Navarre and Pace finished first and second, respectively, in the overall team standings at a tri-meet with West Florida Tech Tuesday afternoon at the Pullum YMCA.

The Raiders had two individual first-place finishes on the girls side, with Alina Schorzman taking first in the 100 Freestyle (10:04.07) and Brynlee Kurtz recording the top time in the 500 Free (6:07.88).

Charlie Cottrell started at center for the first time last season. A lot of responsibility came with that role and it’s a role the Navarre Raider senior understands even more this season.

Rain began to fall hard as Navarre’s football team walked off the field stinging from a 40-17 loss to Pine Forest, the cold eyes of an 0-2 start staring right at them.

This wasn’t the way the Raiders had hoped their trip over to Pensacola would go here Friday night at Lon R Wise Stadium, especially a game against a team now coached by former long-time assistant Tony Carter.

Navarre is hoping for a bounce-back win Friday night when it travels to Pensacola to take on Pine Forest.

The Raiders are coming off a 34-27 overtime loss to Catholic and are gearing up for a game that will have an interesting storyline to it.

The conversation with New York Jets running back Michael Carter in a post-practice phone interview hits on a variety ot topics, shifting directions often as a window opens up to not only the topic of football but to the life around a game that is also very much a business here in the NFL.