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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012
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Raiders blown away by Hurricanes
By Adam Lacquement
Navarre Press
The most successful football season to date at Navarre High School
came to a close Friday in front of a
standing-room-only crowd at Bennett C. Russell Stadium chanting “We are Navarre.”
The visiting Gainesville Hurricanes (14-0) cruised to victory 62-26 over the Raiders (122) and will play Miami Central
(11-2) for the Class 6A state title
at 1:07 p.m. Saturday at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium.
For a second consecutive
week the Raiders hosted a highly-ranked school and were
decided underdogs. The ’Canes
– ranked No. 1 in the AP Florida High School Class 6A Football Poll and 16th nationally
by ESPN –built what would
prove to be an insurmountable 28-0 halftime lead.
In a span of just nine minutes in the first half, the Raiders shot themselves in the collective foot – with a machine
gun. Having stuffed the ’Canes first two drives,
the Raiders were poised to take an early first-quarter
lead on their second possession. Senior running back Jay Warren broke a 35-yard thirddown run and was stretching for even more at
the ’Canes 15-yard line when the ball popped
free and bounced out through the side of the
end zone.
The ’Canes took possession on the touchback-turnover and marched 80 yards on nine
plays capped by a 15-yard touchdown run by Tony
James.
“Mistakes early – they’re an outstanding football team. (If you) give them the momentum, they’re
going to make you pay,” Raiders coach Jay Walls
said.
Things only got worse before getting better for
the Raiders as Gainesville scored its second touchdown just eight seconds later. The first play of the
ensuing drive for the Raiders was disastrous as a
high snap shot over the head of signal caller Andrew
Rieves and recovered in the end zone by the ’Canes
Alex Gonzales.
The Raiders suffered their third turnover in as
many possessions when Hurricanes defender Chris
Thompson intercepted Rieves’ pass at midfield. The interception ended the first quarter, but not the Raiders’ self
destruction. Gainesville, unable to capitalize on the interception, would turn the ball over on downs as the
Raider defense stood strong.
Following a three-and-out, the Raiders continued to struggle with bad snaps; lined up
in punt formation, Jordan Leggett scrambled to keep a bouncing snap in his possession before several ’Canes swarmed
him under at the Raider 15.
“Turnovers and the kicking game were
really tough to overcome,” said Walls.
Raphael Neal would score his first of three
rushing touchdowns to cap a four-play, 15yard drive. Neal’s second touchdown came
on a fourth-and-goal from the 4 with 3:25 left
in the first half. Neal finished the game with 153
yards rushing on 23
attempts to
go
along
with his three
touchdowns.
With the
nightmarish
first half over,
the Raiders
benefitted
from
the
intermission,
scoring on
their first four
drives to start
Gainesville defensive back Chris Thompson, the second
(24), knocks away a pass intended for
half. With 49
Jordan Leggett, (6), one of many great
seconds
defensive plays put up by the Hurricanes.
gone in
the fourth
quarter the Raiders had cut the 28-point deficit
to 15.
Warren led the furious charge for the Raiders.
“We didn’t want the season to end,” said Warren, who scored three third-quarter rushing touchdowns of 9, 40 and 36 yards. He gained 214 yards
Photo by Dickie Williams
Raider running back Jay Warren,
(25), breaks another tackle on his
way to a touchdown in
Navarre’s 62-26 loss to
Gainesville at Bennett C.
Russell stadium last Friday
night. Warren scored three
touchdowns in the game.
Greatest season ends at
12-2
rushing on 25 carries for the game. Rieves
plowed in from two yards out at the start of
the fourth quarter, giving the home faithful a glimmer of hope with the score
41-26 and more than 11 minutes left
to play.
Gainesville answered the Raiders’
surge on the next drive in true
championship form, using a
nine-play drive to chew more
than five minutes off the clock.
’Canes quarterback Mark Cato
connected with Case Harrison
for their second of what would
be three touchdowns in the game
to extend the lead to 48-26.
“We came out here and played
our hearts out in the first half, and
(the Raiders) came back strong,”
said Harrison.“I give them all
the credit in the world for
not coming out flat in the
second half.”
The Raiders ran four
plays from their own
31-yard line, going
nowhere, turning the
ball over on downs and
starting the slow evacuation of
Bennett C Russell Stadium.
Cato hooked up with Harrison for a 19yard touchdown and finished the game
with 221 yards passing on 13 completions.
Webb added his third touchdown on a 31yard run to close out the scoring.
The Raiders concluded their season after
setting new heights for future Navarre
Raider football teams to chase: 12 wins, an
11-game winning streak, unbeaten district
and regular-season home slates, seven wins
at Russell Stadium and a region championship.
“It was a great season and we have a lot
to proud of,”Walls said.
Hurricane running back Rapheal Webb, (2), hurdles
teammate Larry Prunty, (3), and Raider Nick Benton,
(12), on his way to another big play as Gainesville
stopped Navarre’s state football run 62-26.
Gainesville 62, Navarre 26
Dec. 7 at Navarre
Gainesville 13 15 13 21 – 62
Navarre
0 0 19 7 – 26
First Quarter
G - Tony James 15 run (Alex Holloway kick), 0:54.8.
G - Alex Gonzales fumble recovery in end zone (kick
failed), 0:46.0.
Second Quarter
G - Raphael Webb 2 run (Larry Punchy pass from Mark
Cato), 7:15.
G - Webb 4 run (Holloway kick), 3:25.
Third Quarter
N - Jay Warren 9 run (kick blocked), 10:04.
G - Chris Thompson 14 pass from Cato (Holloway kick), 7:32.
N - Warren 40 run (run failed), 7:10.
G - Case Harrison 27 pass from Cato (kick failed), 6:17.
N - Warren 36 run (Chandler Moorer kick), 4:33.
Fourth Quarter
N - Andrew Rieves 2 run (Moorer kick), 11:11.
G - Harrison 9 pass from Cato (Holloway kick), 6:50.
G - Harrison 19 pass from Cato (Holloway kick), 5:12.
G - Webb 31 run (Holloway kick), 5:01.
Runningback Jay Warren, (25), had a big game for the Raiders
scoring three rushing touchdowns.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012
Six Raiders to play in All-Star game
Staff Reports
Navarre Press
Six Navarre Raiders have been
picked to play for the East AllStars in the Pensacola Sports
Association’s 2012 Subway High
School All-Star Football Game.
Running back/corner back
Jay Warren, Cornerback/kick
returner/running back Nick
Benton, running back/cornerback Johnny Robinson-Pettus,
quarterback Andrew Rieves,
linebacker Devin Colonel and
lineman Jonathon Shaw will
represent Navarre against the
West All-Stars, picked from
Escambia County schools. The
East All-Stars are selected from
schools in Santa Rosa and
Okaloosa counties.
The game is scheduled to be
played at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14,
at Patriot Stadium in Pace.Tickets are $7 or $5 with a canned
food item to donate to Manna
Food Pantries.
Navarre finished the most successful season in school history
Friday with a 62-26 loss to
Gainesville in the Class 6A state
semifinals.The Raiders won more
games, 12, than any previous
NHS team, including 11 straight
after a one-point loss at Pensacola in Week 2. Navarre also
won seven games at Bennett C.
Russell Stadium and recorded
the school’s first undefeated regular-season home slate (5-0).
The Subway All-Star Series
benefits local charities including Manna Food Pantries. The
2012 teams include:
East Football All-Stars
Head coach: John Nicks, Niceville
NAVARRE – Jay Warren, Nick Benton,
Johnny Robinson-Pettus, Andrew Rieves,
Jonathan Shaw, Devin Colonel.
BAKER – Cody Chunn, Taylor Brown,
Logan Nixon.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE – Darryl Johnson, Gaston Rackard, Eric Breilia.
CRESTVIEW – Dakota Dean, Tyler Henderson, Micah Reed, Jonathan Longman,
Jordan Waddell, Damarious Bethune.
FORT WALTON BEACH – Zach Cresse,
John Marvin, Chris Baudin.
GULF BREEZE – Alex Pagonis, Austin
Droogsma, C.J. Nelson
JAY – Colton Williams.
MILTON – Dejon Funderburk, Trevor
Wheeler, Christian Walker.
NICEVILLE – Devin Vasquez, Andrew Mitchell, Nick Haynes, Austin
Campbell, Denzel Applewhite,
Carter Fletcher, Barrett Perry.
PACE – Tommy McMillion, Austin Rollins,
J.C. Curry, Brice Moore, Ryan Santoso,
Blake Ladouceur, Jeffrey Wright.
ROCKY BAYOU – Jacob Holcomb.
West Football All-Stars
Head coach: Craig LaBorde - Washington
High School
CATHOLIC – Jace Banfell, Frankie
Castagna.
ESCAMBIA – Jeff Linzy, T.J. Myers,
Mike Hale.
NORTHVIEW – Neiko Robinson,
LaMikal Kyles, Roderick Woods,
Blake McCall, LaDerious Franklin,
Kevin Vaughan.
PENSACOLA – Blake Norwood,
Damian Pickett, Reggie Warren, Deandra
Farrinstur, Jonathan Bennett, Keith Coleman, Preston Sellers, Jaquan Brown.
PINE FOREST – Sisfa Finau, Shamar
Johnson, Trebian Suggs, Dante Young,
DeMarcus Glover, Jondarius Gardner,
Lawrence Colston, Terrence Sims, Ronald
Brown.
TATE – Lorenzo Long, Todd Ryals, Chris
Shelby, Andrew Briske, Matt Burke.
WASHINGTON – Chris Simms, Vihola
Pohiva, Kevontarius Williams.
WEST FLORIDA – Nate Crawford,
Demetrius Smith, Luke Jackson, Frank
Hebert, Cory Ness.
Navarre lifters dominate at quad meet
Photos by John Richardson
Skye Barberi won the 129-pound weight division with a combined lift of 310 pounds.
By John Richardson
Navarre Press
The Navarre High School
girls’weightlifting team traveled to Milton on Dec. 5 to
compete against Milton, Gulf
Breeze and Pace. The Raiders
blew away the field, winning
first place in every weight class
except the unlimited division,
in which the Raiders had no
entries. The Raiders also had
several second- and thirdplace finishers.
With 83 points, Navarre
finished 50 points ahead of
second-place Pace. Gulf
Breeze managed 27 points
and Milton had 17.
In the 101-pound weight
division, Alyssa Jones matched
her 125-pound bench press
from the first match of the
season and increased her
clean-and-jerk to , five more
than the previous week. Her
275-pound total won the
weight division by 95 pounds.
In the 110-pound weight
division, Amanda Friar
matched her personal-best
effort with a combined total
of 310-pounds. Keiana
Praise Pettus won the 139-pound weight class with a combined
lift of 345.
McKenzie placed
second in the division with a combined total of 230
pounds.
Kylie Shelley continued
to
dominate the
119-pound
weight division by increasing her best bench press to
150 pounds. She added a
clean-and-jerk of 145pounds, which gave her a
combined total of 295. Jessica Ortwein placed third
with a combined lift of 185.
Skye Barberi won the 129pound division with a 165pound bench press and a
145-pound clean-and-jerk,
giving her a 310 total. Savannah Rodwell placed second
with a 260-pound combined
total.
Praise Pettus placed first in
the 139-pound weight division. She increased her personal best in the bench press
to 170 and the clean-and-jerk
to 175. Dominique Morgan
placed second with a 240pound combined lift.
Chelsea King won the 154-pound weight division with a combined lift of 315 pounds.
In the 154-pound weight
division, Chelsea King placed
first with a 155-pound bench
press and a 160-pound
clean-and-jerk. Priscilla
McCorkle placed second
with a 290-pound combined
lift.
Morrigan Webb’s bench
press of and a clean-and-jerk
of 150 was enough to win the
169-weight division. Marina
Burda placed third with a
combined lift of 245. In the
183-pound weight division,
Sarah Cox won with a bench
press of 165 and a clean-and-
jerk of 150. Heather Lynch’s
combined total was just five
pounds less than Cox’s total,
which placed her in second
place.
Taelor Smith and Allie
Helms tied with a combined
lift of in the 199-pound category. Because they tied,
Helms was awarded first place
because she weighed less.
Smith was awarded second
place. The Raiders record is
2-0 and 2- the district. The
next meet is scheduled for
Dec. 13 at Choctawhatchee
High School.
Morrigan Webb won the 169-pound weight division with a
combined lift of 295.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012
NAVARRE PRESS / 3C
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Soccer
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BASEBALL
GBHS camp
The Gulf Breeze High School baseball program will host Holiday Baseball Camp
from 8:30 a.m.-noon Dec. 19-20 at the
GBHS Baseball Field. Cost for the camp,
open to boys ages 7-14, is $75 per player.
Campers should bring their own gloves,
cleats and hats. Campers will receive free tshirts. For more information, call coach
Randy Renfroe at 748-2227 or email [email protected]. Checks
can be made to Dolphin Baseball.
Photos by John Richardson
Bri Yound shoots toward the Niceville goal. The Eagle keeper made the save.
Lady Raiders lose 1-0 to Niceville
By John Richardson
Navarre Press
The Lady Raiders played
their best defense of the year
and gave defending district
champion Niceville all they
could handle in a 1-0 loss
played at home on Dec 4.
The first 20 minutes of the
game belonged to Niceville.
Although the ball was in the
Navarre half of the field, the
Eagles could not penetrate
the Raider defense. They
played their best game of
the year. For the first time,
they played like a unit. Bri
Young and Hayley Naker
stopped sideline runs with
aggressive slide tackles.
Freshman Mariah McKinny played like a senior,
aggressively attacking the
ball in the middle of the field.
Morgan Littlewood was all
over the field as she picked
up the extra Eagle attacker
or backed up her outside
defenders.
At midfield, Raina Quintanilla returned after missing several games for the
Raiders. Gabby Armstrong,
Rylie Slaybaugh and Jade
Whitley slugged it out with
the Eagle midfielders and
neither side budged.
After 20 minutes of play,
the midfielders started to
win the battle and were able
to move the ball downfield
to the forwards. Hunter
Moorer, Hannah Gullickson and Jenny Fitzpatrick
drove deep into the Eagle
end of the field. However,
he Eagle defense proved to
be as difficult to pierce as
Navarre’s.
The only score came
at the 52nd minute.
The Eagles moved
into the Raider end
when a forward was
fouled. The Eagles were
awarded a free kick from
25 yards out. The Raiders
neglected to set up a wall
and the Eagle player kicked
the ball toward the left goal.
Several Raiders attempted
to head the ball, but just
missed. Suddenly an Eagle
player raced diagonally
toward the right goal post.
She knocked down the ball
and kicked it into the right
corner of the net. The play
caught everyone going to
the left and only the Eagle
going right and it resulted
in the only score of the
game.
Timberwolf Tournament
The Lady Raiders traveled to Tallahassee on Dec.
7 to play in the Timberwolf
Tournament. In the first
game the Raiders won over
University High School
Nova Southeastern
by a 2-0 score.
Moorer scored in the 25th
minute unassisted. Whitley scored in the 70th
minute on a
header from
Littlewood’s
corner kick.
Julianna
DeSalle was the
Hunter Moorer
Navarre keepblasts a pass
er and was
down the sideline.
credited
with the shutout and four
saves. Moorer was named
the game’s MVP by the
opposing coach.
Saturday morning the the net. Bolles’ only danRaiders played Jacksonville gerous opportunity was a
Bolles (2A), a final four break away in the first half
team.“We lost 0-1. Julian- in which they scored. Othna (DeSalle) had four saves er than that we played very
in the loss,” Coach Rob well defensively and in the
Simon said.“It was a back midfield. Morgan Littleand forth match. Well wood had an outstanding
played on both sides. We game and was named
had four very dangerous game MVP by the opposchances, but unfortunate- ing coach.”
Saturday, the Raiders lost
ly could not put the ball in
0-2 to Tallahassee Leon.
Since it was the third game
of the weekend, Simon rested some players.
“Again we dominated
all aspects of the game
except the scoreboard. I
was very pleased with the
players. Leon had one
player that was very good.
She was able to exploit a
couple of defensive mistakes and score two goals.
On the second goal, Ally
Spicer made an excellent first save, but the
Leon player was able to
get to the rebound and put
it away. Ally Spicer had two
saves in the loss.
Overall, I was very
pleased with how we
played in all three games,
except for our lack of scoring abilities, yet again. The
girls played hard and are
really coming together as
a team. We continue to
improve daily.”
The Raiders record is 5 –
5 – 3 and 4 – 1 – 1 in district
play.The next game is scheduled for Dec. 14 at home
against West Florida.
Raiders win over Tate, suffer first district loss at Niceville
By John Richardson
Navarre Press
Navarre 2, Tate 1
Despite missing several key
players, the Raiders capitalized on two first half goals by
Dominic Dubai and hung on
to win 2-1 over Tate at home
on Dec 6.
To make up for injured players Jordan Supra, Cody White
and Ryan Olson and Taylor
Wallace, out for a red card
Sports Calendar
THURSDAY, Dec. 13
Basketball, boys – Navarre at Pine Forest, 7:30 p.m.
Basketball, girls – Navarre at Pine Forest, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, Dec. 14
Basketball, boys – Milton at Navarre,
7:30 p.m.
Basketball, girls – Navarre at Milton, 7
p.m.
Hockey – Louisiana at Pensacola, 7:05
p.m.
SATURDAY, Dec. 15
Football – Class 6A State Championship
in Orlando, 1:07 p.m.
Hockey – Pensacola at Miss. RiverKings,
7:05 p.m.
MONDAY, Dec. 17
Basketball, girls – Escambia at Navarre,
7 p.m.
Soccer, girls – South Walton at Navarre,
5:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, Dec. 18
Basketball, boys – Washington at
Navarre, 7:30 p.m.
Hockey – Miss. RiverKings at Pensacola,
6:05 p.m.
infraction, Coach Ken MacDonald called up three players from the JV squad.
Midfielder Garrett Haygood played as if he had been
on the varsity squad since the
beginning of the year. Devin
and Donate Roberts performed well as they filled in
for some of the defensive players missing from the varsity
team.
Eight minutes into the
game, Haygood took the ball
away from a Tate midfielder.
He looped a pass toward
Dubai running toward the
right goal post. Dubai had a
one step lead on the Tate
defenders and was moving
toward the goal inside the
18-yard line. The Aggie
defender tripped Dubai from
behind in order to stop a
breakaway situation. Since
the penalty occurred in the
box, Dubai was awarded a
penalty kick.The ensuing kick
was perfect and the Raiders
led 1-0.
At the 23-minute mark
Dubai struck again. While
dribbling down the right side,
he saw the Aggie keeper move
out of the net towards him.
Dubai lofted a shot from 25
yards out that looped over
the Aggie keeper’s head and
into the top left corner of the
net, giving the Raiders a 2-0
lead.
In the second half, Cameron
Smith returned to the defensive four and helped to hold
off the Tate offense.The Aggies
scored in the 51st minute
Photo by John Richardson
Cam Smith (#3) moves in for a rebound of a shot by Kameron
Bethell (#11) that was saved by Tate goalkeeper.
when a Raider tripped a Tate halves at Niceville on
forward in the box and he Dec 4. The Raiders would
converted the penalty kick to have been much happier
playing just the first half.
cut the Raider lead to 2-1.
For most of the game, Mac- The Raiders led 1-0 lead
Donald moved Eddy Layne going into the second half
to defense and played on a goal by Nike Hawkins.
Cameron Bethel back in order Five minutes into the second half, the Raiders struck
to shore up the defense.
After they scored, the again when Bethel scored,
Aggies pressured the Raiders giving the Raiders a 2-0 lead
at midfield, but MacDonald’s over the defending district
moves made it impossible for champions.
Despite losing by two goals,
the Aggies to get through
Bethel and Layne.The Aggies the Eagles did not exactly roll
had to settle for long shots over. They quickly regrouped
hat were easily handled by and scored quickly to make
cut the lead to 2-1. Less than
keeper, Maui Alford.
two minutes later the Eagles
Niceville 5, Navarre 2
scored again. The whole
It was a game of two momentum changed and
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suddenly the
Eagles were
doing everything right. The
Eagles scored five unanswered
goals and easily won the
game.
Perhaps going up by two
goals early made the Raiders
overconfident. Injuries to key
players also affected the
Raiders. However, it is apparent that the road to the districts goes through Niceville
and the team has to be ready
to play hard for all 80 minutes.
The Raider record is 6 – 2
– 2 and 4 – 1 in district play.
The next game is scheduled
for Jan. 3 at home against Fort
Walton Beach.
Travel team tryouts
Tryouts for the Navarre Youth Sports Association’s competitive baseball program’s
traveling teams have been scheduled on
Dec. 15. Tryouts for 11U and 12U players
will take place at 10:30 a.m. and noon on
Field 10. The competitive baseball program is a year-round organization that
promotes competitive baseball. The teams
will compete in U.S. Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) and Nations Baseball tournaments. Teams will practice two or three
times each week with opportunities to play
in two games or tournaments each month.
Prospective players should bring a bat,
glove and cleats and be 9 on or before
April 30.
For more information, go to www.nysasports.com online.
NYSA baseball
The Navarre Youth Sports Association will
begin registering players for the 2012
recreational youth baseball season from 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the
NYSA Conference Room at the Navarre
Sports Complex on High School Road. Registration will continue each Saturday
through Feb. 2. NYSA sponsors five age divisions – Coach Pitch (8U: 6-8 years old);
Minors (10U: 9-10); Majors (12U: 11-12);
Pony (14U: 13-15 – 15-year-olds cannot
pitch); and Seniors (18U: 15-18). Registration is $95 in addition NYSA membership
fees. For more information, go to
www.nysasports.com online.
Navarre Ravens baseball
NYSA youth recreation league baseball
players also may try out for the Navarre
Ravens select baseball teams. The Navarre
Ravens Select Baseball Program provides a
lower-cost alternative to traditional traveling teams. The teams, in the same age divisions as the recreation program, will play
select teams from area youth sports associations and some area tournaments on
Sundays and open weekends through the
end of June. Tryouts for the Navarre
Ravens select teams will be in late February or early March, after the rec teams
have been selected. For more information,
go to www.nysasports.com online.
Coaches needed
The Navarre Youth Sports Association
needs volunteers to coach youth recreation
or Navarre Ravens select baseball teams.
Anyone interested should send their contact information to Daren Thomas, the
NYSA baseball commissioner, at [email protected].
MISC.
Hockey camp
The Pensacola Ice Flyers and Pensacola
Blue Wahoos, professional hockey and
baseball teams, respectively, will host a
hockey camp for children ages 8-13 from
6 p.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 at the Wahoos’ Winter Wonderland at Bayfront Stadium. Cost is $50 and includes skate
rental, a ticket to an Ice Flyers’ game, a
ticket to the Blue Wahoos’ Winter Wonderland, food and drink, instruction from Ice
Flyers’ players and time for autographs
and a question-and-answer session with Ice
Flyers’ officials. For more information, call
the Blue Wahoos’ office at 850-934-8444
or go to www.bluewahoos.com online.
Lacrosse registration
The Gulf Breeze Sports Association is accepting registrations for its lacrosse program through Dec. 21. GBSA sponsors
U15, U13 and U11 teams for boys and
youth and middle school teams for girls.
Practice begins in mid-January and the
season lasts from February through May.
For more information, call Tim Durst at
255-8196 or email [email protected].
Registration forms can be picked up at the
South Santa Rosa Recreation Center at 800
Shoreline Drive in Gulf Breeze or request
forms by calling Teresa Hawthorne at 9345140 or emailing [email protected].
Youth roller hockey
The Pullum Family YMCA is accepting registrations from children ages 7-18 for its
roller hockey teams. Practices will start in
January; practices and games will be
played at the Hurlburt Youth Center. Cost is
$80, $40 for additional household members. For more information, call program
director Doug Johnson at 936-0049.
RUNNING
Pensacola Beach
The Pensacola Runners Association will host
the Pensacola Beach Run Half Marathon,
10K/5K beginning with the half-marathon
(13.1 miles) at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 12 at
Casino Beach. The 5-kilometer and 10kilometer runs (3.1 and 6.2 miles, respectively) will begin at 8 a.m. For more
information, go to www.imathlete.com. To
volunteer to help with the race, call race director Jehan Clark at 850-261-2200 or
email [email protected].
Congratulations Raiders...
for Greatest Raider Football Season 12-2
State Semi-finalists!
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012
NAVARRE PRESS
2012-13
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2012
LAST WEEK
RUNNING TOTAL
Kelley Fuller
Cheryl Chant
Glenn Lattanze
Jay Walls
Mike Loera
Jeffrey Roberts
11-4
12-3
11-4
9-6
12-3
12-3
144-51
New Mexico
Nevada vs. Arizona
Arizona
131-64
Nevada
143-52
Arizona
144-51
Nevada
144-51
Arizona
144-51
Arizona
Idaho Potato
Toledo vs. Utah St.
Utah St.
Utah St.
Utah St.
Toledo
Utah St.
Utah St.
Poinsettia
BYU vs. San Diego St.
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
San Diego St.
St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Ball State
UCF
UCF
UCF
UCF
UCF
UCF
New Orleans
East Carolina vs. La.-Lafayette
East Carolina
La.-Lafayette
La.-Lafayette
La.-Lafayette
La.-Lafayette
La.-Lafayette
Las Vegas
Washington vs. Boise St.
Boise St.
Boise St.
Washington
Boise St.
Boise St.
Boise St.
Hawaii
Fresno St. vs. SMU
Fresno St.
SMU
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SMU
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Navarre Silver Juniors roll over East Pensacola
Staff reports
Navarre Press
The Silver Juniors brought
NYSA its first league championship on Saturday evening at
Pensacola High School with an
offensive explosion against the
East Pensacola Rattlers with a
final score of 30-14.
East Pensacola entered the
game undefeated. Raiders dominated the Rattlers offensively
and defensively for the entire
game. The offense produced
364 yards from the running
game and 209 yards from the
passing game.
“The kids started the season
with a team motto of: one team,
one goal, championship. We
have been lucky to have a group
of kids that have put the work
in to make our goal a reality,”
said Coach Tony Carter.“It is a
great feeling to be finally bringing the trophy back across the
bridge with us.”
Michael Carter brought home
the MVP honors with two
touchdowns on 24 carries for
215 yards rushing and 62 yards
receiving. Carter also had two
long touchdowns called back
on penalties during the game.
This capped off a great season
Silver Juniors Head Coach Tony Carter hoists the Championship
trophy with the help of NYSA Football Commissioner Paul Cox.
for Carter where he scored 42
touchdowns and had over 2750
yards of total offense.
The Raiders scored 30 points
against the Rattlers, which surpassed the total points the Rattlers had allowed the entire season. The Rattlers offense was
limited to 14 points for the game.
The Rattler’s first touchdown
came on a 95-yard run on the
last play of the first half. After
the extra point try was blocked
by Ladonte Jackson, the halftime score was 14-6. But the
Raiders shut down the Rattlers
on the first drive of the second
half and drove down the field
Photos by Richard Mays
The Silver Juniors take the field to start the 2012 GCYSA
Junior Championship versus the East Pensacola Rattlers.
to score a touchdown.
Sage Chambers also had a
MVP caliber performance as
quarterback for the Raiders
throwing for two touchdowns
and running for one touchdown
also contributing over 209 yards
ON 15 for 21 passing and 51
yards rushing.The Raiders also
had big offensive games from
Xavier Fernandez who had 59
yards rushing and 49 yards
receiving.Teyvn Stevenson led
the raiders in receiving with five
catches for 93 yards and a touchdown. He also had 25 yards
rushing.
Lee Jones also had several
big runs and catches for the
Raiders. While wide receivers
Sam Bassham and Colin
Gilmore had their catches limited because of the Raiders’game
plan, which placed them in
blocking roles for most of the
game.
Offensive coordinator James
Watson after the game said,“The
kids did a great job executing
our game plan. We saw some
things we could take advantage of and the kids went out
and did exactly what we asked
them to do. That was a really
good defense that we did too.
Really, what more could we as
for?”
The Raiders offensive line is
very large, powerful and agile
(Nick Brahms 6-2 210, Nick
Feldner 6-1 205, A.J. Neal 5-11
200, Tyler Morton 5-11 200,
Hudson Barthes 6 215, Ladonte
Jackson 6-3 230).
“I couldn’t be prouder of my
guys. They have gotten better
each week of the season and it
was fun to watch them bring it
all together when it counted.
They rose to the challenge and
took away the strength of the
Rattler’s defense,”said offensive line coach Pete O’Connor.
“We knew coming into the
game that a couple of their
defensive lineman and linebackers could really bring it and
the big guys just made them a
non-factor. This has the makings of a really special group
over the next several years.”
The defensive line is anchored
by Austin Harman DT 6-1 235,
Jackson DE, Nick Brahms DE,
Zach Ward 6-3 310 DT, and
Wayne McBryant 6-0 330 DT.
Linebackers Bo Herring, Mason
Green, Dylan Pittman, Cyrus
Grimes, Fernandez and Stevens
along with the defensive line
have made running against the
Raiders impossible for the Rattlers.
“We told our defensive lineman that they had to play
strong and not allow the Rattlers to control the line of scrimmage. They are used to running over teams and we told
the guys that they can’t allow
that,”said defensive line coach
Keith Brahms.“We also told
the linebackers that they had
to attack violently the line of
scrimmage to stop any opportunities of them getting their
running game going.”
ICE FLYERS WILL PLAY 28 GAMES AT
“THE HANGAR” (Pensacola Civic Center)
Friday, December 14, 7:05 PM Home
Vs. Louisiana Ice Gators
Saturday, December 15, 7:05 PM Away
Vs. Mississippi Riverkings
Tuesday, December 18, 7:05 PM Home
Vs. Mississippi Riverkings
Reserve Your 2012-2013 Season Tickets:
• Stop by the Ice Flyers front office located at: 201 East Gregory Street in Pensacola
• Visit www.pensacolaiceflyers.com to download a reservation form
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012
NAVARRE PRESS / 5C
NYSAFOOTBALL
Game results from December 1, 2012
Photos by Richard Mays
#3 Lee Jones offers his treasure to the referee and
heads to the sideline to let the offense increase the
lead in the semi-final game against Ensley.
#98 Nicholas Brahms squeezes
through a crack in the offense
to get at the ball carrier.
#25 Xavier Fernandez
does his best Lucy
impersonation but #42
Tevyn Stevenson is
not falling for the old
pull the ball away
trick.
#7 Michael Carter
shoves an Ensley
player face first into
the ground as he
hurdles the fallen
Chief and continue to
the end zone.
#55 La’Donte Jackson shows his vertical
as Ensley tries for an extra point.
#39 Bo Herring celebrates a solo tackle for a loss in
Saturday’s Juniors victory over the Ensley Chiefs.
#25 Xavier Fernandez becomes a jack hammer to clear
the way for #7 Michael Carter as he runs for easy yard.
#39 Bo Herring is on the Ensley ball carrier a Boa
Constrictor…minus the whole swallowing him
whole thing.
#7 Michael Carter pulls
an Ensley player into
the end zone .
#39 Bo Herring goes over his three step process. 1.
Break through the offense 2. Locate the ball
carrier 3. Bring the pain.
#7 Michael Carter runs out of a would be tacklers grasp
and through the defense on his way to the end zone.
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January 5
White Wilson Medical Center
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December 29
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At its meeting in Apalachicola, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recognized state Sen. Charles
Dean and former Rep. Leonard Bembry for their efforts to pass a bill earlier in the year making it easier for landowners to
accommodate the public and still have liability protection.
Staff reports
Navarre Press
At its meeting in
Apalachicola, the Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
recognized state Sen. Charles
Dean and former Rep.
Leonard Bembry for their
efforts to pass a bill earlier
in the year making it easier
for landowners to accommodate the public and still
have liability protection.
The bill, signed into law
by Gov. Rick Scott, amends
Florida Statute s. 375.251.
“I want to take the lead in
saluting Sen. Dean and former Rep. Bembry for carrying the ball across the goal
line,”said Commissioner
Brian Yablonski.“They are
warriors for our youth hunting and fishing efforts.”
The changes, which went
into effect July 1, provide limited liability protection to
landowners who enter into
a written agreement with
the state to make their land
available for outdoor recreation.
Another component protects landowners from liability when they open their
property up to any person,
at no charge, primarily for
hunting, fishing and wildlifeviewing activities. The
landowner must provide
written or posted notice of
the liability protection.
These enhancements
make it easier for landowners to host events such as a
day-long youth hunt or a
weekend fishing derby.That
makes it more enticing for
kids – and adults – to enjoy
Florida’s great outdoors.
Sen. Dean and former Rep.
Bembry presented the Commission with copies of the
original signed bills.
For more information
about youth opportunities,
contact Rae Waddell at
[email protected].
Female bear euthanized in Okaloosa County
Staff reports
Navarre Press
The Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently
euthanized an adult black
bear in the Wynn Haven
Beach community of Mary
Esther in Okaloosa County. Because the female bear
had killed a pet and livestock, the FWC had to euthanize the animal.
The female had raised two
litters of cubs and had been
active in several neighborhoods in the area for a few
years. This year, however,
she became more bold and
protective of her cubs.
The easy availability of
human-provided foods like
trash, bird seed and pet food
in neighborhoods caused
the bear to completely lose
her natural fear of people.
In addition, she killed chickens and a dog on separate
occasions. After multiple
attempts, the FWC was able
to trap her on Nov. 29.
Her two cubs were captured by the FWC and relocated northwest of Wynn
Haven Beach onto Eglin Air
Force Base property. While
cubs normally stay with their
mothers for 18 months, the
chances of survival for these
cubs are relatively good.
“The cubs have been with
their mother long enough
that they are no longer fully dependent on her,”FWC
Bear Management Program
coordinator Dave Telesco
said.
“Remember though that
the worst thing people can
do is to feed the re-located
cubs,”Telesco said.“The best
chance they have at survival
is if they can learn to stay in
the woods and not rely on
people.”
The 250-pound female
and her 100-pound cubs
were much heavier than typical Florida bears living in
the woods. Bears grow larger and produce more cubs
when they have regular
access to human-provided
foods, which increases the
number of bears living in
neighborhoods and causing human-bear conflicts.
“This situation was preventable. If those bears did
not have easy access to trash
and other human-provided foods, they would likely
have just passed through the
neighborhood,”Telesco said.
The FWC has a wide variety of options from which
people can choose to secure
garbage and other items that
attract bears. Go to
MyFWC.com/Bear or call
the Northwest Regional
Office at 850-265-3676 for
additional information.
Florida Fish and Wildlife incidents
This report represents some events the FWC handled Nov. 16-29; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.
Escambia County
session of a deer showing evidence of
general gun – quota hunt within the
lia and counterfeit 20 dollar bills were lobeing illegally taken.
Blackwater WMA. Officers and supervicated in the vehicle. The deckhand adOfficer Matt Cushing checked a fishersors targeted illegal hunting activity. Dur- mitted the paraphernalia belonged to
man as he returned to the 17th Avenue Investigator Rob Goley responded to a
ing the detail, officers worked 525
him. The investigation will continue reBoat Ramp in Pensacola. The individual call for assistance by the Florida Highway hours, checked 859 users, issued 40 cita- garding the drug paraphernalia and
claimed he had only caught white trout. Patrol regarding a vehicle they had
tions and warnings, and responded to
counterfeit money. The captain was isUpon inspection, Cushing located two
stopped for several traffic violations on I- several calls for service. Violations
sued a federal notice of violation for ofharvested red snapper and one over10 near the Alabama/Florida state line. ranged from hunting over bait within the floading IFQ fish during prohibited hours
sized red drum. The season is closed for Upon arrival, Goley discovered the
management area, possession of firearm and for failure to possess a dealer transred snapper. Cushing issued notice to ap- stopped truck contained numerous alliby convicted felon, operating vehicle on action number before transporting fish.
pear citations for possession of red snap- gators. The driver of the truck produced closed roads, and failure to possess reper during closed season and for
FWC permits, which were expired. Inves- quired licenses and permits.
Officer Danny Arnette received a compossession of oversized red drum.
tigator Shelby Williams also responded to
plaint about a game trail camera and
assist. The investigation is ongoing, with Okaloosa County
feeder being stolen from private propWhile on vessel patrol, Officer Matt Cush- possible charges pending.
erty. Arnette tracked vehicle sign from
ing inspected a vessel near the Three
Officer Sulin Schafer received a call from the property to a residence, where he
Mile Bridge in Pensacola Bay. Cushing
Santa Rosa County
Eglin Range Patrol regarding an illegal
later identified two subjects with the
found the operator of the vessel in posdeer that had been taken by a hunter.
missing items. The camera and feeder
session of an oversized red drum. A no- Officer Ken Manning and Lt. Dan Hahr
When Schafer responded, she observed will be returned to the owner. Charges
tice to appear citation was issued for the located a man hunting near scattered
the deer did not have the three antler
are pending.
violation.
corn within Blackwater WMA. The man
points on one side that is required in that
advised them that his friend was hunting area of Eglin. The hunter was issued a
Officer Andy Maltais recently received a
Officer Faris Livesay was working hunt- nearby, as well. While Manning spoke to notice to appear for the violation and the favorable court disposition on a case he
ing complaints in the Beulah area when the first subject, Hahr located the second deer was seized and donated to an apmade during the Labor Day weekend.
he heard a single gunshot. Livesay went subject asleep in a tree stand. As Hahr
proved charitable organization.
Officer Maltais observed a subject in a
to the area he believed the shot origiapproached, the man woke up and saw
40 foot pleasure craft vessel traveling
nated, waited for a short time, and obhim. When Hahr asked him if he was
On Nov. 27, at about 3 a.m., Officer Ken at a high rate of speed in a narrow conserved a vehicle drive into the area.
hunting over corn, the man looked beManning and Lt. Dan Hahr, working with gested channel. The subject vessel conWhen the vehicle exited the wooded
hind him and then replied that he had
NOAA Officer Grant Demesillo, continually weaved in and out of the
area, Livesay made contact and spoke
not put any out yet. Hahr located freshly ducted an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) congested area, spraying and waking
with the two occupants. The driver was
scattered corn about 25 yards away in
inspection on a commercial fishing vessel vessels with huge waves. The wake of
dressed in camouflage but the passenger the direction the man had looked. Both near Destin. After the vessel docked, the the subject vessel was so large that sevwas not. Neither individual was in posmen were issued notices to appear for
captain and deckhand offloaded about
eral vessels became swamped and had
session of a firearm at the time of initial hunting over bait in a management
600 pounds of red snapper and trigger- to leave the channel to avoid an accicontact. After speaking to the individuals, area. The first man was hunting with a
fish. The offload of fish is prohibited be- dent and sinking. Many of the other
Livesay determined that the person
modern firearm and had several prior
tween the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.,
vessel operators in the channel obdressed in camouflage shot a doe deer
felony convictions. The muzzleloading
and commercial harvest of triggerfish is served this subject vessel and left the
with a shotgun. It was archery only sea- rifle was seized and charges are pending closed. When the subjects attempted to
channel fearing for their safety. The
son. The suspect then went to the other
for possession of a firearm by a conleave in their vehicle, they were stopped vessel operator, charged with reckless
individual’s home and asked for help to victed felon.
and the officers conducted an inspection operation, was convicted of the misdedrag the deer out of the woods. Livesay
of the vehicle and vessel. The captain
meanor offense, sentenced to six
located the doe deer and seized related FWC officers and supervisors assigned to stated that he was transporting the fish
months of probation, ordered to pay
items for evidence. This week, Livesay
Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties con- to Alabama where they would be sold.
$375 in fines, and required to complete
obtained a warrant on the driver for pos- ducted a special operation for opening of During the inspection, drug parapherna- a boater safety course.
AREA TIDE REPORT
Predicted tides for Navarre Beach beginning December 13
Day
High Tide
Height Sunrise Moon Time
%
Moon /Low Time
Feet Sunset
Visible
Th 13 Low 6:18 AM -1.3 6:36 AM Rise 6:45 AM 0
13 High 8:18 PM 1.8 4:48 PM Set 5:28 PM
F 14 Low 7:15 AM -1.3 6:36 AM Rise 7:44 AM 0
14 High 9:09 PM 1.7 4:49 PM Set 6:36 PM
Sa 15 Low 8:04 AM -1.2 6:37 AM Rise 8:37 AM 3
15 High 9:56 PM 1.5 4:49 PM Set 7:44 PM
Su 16 Low 8:41 AM -0.8 6:38 AM Rise 9:23 AM 9
16 High 10:39 PM 1.3 4:49 PM Set 8:49 PM
M 17 Low 9:02 AM -0.5 6:38 AM Rise 10:03 AM 16
17 High 11:11 PM 1.0 4:50 PM Set 9:52 PM
Tu 18 Low 8:58 AM -0.2 6:39 AM Rise 10:40 AM 26
18 High 10:56 PM 0.6 4:50 PM Set 10:51 PM
W 19
19
Low 8:17 AM
High 4:46 PM
0.2 6:39 AM Rise 11:15 AM
0.6 4:51 PM
36
Set 11:48 PM
Because tide times are predictions, they are not always accurate. Information provided by saltwatertimes.com.
Outdoor Briefs
Florida Trail Association
schedule
■ The group will take a Winter
Wonderland Walk into Winterfest
on Dec. 15. Meet at 5 p.m. at Artel
Gallery, 223 S. Palafox Street in
Pensacola. Through the magic of
Winterfest, the moment you enter
Christmas Town at the Courthouse
on Palafox Street, the snow begins
to fall. A cup of hot chocolate and
the sound of trolley bells bring
back memories of the Polar Express. The group will walk Palafox
to Garden and back to the Pier at
Bayfront Parkway, about 1-2 miles
at most, stopping to eat dinner at
either Jacos on the Bayfront or the
Fish House on Commendencia and
Main. For more information, call
Peggy Grantham at 850-982-9490
or sign up on the meetup site
http://www.meetup.com/ftawesterngate/.
■ The group will have an Annual
Christmas Party at 2 p.m. Dec. 16
at Bear Lake Pavilion Bear Lake
Recreation, State Road 4, Munson.
Western Gate and Choctawhatchee
Chapters are having their annual
joint Christmas Party at Bear Lake
Pavilion in Blackwater River State
Forest. Bring a pot luck dish and
come join the holiday fun and festivities, starting with a hike around
Bear Lake for those who enjoy the
cool, crisp air to build up an ap-
petite. For more information, call
activity hosts Paul Kellum at 850654-1172 or Paula Fries at 850683-0803. Sign up on the meetup
site http://www.meetup.com
/ftawesterngate/.
Gulf gag grouper rec season
rules
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) unanimously decided Dec. 5 on a draft
2013 Gulf of Mexico gag grouper
recreational season. If approved in
February, Commissioners will
make most Gulf state waters consistent with the current federal
season, with the exception of a
four-county region. The current
proposed federal season for Gulf
gag grouper is slated to start July
1 and end when the annual catch
target is expected to be met, which
will likely be sometime in November or early December. The federal
season ending date should be finalized in spring 2013. The Commission asked staff to work with
federal fishery managers in gathering data on the effect this proposal may have on the length of
the federal season and bring back
this information to the February
Commission meeting. Public comment on this draft rule can be sent
to [email protected] or can be
given by calling 850-487-0554.