38 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Chris Wells
Rich Dalphone
Will Bush
Jonathan Shaw
Jason Rangel
Jared Elliott
Evan Taylor
38 days to kickoff of the 2023 Florida HS football season as the Navarre Raiders will host the Catholic Crusaders on 25 Aug 2023 at the comfy confines of Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
 
38 games ago – Crestview 49, Navarre 27 (Playoffs – 2018)
 
Navarre…13 0 14 0 – 27
Crestview…7 0 14 28 – 49
 
The Region title was at stake between two teams that had played one of the most exciting games of the 2018 regular season. In the first game, the Raiders came back from a 28-0 halftime deficit to win 41-35 in overtime. This game was building up to the billing through the first three quarters, that was until the Bulldogs ran off 28 straight points in the fourth quarter to win the Region.
 
Crestview’s RB Jay Stanton only rushed for 103 yards on 21 carries, but he made them count as five of them went to the end zone. Jaden Voisin had the other two touchdowns on passes from John Gillis.
 
Navarre’s Marlon Courtney III finished the night completing 9 of 18 passes for 185 yards and totaled two TDs (1 passing/1 rushing). Chris Williams provided the other rushing touchdown and Tyler England and Quinn Caballero hauled in a TD reception each.
 
Joshua Carter finished the game with 17 tackles and finished up his career as the all-time leading tackler in Raiders history with 334.5 tackle points (208 solo tackles/124 assisted/21 sacks/42 tackles for loss/11 caused fumbles/5 blocked kicks). Isaiah Heyward added seven tackles on the night.
 
38th win in school history – Navarre 17, Florida High 6 (2006)
 
Florida High…0 6 0 0 – 6
Navarre…7 3 0 7 – 17
 
Navarre ran off their fourth straight win after starting the season at 2-2.
 
Raiders that have worn #38:
DB Chris Wells – Class of 2002
LB Rich Dalphone – Class of 2007
LB Will Bush – Class of 2010
LB Jonathan Shaw – Class of 2013
WR Jason Rangel – Class of 2015
DB Jared Elliott – Class of 2018
LB Evan Taylor – Class of 2025
 
Navarre statistics that involve #38:
38 – assisted tackles in a career – J.R. Milioti (2004-05)
38 – assisted tackles in a career – Nick Benton (2010-12)
38 – solo tackles in a season – Howie Walker (2013)
38 – assisted tackles in a season – Christian Gill (2013)
38 – solo tackles in a career – Jay Klosinski (2014-15)
38 – assisted tackles in a season – Aaron Mitchell (2016)
38 – assisted tackles in a season – Cade Taylor (2017)
38 – assisted tackles in a career – Grady Kelly (2018-20)
38 – solo tackles in a career – Mekhi Domino (2019-20)
38 – tackles (solo/assisted) in a season – Isaac Cole (2022)
 
Navarre is 26-12 in their last 38 games and leads the overall series against Crestview, 12-7.

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