For 33 days, a devastating loss to Niceville simmered and stewed on the minds of Navarre’s flag football players. That 42-0 loss to the Eagles a month ago was an open wound that would not heal.
But of out of the ashes of that crushing defeat, a champion has risen, the Raiders standing tall as the best in the district in 2021 after punching their rival in the mouth Wednesday night in the District 1-2A final at Eagles Stadium.