Early on in the match against Baker Tuesday night, play was stopped briefly as Addison Danforth reached a milestone.


The senior star of the Navarre Raiders recorded her 1,000th dig. Banners were held up in the crowd acknowledging the moment. Confetti shot from a gun went into the air and drifted down onto the bleachers.

Preston Barnett received a few offers to play college baseball. He ended up signing with John Melvin Christian College, a first-year program in Pace.


Not bad for a player who was cut as a freshman in high school at Navarre but went on to establish himself as a pretty solid high school pitcher.

Life in the Gulf South Conference is a grind. Nothing comes easy. But that’s to be expected in one of the toughest conferences in NCAA Division II football.


A picture of that was painted in the University of West Florida’s league opener against West Alabama on Saturday night at PenAir Field.

Lauren Mavity hopes to one day be a pilot in the air force. She attended a naval flight camp over the summer, which will certainly benefit her with that future goal of flying in the military.


This fall, she’s part of the Navarre Raider swim team, one of the leaders on the squad, though she took some time before the season started to talk about her flight experience.