40 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Nick Gill
Joshua Erlemann
Jaden Moon
Jon Bessillieu
40 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.
 
40 games ago – Navarre 38, Pace 6 (Playoffs – 2018)
 
Pace…0 0 0 6 – 6
Navarre…17 0 7 14 – 38
 
The Raiders defense limited Damean Bivins to 133 yards on 28 carries and only allowed QB Kason Linke to complete 36.4% of his passes as they defeated the Patriots for the second time on the season.
 
Navarre received rushing touchdowns from Chris Williams, Dante Wright and Garon Finley, while Tyler England (4 receptions/99 yards) hauled in the only touchdown pass from Courtney.
 
Joshua Carter led the defense with 12 tackles and a tackle for loss and Isaiah Heyward added eight tackles. Wright picked off three of Linke’s passes on the night and Matthew Downey blocked a punt. Kevin Taich had another perfect night in the kicking game as he went 5-5 on extra points and 1-1 on field goals (24 yards).
 
40th win in school history – Navarre 28, Rutherford 0 (2007)
 
Rutherford…0 0 0 0 – 0
Navarre…14 7 0 7 – 28
 
The Raiders defense held the Rams offense to 164 total yards (99 passing/65 rushing).
 
Raiders that have worn #40:
DB Nick Gill – Class of 2016 – only played the 2013 season – serving in U.S. Air Force
DB Dylon Pittman – Class of 2017
DB Joshua Erlemann – Class of 2019
LB Jaden Moon – Class of 2022
DB Jon Bessellieu – Class of 2025
 
Navarre statistics that involve #40:
40 – assisted tackles in a season – Marcus Mays (2013)
40 – extra points made in a season – Brady Hammel (2015)
40 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Caleb Dale (2015)
40 – tackle points in a season – Charlie Alevras (2016)
40 – assisted tackles in a season – Cade Taylor (2017
40 – receptions in a season – Dante Wright (2018)
40 – tackle points in a season – Jaden Rivera (2019)
40 – solo tackles in a season – Connor Black (2022)
 
Navarre has scored 40 points in a game on two occasions:
2016 – Navarre 40, Escambia 35 (Playoffs – 2016)
2018 – Navarre 40, Gulf Breeze 12 (2018)
 
Navarre is 27-13 in their last 40 games and leads the overall series against Pace, 14-7.

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