Four of the previous five matches for the Navarre Raider volleyball team had ended with a loss, and for a while last Tuesday night, the Raiders were staring at the possibility of another one.


The Raiders trailed the Choctaw Indians two games to one, on the road by the way, but refused to fall on the wrong side of the scoreboard.

You could feel the energy on the field and sideline. Even in the stands as the fans cheered. It felt like Navarre football again after the Raiders blocked a punt on Mosley’s opening drive at Bennett C. Russell Stadium Friday night.


But that early shot of momentum never carried through the game.

Brody Bruce picked up his speed a little bit as he finished out his race at the Gulf Coast Stampede on Sept. 6 at the Escambia County Equestrian Center.


Bruce called the late burst a false push, but figured it couldn’t hurt to run a little harder with the finish line in sight.

A hint of fall-like air greets the Navarre Raider football team as it hits the practice field on the first Tuesday afternoon of September.


The Raiders are dialed in on the task at hand, ready to work and ready to pick up the pieces after a 42-0 dismantling at the hands of Choctaw in week two.

Kyra McKelvey is the Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week in volleyball.


A former Navarre Raider standout, McKelvey racked up 40 kills during Southeastern’s 3-0 start to the season.