Navarre softball players were all smiles as they carried their bags to the bus late Monday morning ahead of leaving town for the next big test on their schedule.

The Raiders were scheduled to take on Hagerty in a Region 1-6A semifinal Tuesday night at 7 p.m. EST in Oviedo. It’s their first trip to the second round of the regional since 2011.

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.