From the gym to the football field. A few moments in between to catch his breath. That’s the kind of schedule Darius Cunningham Jr. is rolling with this summer.

Katie Kauth loves that the University of West Florida is in the area and has a women’s soccer program she is quite familiar with.

The rising senior for the Navarre Raiders has been to games on the campus in Pensacola. Her brother attends school there.

Taylor Jefferson is talking about her upcoming senior season in basketball when her coach, Abby Fogg, shouts from down the hallway that Jefferson is one to watch this year.

Known as a standout softball player at Navarre, Jefferson is in a spot now where she will be counted on to step up big for the Raiders on the court as well.

Rain fell for a period of about 20 minutes on a Thursday afternoon in mid-July, but soon gave way to sunshine and humidity thick enough to cut with a knife.

Yet, the weather conditions didn’t put a damper on the experience Navarre’s football team got out of a unique 7-on-7 battle with Choctaw.

Day one of Bri Edwards’ sophomore gymnastics season at Florida could not have gone much better. She got things rolling with a collegiate career-best vault mark of 9.85.

It was the start of another successful year for the former Navarre Raider who said she grew as a college student and adult while feeling more comfortable in her environment as a Division I athlete.

Will Payton was in pain. A concern, perhaps, but then, maybe there wasn’t much of a reason to read too much into it. Aches and pains come with the territory in the unforgiving sport of football.

“At first, I thought it was just breaking back into practice, but the more I practiced, the worse it got,” Payton said. “I started to realize I need to get this checked out. Something is wrong.”