Month: January 2026

Soundside High School

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Principal Kasie Windfelder & Head Coach Jay Walls
Head Coach Jay Walls

Soundside High School Principal Kasie Windfelder has made her first hire…Head Coach Jay Walls.

Coach Walls has made stops at Suwannee HS (FL), Tift County (GA), Navarre HS (FL) an Bainbridge HS (GA).
 
He will return to the Navarre area, where he amassed an overall record of 102-33, while winning seven District Titles and registering zero losing seasons. He was the first Raider Head Coach to win 12 games in a season (2012).
 
He also took the Raiders to the playoffs in 10 of his 12 seasons with a playoff record of 11-10. Navarre won their first two Region 1 Titles in school history under his helm and played in two Class 6A State Semifinals.
 
Soundside High School will start with Freshman and Sophomore classes this Fall. If they have enough players, they will field a junior varsity and freshman team; if not, then the Hurricanes will field just a junior varsity team.  They will not have a varsity squad until Year 3.

Navarre Lady Raiders Softball

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Navarre Lady Raiders Roster - 2026

IrishBillSports.com will broadcast all of the Navarre Lady Raider varsity home softball games this coming season. 

2026 Softball Schedule (Home games in bold):

2/19 – vs. Pace (4:30/6:30 PM)
2/24 – vs. Niceville (4:30/6:30 PM)
2/26 – at Crestview (4:30/6:30 PM)
3/2 – vs. Crestview (4:30/6:30 PM)
3/5 – at West Florida (4:30/6:30 PM)
3/10 – vs. Tate (4:30/6:30 PM)
3/12 – 3/14 – Coastal Classic (Gulf Port, AL) – games TBA
3/16 – at Fort Walton Beach (6:00 PM) – Varsity Only
3/25 – at Choctaw (4:30/6:30 PM)
3/27 – vs. Gulf Breeze (4:30/6:30 PM)
3/30 – vs. Milton (4:30/6:30 PM)
4/1 – vs. West Florida (4:30/6:30 PM)
4/3 – vs. Crestview (4:30/6:30 PM)
4/6 – vs. South Warren – Bowling Green (4:30/6:30 PM)
4/7 – at Tate (4:30/6:30 PM)
4/9 – vs. Choctaw (4:30/6:30 PM) – Senior Night
4/13 – vs. Fort Walton Beach (6:00 PM) – Varsity Only
4/14 – at Gulf Breeze (4:30/6:30 PM)
4/16 – at Niceville (4:30/6:30 PM)
4/21 – at Pace (4:30/6:30 PM)

Rural Schools moving to SSAA

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Chipley High School becomes the latest Panhandle Rural school to move from the FHSAA to the Sunshine State Athletic Association (SSAA). Currently, there are only 18 teams left in the Rural Classification (that number be dropping in the very near future).  

Per Palatka Daily News reporter, Corey Davis, the list has grown to 51 teams since the 2025 High School football season concluded that have joined the Atlantic Division of the SSAA.  Overall, almost 200 schools have joined the SSAA.

Schools that have joined the SSAA are as follows:

Stanton
Paxon
Interlachen
West Nassau
Fernandina Beach
Umatilla
Bell
Bronson
PO Atlantic
Satellite
Space Coast 
Bayside
Labelle
Frostproof
American Heritage
Coral Springs Charter
Hardee
Franklin County (Panhandle)
Clewiston
Dixie County
Lemon Bay 
Sneads (Panhandle)
Wewahitchka (Panhandle)
Cottondale (Panhandle)
Jefferson County
Crescent City
Graceville (Panhandle)
Branford
Vernon (Panhandle)
Somerset Canyons
Liberty County (Panhandle)
Pompano Beach
Union County
Trenton
Okechobee
Kings Academy
Belen Jesuit
Pine Ridge
Desoto
Wildwood
Holmes County (Panhandle)
Cocoa Beach
Marianna (Panhandle)
Jay (Panhandle)
North Broward Prep
Milton Central (Panhandle)
Discovery
Coral Shores
Keystone Heights
Lake Placid
Chipley (Panhandle)

The FHSAA Board of Directors will be holding an emergency meeting this coming week to discuss the current status of Class Rural, Class 1A and Independents in the State of Florida.

Lady Raiders Soccer

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Lady Raiders faced off against Pace in the Class 6A, District 1 semifinals on Thursday night.

Navarre jumped out to 2-0 lead 13 minutes into the game. The Lady Patriots battled back and tied it 2-2 with 10 minutes to go in regulation.

After two scoreless overtime periods, Pace prevailed in penalty kicks, moving on to the District Championship.

Navarre falls to 10-8-2 on the season.

Navarre Goalkeeping
Julia Roseano – 1 save

Navarre Scoring
9th min – Kylyn Shawaryn from Jade Wright
13th min – Emma Barry from Jade Wright

Navarre Football Hirings

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Michael Harper
Tommy Roberts

Navarre High School (FL) has hired Michael Harper as their new offensive coordinator. He comes to Navarre from New Hope HS in Alabama. Coach Harper stepped down as Head Coach after going 5-15 (4-12 Class 4A, Region 8) in two seasons.

New Offensive Line Coach Tommy Roberts joins the Navarre Raiders coaching staff. Roberts comes to Navarre after coaching at Booker T. Washington in Pensacola.