As I watched Jay’s girls basketball season end with a 66-49 loss to Williston in the FHSAA Rural state championship game on the final Friday night of February in Jacksonville, the initial thoughts were on how tough it is to lose after coming so far.

Former Navarre Raider Rachel Leggett and the Troy Trojans are headed to the championship game of the Sun Belt tournament.


Troy punched its ticket with an 83-73 win on Sunday over Arkansas State, last year’s champ, and will play James Madison at 1 p.m. Monday at the Pensacola Bay Center.

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will play a game at Birmingham’s Rickwood Field on May 27.

The University of West Florida men’s basketball team is headed to the Gulf South Conference championship after a 79-72 win over Lee in the semifinal round on Thursday night at the UWF Fieldhouse.

Navarre’s girls lacrosse is ranked among the top eight in Region 1-2A in the first set of FHSAA regional rankings.


The Raiders are seventh in the region after a 7-1 start to their season.

Navarre’s boys lacrosse team is ranked second in Region 1-2A in the first set of FHSAA regional rankings. The Raiders are the fourth-ranked team in the state in the classification.

The Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Games are slated for March 12 at Hartsell Arena in Pensacola.


Santa Rosa County will be well represented in the game. Tip-off for the girls contest is 5 p.m. The boys game gets rolling at 7 p.m.

Navarre’s softball team knocked off reigning 4A state champion Fort Walton Beach Thursday night on the road.


The Raiders blanked the Vikings 4-0 thanks to a complete game effort from Kaleigh Atchley and a 10-hit performance from the offense.

Navarre’s flag football team opened this week with a big win over state-ranked Pace. The Raiders edged the Patriots 7-6 on Monday.

Julie Drost used to be a soccer player. Her sophomore year, she decided to focus on tennis only.


And for the last three seasons she’s been the top singles player for the Raiders.