Tyler Lewis and Jax Callen are among the Navarre athletes who rose to the occasion at the District 1-3A swim meet Wednesday at the University of West Florida Aquatic Center in Pensacola.
Addison Danforth dove to the floor near the Navarre Raider bench and forced the ball back into the air. Izzy Aloy then bumped it behind her after chasing it down on the other side of the court, keeping it from going out of bounds.
Katelyn Weller did the rest, hammering home a ferocious kill that capped a wild 33-31 win for the Raiders and sent this Region 1-6A quarterfinal against Pace to a fifth and decisive set.
On Aug. 10, 2024, the Santa Rosa County racing community lost a beloved figure. That day, James Fox, 33, of DeFuniak Springs, suffered a medical emergency during a race at Southern Raceway in Milton. His car crashed into the concrete wall and fence that surrounded the track.
The Navarre Band Parent Association is playing joyful music after securing one of 12 IMPACT 100 grants handed out to nonprofits in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties last week.
The announcement was made at IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area’s annual meeting, held Sunday, Oct. 13, at Hilton Pensacola Beach.
With a minute or so remaining in the Beach Bowl, it was time for the Navarre Raiders to start celebrating on a cool October evening in Gulf Breeze.
The band played. The fans cheered. The players on the sideline were hyped. A group of cheerleaders stood on one of the benches tossing around an inflatable dolphin.
Kayla Stanford, Holley Navarre Intermediate School’s teacher of the year, said she wanted to be a lawyer, until a job at a summer camp changed her outlook and her career path.
From the beaches of Normandy to the streets of Paris to the Riviera in the country’s south, France has a rich history and culture known worldwide. Next summer, a group of around 28 people from Navarre will get to experience it firsthand thanks to a trip planned by a Navarre High School teacher.
Starting in Nice, France, the 14-day bus tour will take the group, most of whom are Navarre High students, to Monaco, Pont du Gard, Provence, Avignon, Lyon, the Loire Valley, Chartres, Paris and Versailles, and Omaha Beach in the Normandy region.
With no school on the day of their District 1-6A tournament quarterfinal against Crestview last week, members of the Navarre volleyball team went out for lunch.
It wasn’t something that was required. It just happened. And it speaks to the chemistry this team points to as one of its biggest keys to success.
But inside the locker room late last Friday night, the defensive lineman spoke like a seasoned veteran about the Navarre Raider football team needing to brush off a 27-7 loss to Crestview and move on.