It’s game day for the University of West Florida football team. The 24th-ranked Argonauts are on the road today to take on West Georgia in a Gulf South Conference showdown. Kickof is 2 p.m. EST at University Stadium. in Carrollton. Coming off a bye week, UWF (4-1, 3-0 GSC) is one of two unbeaten teams […]
Instead of traveling to Tallahassee for a football game, Navarre was on the practice field Friday morning. Its game against Leon ended up postponed until Monday night due to the threat of a tropical storm. The Raiders and Lions will play at 6 p.m. EST at Gene Cox Stadium. The Santa Rosa County School District […]
Monday Night Football anyone? It’s on the way. The Navarre Raiders and Leon Lions are set to square off Monday night at 6 p.m. EST at Gene Cox Stadium in Tallahassee. The threat of the tropical storm moving into the area this weekend forced the change. The game was originally scheduled for Friday. The Santa […]
All activities for Santa Rosa County Schools are on as scheduled at the moment. That includes Navarre’s District 1-7A football game against Leon in Tallahassee Friday night. More information will be available later this afternoon. The Santa Rosa County School District is set to send out another update Friday morning. Joseph Harrell, the assistant superintendent […]
Any last glimmer of hope for a win for the Navarre Raiders vanished late Friday night when Chiles returned an interception for a touchdown. The Timberwolves led Navarre 49-31 at that point. Less than two minutes remained. Frustration set in. That feeling of dealing with defeat cut deep one more time. Raider head coach Jay […]
Over the last two seasons, Navarre’s volleyball team has won 16 matches. That’s more than double the win total of 2016 and 2017 combined (six). The seniors have played a pivotal role in that turnaround. They nearly pulled out another win last Tuesday night at home, pushing Gulf Breeze to five games in a thrilling […]
Navarre dropped two of its last three games of the regular season, culminating Thursday in a three-set sweep by Fort Walton Beach. This wasn’t the way coach Ryan Davenport saw the Raiders moving into the post-season. However, he’s openly optimistic with the way the team is playing now despite its 7-17 record. The Raiders beat Pace Oct. 3 in five […]
Rewind to last season for just a moment. The University of West Florida football team is 4-1 and nationally ranked. Life is good for the Argonauts. Fast forward to a year later. UWF is again 4-1 and in the Top 25 poll, checking in at No. 24 this week. It is one of two unbeaten […]
More than 140 athletes began a five-week challenge Friday at the Navarre CrossFit gym. Each week, in an event known simply as “The Open,” competitors face a new workout designed to test fitness and strength. The workout remains unknown until Thursday night each week of the Open. Gyms around the world serve as venues for athletes to participate. Twice on […]
Navarre senior Harrison Dorsey has always been known on the swim team as a fun-loving, sometimes goofy, athlete who loves joking around. But he’s grown up over the last four years, becoming a leader for the Raiders, breaking school records along the way. “I would like to think I’ve matured and come into a leadership […]
Navarre is ranked eighth in the latest Region 1 playoff poll, leaving its streak of consecutive playoff appearances (seven) in jeopardy. The Raiders were seventh last week. The top eight in the final poll make the playoffs. Navarre sports an RPI of .529, barely ahead of Fletcher (.527). Edgewater is still ranked first with an […]
Navarre’s volleyball team knocked off Tate in its District 1-6A tournament opener Monday night. The Raiders swept the Aggies to move on to the semifinal round tonight against top-seeded Crestview. Match time is 5 p.m. at Niceville. Navarre won the first two games 25-16 and finished out the match with a 25-9 win. “It’s big […]
Fate twisted in the wrong direction for Navarre Friday night. Down four and poised to score, the Raiders missed on a golden opportunity to take control against Chiles in the fourth quarter. The ball was knocked out of Xayvion Thomas’ hands on a catch near the sideline. The Timberwolves recovered the fumble and eventually turned […]
Navarre is looking to build on its momentum Friday night when it faces Chiles in its homecoming game. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. at Bennett C. Russell Stadium. Fresh off their second shutout of the season– a 10-0 win over Tate — the Raiders are eager to take care of business and remain in the hunt […]
Homecoming is Friday night, adding excitement throughout the week leading up to the game. Navarre isn’t getting caught up in the hype of homecoming as every game means more. Instead, they remain focused on a showdown with Chiles at Bennett C. Russell Stadium Friday night. “We have to put the homecoming and pep rally stuff […]
Younger golfers are pushing to the top of the Raiders’ rotation as the season draws closer to the district tourney. Andrew Ottley got around Hidden Creek Golf Course in 47 strokes Oct. 1 to lead the team in a three-team match with Pace and Milton. “Lately it’s been Brady (Nevius) and Andrew. They’ve been moving in the right direction,” head coach Clark Brown […]
Alexis Grove fired a six-over round last Monday to lead Navarre’s girls golf team through another three-team match. The senior suffered on two early holes on the Hidden Creek Golf Course. Otherwise, she would have broken 40 for the round. “Recently I’ve been working on my swing coming more in, and that was good,” she said. She said that […]
Lauren Miller claps her hands together and shouts words of encouragement from the bench. Even with the odds stacked against Navarre in a showdown with county rival Gulf Breeze earlier this season, Miller does all she can to keep her Raider teammates as upbeat as possible. It’s not the easiest thing to do. Especially on […]
Navarre’s volleyball team ended a six-game streak of not winning a set last Monday as it lost in four games to Fort Walton Beach. With the four-set loss, Navarre fell to 6-15. The Raiders bounced back Thursday with their second win of the volleyball season over Pace, notching its seventh win of the year. Against the Vikings, the […]
Emma Simon is only a sophomore and already feels herself making significant strides in the pool for Navarre this season. “Things have been going really good for me. I feel myself getting faster,” Simon said. As a result, she is swimming in the faster lanes at meets. She welcomes the challenge. “It challenges me, and […]
Navarre is seventh in the first Region 1 playoff poll of the 2019 football season. The top eight are in position to make the postseason and the Raiders check in with a .558 RPI. However, a district champ could be outside the top eight and end up bumping off another team in the top eight. […]
Demetri Burch jumped into the air and came down with the football, He lost his balance after the catch but managed to go forward and roll into the end zone. Not even two minutes into the game Saturday, the University of West Florida football team had just thrown the first punch against Delta State on […]
Winning makes everything better. And for the first time in nearly a month, the Navarre Raiders experienced the thrill of victory. They brought their longest losing streak in a decade to an end Friday night. A 10-0 win over Tate at Pete Grindl Stadium in Cantonment ended the slide at three. The players savored the moment […]
Navarre is on the road Friday looking to end a three-game losing streak. The Raiders head to Cantonment to take on Tate in a 7 p.m. District 1-7A game at Pete Gindl Stadium. It’s the first meeting between the two teams since the second round of the playoffs in 2016. Navarre won that game 60-28. […]
When the University of West Florida plays Delta State Saturday night, a lot will be on the line. The Argonauts and Statesmen are two of the three remaining teams unbeaten in Gulf South Conference play. Reigning NCAA Division II champion Valdosta State is the other. A year ago, UWF came away with a 30-21 win […]
Navarre finds itself in a video-game-like situation at this point in the high school football season. The Raiders are running out of lives in their quest to punch a ticket to the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season after a 20-7 loss to Niceville Friday night in District 1-7A play. The loss to the Eagles […]
Aubrey Stewart is out on the driving range at Hidden Creek on a hot and humid Thursday afternoon, focused on tweaking her swing ahead of the District 1-3A tournament in two weeks in Tallahassee. “You could spend hours out here working to get it right. It takes a lot of practice,” Stewart said. “My swing plane […]
Ten volleyball teams rumbled Sunday on the beach volleyball courts at Juana’s for a Dino 4 tournament. The older the collective team’s age, the bigger advantage the tournament organizers awarded before the first serve was struck. “Our age gives us an advantage,” said Chad Wallace, who played for D.N.R. Wallace’s teammate Mike Stamey said, “And we used every bit of that.” […]
Mary Beloat came charging at the ball with no plans of letting it touch the floor. Navarre’s volleyball team trailed area power Pensacola Catholic 18-4 in the second set of a match earlier this season, but that didn’t keep the senior from continuing to play with all-out effort. Beloat made the save, keeping the maddening […]
Navarre’s volleyball team lost three matches last week, all against opponents ranked in the top 60 in the state. Pensacola Catholic is 21, Gulf Breeze is 29 and Niceville is 58. Navarre’s season record is 6-14, and head coach Ryan Davenport is asking for more mental strength from his players. Following the loss in “the Tank” in Gulf Breeze Sept. 24, […]