The University of West Florida has a major announcement regarding athletics planned for Thursday.

Navarre’s baseball team earned an extra-inning win over Fort Walton Beach on Tuesday.


The win was the fourth in the last six games for the Raiders, who got the winning run from Jameson Rasmussen. He scored in the ninth on a base hit by Connor Dunleavy.

To say Nadia Rivera had herself a night for the Navarre Raider softball team in its game against Choctaw might be an understatement.


The Raider junior hit for the cycle in her team’s 12-1 win over the Indians on Wednesday.

Elijah Busby remembers freshman year on the lacrosse team. The Raiders won five games.


“When I was a freshman, we were still trying to figure things out and trying to build something,” the senior captain said.

Mouse Dekom flashed a smile as she turned to her teammates to celebrate a milestone moment in her lacrosse career Wednesday night.


Her fifth goal of the night, which put the Navarre Raiders up 11-0 on Milton, was the 100th of her high school career.

Navarre’s flag football team couldn’t complete a regular season sweep of Pace on Tuesday night.


The Raiders had beaten the Patriots 7-6 in February but fell 26-0 to Pace this time around.

Navarre and Pace are both currently outside the top eight in the Region 1-3A flag football rankings.

Navarre’s boys and girls lacrosse teams remain ranked in the top eight of Region 1-2A.


The Raider boys are sixth in the region while the girls are eighth.

The latest FHSAA regional rankings are out for baseball and a couple of teams are ranked among the top four in their respective regions.

The FHSAA regional rankings are out for softball and several area teams are in the mix for a postseason berth.


Pace, Navarre, Milton and Central are all in the top four of their respective regions.