Hailey Netro had just come off the course at Scenic Hills on a hot July afternoon in Pensacola and talked about the challenges of playing here.

It’s certainly not the easiest course she has played on over the summer.

Size. Strength. Experience.

Navarre’s offensive line seems to have it all, and the players who are on it feel good about the progress being made this summer to ensure the advantages the line has work once the season starts in August.

Wayne Albury is entering a build-it-from-ground-up type of situation as the new athletic director and baseball coach at Lighthouse Christian College.

He’ll officially take on both roles in August, and for Albury, being part of a new program isn’t new.

Andre Spence is one of those players who can make an impact no matter what side of the ball he is on.

Primarily a standout defensive player for the Navarre Raiders, Spence is capable of being a bruising-style running back as well, and he had opportunities to do that in the spring.

Colby Jones considers herself fortunate that she is playing lacrosse at the collegiate level.

She didn’t get into the sport seriously until midway through her high school career at Navarre, and that first season was erased because of the pandemic.

In some ways here on a morning in late June inside the gymnasium, Raider head coach Abby Fogg said she feels as if she’s traveled back in time.

“I told coaches it feels like my first couple of years at Navarre. I’m teaching a lot instead of just watching us play,” Fogg said.