As the regular season winds down for Navarre’s tennis teams, head coach Rob Whitley is quick to point out the improvements the Raiders have made this year.
In the end, the result was the same. Navarre lost another softball game to District 2-7A power Niceville, falling 11-1 in six innings to the Eagles Tuesday night at home.
Parents and friends gathered on Saturday to recognize the 2015 – 2016 Raider weightlifting team for capturing its second straight state title. It was also their third state title in the last four years.
Marcus Richardson only scored seven points in Friday night’s Subway High School All-Star Basketball game but the impact the Navarre senior had on the outcome of the game was hard to ignore.
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs in 2013 released a study addressing suicides from 1999-2010 which reflected that roughly 22 veterans were committing suicide per day, or one every 65 minutes. Thirty-one percent of these suicides were by veterans 49 and younger while 69 percent were by veterans age 50 and older. “I will say the new statistics – the number is even higher and that is really sad,” said Frank Dailey, a former Air Force Chief Master Sgt. from Navarre who works volunteering with struggling veterans.
Seattle Seahawks’ star wide receiver Doug Baldwin will speak live at Momentum Church on Easter Sunday. Baldwin, a graduate of Gulf Breeze High School, will speak live at the 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. services at Gulf Breeze Elementary School.
The operators of the Navarre Beach Pier will pay Santa Rosa County its share of admission revenues on a daily basis through direct deposit to a credit card account, according to a new agreement.
Navarre played three games last week and came away with a 2-1 record. The Raiders thumped Escambia 10-2 and split a home-and-home series with Milton, winning 6-5 before falling 5-4.