Gulf Breeze bested the Navarre High School Lady Raider Varsity volleyball team for the second time this season on Sept. 10. A nail-biting first game escalated point by point until Gulf Breeze finally got a two point lead, sealing their win with a score 27-29.
Catherine Baccarini, a local Navarre soccer player, committed to Faulkner University out of Montgomery, AL earlier this week. Catherine first visited Faulkner last September and instantly made a connection with the coach, the program and the school. “I spent the entire day at the campus, ate dinner with the players and practiced with the team. I liked everything about the school and really liked the coach and team. One of the biggest things for me was that it was a Christian School and it wasn’t too big”, she related. Catherine has been playing travel soccer since she was 7 years old and has played for the semi pro under 20 team in the W League, the Alabama state Olympic Development Program team and currently plays for the Gulf Coast Texans out of Pensacola.
“We’re not your Grandma’s church,” said lead pastor Tim Payne as he welcomed 298 people to the Navarre launch of Momentum Church at Navarre High School. “We remove roadblocks so people who are far from God don’t have to go over speed bumps or hurdles to get to God.”
Navarre’s second annual fishing rodeo plans to showcase the abundance of fish swimming through its waters, and multiple ways of catching them Sept. 27 and 28. With the longest pier on the Gulf of Mexico and several local fishing charter options, the word is definitely getting out about the fishing opportunities and plentiful fishing waters of Navarre.
To be independent and as self-capable as possible. That’s a goal the Navarre High School Exceptional Student Education program and its 25 students share.
There’s a new partnership on Navarre Beach. The Francis M. Weston Audubon Society and the Northwest Florida Marine Education and Discovery of Gulf Ecosystems (NWFL Marine Edge) have teamed up to place a naturalist educator on station at the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station (NBMSS).
Dozens of churches line Hwy 98 from Navarre to Gulf Breeze. The newest member is Northstar Navarre, a non-denominational church that meets at 10 a.m. on Sundays at the Best Western on 98.
The excitement built during the first week of school at West Navarre Intermediate School as hints about the sorting ceremony for the school’s communities were leaked out.