Navarre head coach Kirk Whited talked last week a few hours before a preseason game against rival Gulf Breeze about seeing what his Raider baseball team can do when it’s on the field and the lights are on.

Turns out, a good first impression was made as the Raiders rolled past Gulf Breeze 17-8 after falling behind 5-0 early.

Heartbreak enveloped Navarre’s girls soccer team late Tuesday night. Its dream of moving on in the Region 1-1A tournament dashed after a chaotic ending to a 2-1 double overtime loss to Nease on a chilly February evening at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

A new era begins for Navarre’s softball team. Chelsi Kania enters the 2024 campaign as the head coach and takes over a team with a promising cast of talent.

It’s a Navarre team that finished as the district runner-up a year ago and advanced to the regional semifinal.