Michael Carter earns award from All Sports Association
Carter wrapped up his second year as a running back with the New York Jets this past season.
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Raiders place well at Navy nationals
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Community.
Navarre’s NJROTC unit came through with another strong performance at Navy Nationals at Naval Air Station Pensacola earlier this month.
The Raider battalion was back at nationals and among the top 24 teams that were selected to compete at the event. There are more than 600 NJROTC units in the country.
Season ends for Raider flag football team; future of program bright
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Navarre’s flag football team saw its season come to a close last Monday night with a 20-14 loss to rival Gulf Breeze in the District 1-6A tournament.
Courtney Danforth and Bella both scored touchdowns while Jayah Jones tallied the two extra points for the Raiders.
Beachside Church continuing on in spite of recent loss
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Faith.
If you have ever been on Navarre Beach early one Sunday morning, you might notice a sizeable crowd gathered in the main beach parking lot. The people gathered in the parking lot are not there to tailgate but to worship.
Gulf Breeze High choir program celebrates year one
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education.
The Gulf Breeze High School choir’s T-shirts say “making history” on them, a fitting phrase since the 2022-23 school year marks the first time GBHS has had a choir in at least 15 years.
Now that the school year is almost over, GBHS is celebrating the growth and success of their choir program under its director, Kyle Sentell, who is as new to GBHS as the program he leads.
Tommy Sno Balls expanding to second location
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Business.
A Navarre staple will soon be serving snow cones to locals and visitors at a second location.
Tommy’s Sno-Balls is opening a new location near the northern corner of Highway 87 and East Bay Boulevard. The new location will be known as Tommy’s Sno-Balls 2.
Home at last: Korean War vet buried in Barrancas after 73 years missing
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community, History, Military, News.
Military families are no stranger to homecomings but for one family in Northwest Florida, they had a homecoming 73 years in the making.
On April 4, one family finally got the opportunity to say hello and goodbye to a Korean War veteran who had been missing since 1950. Private First Class Ithiel Whatley, of Pensacola, had been reported missing July 12, 1950, in the vicinity of Choci’won in present day South Korea. He was 19 at the time.
Raider boys weightlifting program maintains tradition of success
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
As another boys state weightlifting meet wrapped up late Saturday inside the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, coach Garrett Bagley looked over the numbers as he stood in the middle of the arena floor.
He couldn’t help but feel good about his team.
Raiders end flag football season with loss to Pace
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Sports.
Madison Simmons ran with the ball in her hands, looking at first as if she was going to pass before keeping possession of it and weaving through a few defenders for extra yards.
That play defined the second half for the Navarre Raider flag football team, which kept battling even with a comeback out of reach against eighth-ranked Pace last Wednesday.
South end high school opening pushed back to 2026
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education, News.
Residents in the Midway area will have to wait another year longer for a new 195,000-square-foot high school to open.
At the April 4 Santa Rosa County School Board meeting, DAG Architects announced that the new south end school’s opening is being pushed back to August 2026. It had originally be planned to open in Fall 2025.