Ranked No. 2 in the nation and national championship contender a year after playing for the title, expectations were high for the University of West Florida football team at the start of the 2018 season.

There was never a feeling Navarre was in any danger of losing to Tallahassee Lincoln in a girls soccer showdown Friday night at Bennett C. Russell Stadium.

Navarre is still very much alive in the hunt for its first district championship in boys soccer since 2015. The Raiders are 9-1 overall and perfect through seven district games.

When the Pensacola Blue Wahoos began their search for a new parent club, announcing last fall they didn’t plan to renew their player development contract with the Cincinnati Reds, the two teams in the mix for the deal came to owner Quint Studer armed with fancy presentations.