For the past five years, Rachel Coggins has been traveling to the African nation of Togo to help improve some of the country’s educational and agricultural infrastructure.
A familiar face is back as the head coach of the Navarre Raider girls lacrosse team as Teddi Koppelberger has returned to coach it.
Koppelberger was the head coach of the program in its inaugural season in 2020, which was cut short by the pandemic, before moving out of the area after the 2021 season.
Santa Rosa County Development Services held their first public meeting regarding plans for a Navarre Community Access Road, which if built, will run from Panhandle Trail to Edgewood Drive. The road is being billed as an alternative to Highway 98.
Navarre’s girls weightlifting team stuck around for the team championship trophy presentation Friday night, watching rival Pace claim both the 3A Olympic and traditional titles at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
While this marked the second consecutive year that the Raiders fell short of adding an eighth state championship in program history, the end of the season was still something worth noting.
Navarre head coach Kirk Whited talked last week a few hours before a preseason game against rival Gulf Breeze about seeing what his Raider baseball team can do when it’s on the field and the lights are on.
Turns out, a good first impression was made as the Raiders rolled past Gulf Breeze 17-8 after falling behind 5-0 early.
Those were the words Dylan Wier used when he saw the giant, great white shark which had bit onto fellow angler Blaine Kenny’s fishing pole. The great white shark turned out to weigh about 1,200 pounds and was around 12 feet long.