The Navarre High School Baseball Booster Club hosted the annual end of season awards banquet May 8 at the Club at Hidden Creek. Coach David Meredith presented individual awards to the following varsity players:
Seven West Navarre Intermediate students will be advancing to the 2014 4-H/Tropicana Public Speaking Contest this week for their innovative speeches on topics including imagination, following your dreams and the earth.
Hundreds of reptile enthusiasts packed the Days Inn Navarre Conference Center April 25 and 26 for the Third Annual Repticon Navarre Show. Repticon is a national leader in reptile and exotic pet shows. The show provides a venue for curious minds to see reptiles up close in a controlled environment through the live animal encounters.
A Navarre resident who did about half of his training on an oil producing platform in the Gulf of Mexico was the top local finisher in the 2014 Boston Marathon April 21. According to the Boston Athletic Association’s website, 40-year-old Clayton Honaker finished the race in 3:10:13 finishing 4,188 overall out of about 36,000 runners.
At the super qualifier meet held at Fort Walton Beach, only the first place winners in a weight division earn a ticket to the state championships. The second, third and fourth place finishers are placed into a state lottery system and are chosen after all of the super qualifier events have been completed.
The Raider lifters won the district championship March 26 defeating Pace, Milton and Tate. The final score was Navarre 52, Pace 46, Milton 30 and Tate 20. Teddy Harrell, Colton Mapoles and Brent Short each won their individual weight divisions, leading to a Raider win. The top three lifters in each weight division qualified to compete in the sectional meet April 11.
Tourists visit Navarre Beach to enjoy the beautiful white sand and clear Gulf of Mexico waters. And, why wouldn’t they? Navarre Beach in consecutive months was named one of Florida’s top 5 white sand beaches by Conde’ Nast Traveler and the No. 25 beach in the U.S. by TripAdvisor.
The Raiders met Pace at home March 10 in a dual meet and tied the Patriots 44 – 44. The competition served as a warm-up for the District Championships March 26.
The Navarre High School NJROTC Orienteering Team took home 12th place overall at the national competition in Elberton, Ga. March 8 and 9. A total of 22 schools and 331 students from as far away as California competed.