Six runs. And then five runs. The route was on. Navarre’s softball team was pounding away on Tate in a District 1-6A semifinal at home on a Monday evening in early May.

The Raiders score 14 runs in all in a 10-run win over the Aggies that secures their berth in the regional for the first time since 2019.

Emily Madril has moved past the excitement of National Women’s Soccer League Draft, where she was taken third overall by the Orlando Pride, and has settled into life as a pro in the United States.

In the days after that draft in February, the former Navarre Raider and Florida State standout talked about the road ahead at this level of soccer and her readiness to embrace the challenges of it.

Navarre’s baseball team looked doomed to struggle through a less than mediocre season. At one point, the Raiders were just 3-11.

But a late-season surge gave the Raiders momentum to build on for 2024.

Bryce Eberhardt wasn’t quite sure how good he would be in weightlifting when he first started high school.

He’s come a long way since his freshman year at Navarre, winning a state championship this season and is now gearing up to compete in the sport in college.

Jessi Farrer swung fast and swung hard, the ball zipping into the outfield. Cailyn Cooke scored off the clutch hit. So did Natalia Taylor.

In that joyous moment, a moment buzzing with energy and excitement, Cooke jumped up and down and got pumped up near home plate as the Raiders breathed new life into their hopes for an upset of the No. 1 team in the state Wednesday night in a District 1-6A final.