Navarre High School has finished second or tied for second in the Florida High School Athletics Association girls’ weightlifting finals in four of the past five seasons. Last week, the Lady Raiders won their fifth straight sectional meet and qualified 11 lifters to try to win the school’s first team title Feb. 9 in Kissimmee.
Defensive stalwart Lydia Brunet erupted for 17 points to lead Navarre High School to a 66-58 girls’ basketball win in the Raiders’ final game of the regular season Thursday at Gulf Breeze.
The Navarre High School Student Government Association is asking fans to “black out” the Raiders home basketball game against cross-county rival Gulf Breeze tomorrow to support the American Heart Association.
Two Navarre players received red cards and were ejected from the Raiders’ District 1-4A championship game Friday against top-seeded Niceville. The Eagles held on for a 2-1 win at Navarre’s Bennett C. Russell Stadium, earning their ninth straight district crown in the process.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Jay Mesinger heard about a study seeking golden retrievers to help fight canine cancer, he immediately signed up 2-year-old Louie.
When the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) acquired additional personnel from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) last year, its staff gained new responsibilities. Now, FWC officers patrol all of Florida’s woods and waters, including its state forests and state parks.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service is observing Prescribed Fire Awareness Week from Jan. 27-Feb. 2. Prescribed fires mimic naturally occurring fires and can help prevent devastating wildfires. Park staff, guided by detailed plans called prescriptions, conduct prescribed burns as a regular and important part of their land management activities in state parks and trails. Prescribed fire is a safe way to apply a natural process, ensure ecosystem health and reduce wildfire risk. Many state parks and trails will be conducting prescribed burns in the coming months.