Let’s talk about odds for a moment. Navarre’s softball team had a few stacked against them in Tuesday night’s battle with rival Niceville.

For starters, the Raiders came into the night on a four-game losing streak. And they trailed 5-0 after two innings against the Eagles, the same Eagles who have long been a thorn in their side, including at the end of last year when they bounced Navarre from the district tournament.

Head coach Jason Kisor drew up the play, fully confident it would work.

Bella Kendall made the throw, the ball traveling through the air, on course for its intended target.

Jayah Jones came through with the catch in the end zone, three defenders running towards her but not in nearly enough time to do anything about it.

Garrett Bagley held his two young daughters, one in each arm, as he talked about his Navarre boys weightlifting team early Wednesday evening.

Fifteen minutes earlier, he was holding a couple of trophies, his Raiders sweeping the titles at their own invitational, winning the Olympic 58-45 over Choctaw and cruising to a 55-38 win over the Indians in traditional.

During a timeout late in the action of a lacrosse game Tuesday night at Jim Scoggins Stadium, the score all tied up, Brady Payton, one of four captains for the Navarre Raiders, challenged the team to get back on track and close the game out.

That energy within the huddle seemed to carry over to the field as Navarre scored four goals over the final five minutes of play to secure a 12-8 road win over the Pensacola Tigers.