Hunter Pfiester ran down the field with no intentions of slowing down. He wanted the end zone. And he nearly got there. Navarre’s senior quarterback even shoved one Rickards defender out of the way for a few extra yards before being stopped short of the goal line.

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.