Callan Taylor has spent a good portion of her life around Navarre High School.

Her parents are longtime teachers here and both are former coaches at the school. Taylor also played softball for the Raiders and was on the weightlifting team.

The University of West Florida football team is picked to finish last in the United Athletic Conference preseason poll.

Navarre’s volleyball team has spent the entire summer putting in work. From day one, head coach Sloane FitzHenry knew she was walking into a great situation as a first-year head coach.

Navarre had a lot of standout athletes in the Class of 2026 and many of them are headed to the college level. Here’s a look at where those athletes are taking their talents.

Lacrosse is kind of a family thing for Kerra and Casey Mavity.

Their older siblings, Brenner and Lauren, both played the game, including as high school athletes at Navarre.

Soundside head coach Jay Walls runs his players through a competition near the end of practice on a brutally hot and humid summer morning.

His players are divided into relay teams and have to retrieve items, like cones and tires, that are laid out on the turf field.