In the warm-up line before her first collegiate game last November, Rachel Leggett couldn’t shake the nerves the way she shook off defenders so often during her prep career at Navarre.

“Oh man, I was so nervous,” Leggett said.

With the ups and downs of the regular season in the rear-view mirror, area teams now gear up for the district tournament, harboring hopes of playing beyond the first week of May.

Baseball and softball teams from Navarre, Pace, Milton, Jay and Central are all in action this week, starting with opening round action Monday night.

Renee Harris-Toliver wasn’t all in with track as a freshman, admitting she didn’t take it too seriously.

But there was a sense of obligation to compete in the sport because of a gift from her mom.

Terence Marshall isn’t new to the 400 relay team gearing up for next Friday’s Region 1-4A meet at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.

He’s been with the squad from the jump this season, but when two of the four runners on the relay transferred mid-season, it left a couple of voids that needed to be filled.

Dwayne Clark Jr. hadn’t even heard of lacrosse prior to his high school days at Navarre.

Now he’s set to play the sport in college, signing a national letter of intent with NCAA Division III Huntingdon, where he will also play football for the Hawks this fall.