is trending up.

It’s almost time to hoop it up in the district tournament.
Area boys basketball teams getting rolling with tourney play on Tuesday. Semifinals are Thursday and championship games are Saturday.

Navarre’s shot at 22 wins in the regular season in girls basketball was denied last Thursday night.
In a playoff-like battle against the Jay Royals, the Raiders fell short, 45-41, in a hard-fought game featuring two of the best teams in the state.

Maryah Eddy didn’t get a chance to compete in the weightlifting postseason a year ago because of competitive cheerleading.
But she has made up for lost time, including at the Region 1-3A meet Thursday at Pace, taking home runner-up honors in Traditional while placing third in Olympic.

Despite falling in the district tournament earlier this month, the Navarre Raider girls soccer team is headed to the regional tournament once again.
The Raiders (10-9-1) are the eighth seed for the Region 1-6A tourney and play top-seeded Niceville (15-1-1) Thursday night at the Twin Oaks soccer complex. Game time is 6 p.m.

A year ago, the Navarre Raider softball team nearly made it to state during a turnaround season.
The Raiders hope to build on that success this year. Head coach Jacqueline Othmani likes what this group has to offer.

The final set of regional rankings for the regular season are out and Milton checks in as the highest-rated team in our coverage area.

What a night it was for former Navarre Raider soccer star Emily (Madril) Sams. Sams tallied her first international goal and assist for the United States Women’s National Team in a friendly against Chile on Tuesday in Santa Barbara, California.