‘Just like football’ chants rang through a gymnasium engulfed in energy, the fired-up student section referencing the thrilling Beach Bowl win Navarre enjoyed over Gulf Breeze during football season.

Now, here was the basketball version of the Raiders, at one point down 20, holding a lead with a couple of minutes to go, smiling knowing they were on their way to a victory that once seemed so unlikely.

It was early on in his high school football career at Navarre when Terence Marshall realized he had the talent and ability to play at the next level.

“When I started playing football, I didn’t think about college. I was always good at it (football), but it was sophomore year when I started taking it for real and feeling I could do something,”

Nothing was going right for Navarre’s boys basketball team in the early going against Pace on Monday night.

Shots didn’t fall. There were turnovers. And slowing down the Patriots proved difficult. Then the switch flipped.

Nate Hanson gave a shrug and a smile after one of those ‘I just came up with a big play’ kind of moments during Friday’s Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Game.