Lady Dolphin soccer team pulls away to beat Navarre
BY JASON THOMPSON Gulf Breeze News jason@gulfbreezenews.com

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Gulf Breeze pulled away from a fiesty Navarre squad with three goals in a four minute span midway through the second half to win 5-1 at Navarre Nov. 5.

A rivalry for most, the game was a matchup of friends and teammates for some. Jenny Wells, a member of the Lady Dolphin squad last year, was a sweeper for Navarre, while Alex Hermann, Kim Pace, Samantha Slaybaugh and Gabby DeVries play for either Bayside or PFC with many Lady Dolphin players.

Gulf Breeze took a 1-0 lead eight minutes into the match. Pace came out to her right to challengeN o e l l but Robles was able to get around her and knock it in. J e s s i cMajewsk with the assist, her team-leading fifth of the season.

GBHS almost had a 2-0 lead in the 17th minute, but a ball off a corner kick was knocked off the goal line.

Kristen Barona and Alyssa Smith missed on shots in close in the 19th minute before Navarre tied it at 1-1 in the 23rd minute. A footrace between Navarre's Brittany Willis and GBHS keeper Kathy Franklin was won by Willis, who flicked the ball up and into the net to tie the match.

Pace came out to challenge a pair of 1v1s in the final 10 minutes, while Maggie Rodgers fed a ball across the goal mouth in the final 10 seconds of the first half that couldn't find a teammate's foot.

Jason Thompson/Gulf Breeze News Jesse Vickrey (left) and Noelle Robles (front) talk in a recent match.

Gulf Breeze nearly scored an own goal three minutes into the second half before taking the lead for good in the 56th minute. Kristen Barona lobbed a high arcing shot from about 20 yards out into the back of the net to make it 2-1. Robles was credited with the assist.

Rodgers headed in a Barona cross three minutes later before another long bomb from Barona hit the bottom of the crossbar and richocheted into the net for a 4-1 lead. Robles set up that Barona goal as well.

A Navarre corner kick was caught in traffic by Ashley Collins in the 67th minute before Barona completed the hat trick in the 77th minute. Smith was credited with the assist.

Barona completed her hat trick with a goal in the 77th minute. Smith recorded her first assist of the season on the goal.

Lady Dolphins 4, Jacksonville Stanton Prep 0

Bianca Takacs and Jesse Vickrey scored their first goals of the young season in a shutout of Jacksonville's Stanton Prep Saturday at Washington.

Rodgers scored her fourth goal in three matches by flicking a ball in near post after passes from Carly Loehr and Smith. The goal came in the 28th minute, after Takacs rattled the crossbar in the 14th minute.

Takacs launched a ball from about 25 yards that landed in the back of the net for a 2-0 lead. Takacs hit the post again with a shot that Smith finished off with a header in the 51st minute.

Vickrey rounded out the scoring in the 55th minute with a run from midfield and dribbling around several Stanton Prep defenders.

Stanton Prep failed to make the playoffs last year, losing to Washington in the regional semifinals the year before. GBHS beat Stanton Prep in both 2000 and 2001 en route to back to back state championships.

Lady Dolphin JV 5,

Navarre 2

Camila Sharp scored her teamleading fifth goal of the season as Gulf Breeze won at Navarre.

Jenna Ceravolo, Colleen Eastburn, Danielle Dobson and Jessica Watson all scored for Gulf Breeze, while Dobson and Megan Eastburn both had assists. Lauren Davis had three saves in the first half, while Breezy Paulus had one in the second half.