42 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Kevin Moore
Aaron Farrill
Connor Brantley
Jeffery Mattox
Jacob Weaver
42 days (6 weeks) 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.
 
42 games ago – Navarre 40, Gulf Breeze 12 (2018)
 
Gulf Breeze…0 0 0 12 – 12
Navarre…19 7 14 0 – 40
 
The Raiders only completed 4-7 passes, Marlon Courtney III (3-6, 115 yards, TD) and Dante Wright (1-1, 29 yards, TD). Chris Williams led the Navarre ground game with 79 yards on nine carries and a touchdown, while Wright hauled in a 70-yard TD reception from Courtney and Tyler England brought in a 29-yard touchdown from Wright.
 
Once again, Joshua Carter paced the defense with 14 tackles. Quinn Caballero, Isaiah Heyward and Jordan Jefferson added six tackles each. Jefferson contributed four of the Raiders ten tackles for loss and Grady Kelly added three.
 
42nd win in school history – Navarre 38, Catholic 22 (2007)
 
The Raiders (3-0) returned home with a victory against the Crusaders. QB Austin Grimm set the Navarre season record in 2007 with 2,517 yards passing and finished his high school career with 4,087 yards, which currently stands third overall in school history behind Matthew Webb and Marlon Courtney III.
 
Raiders that have worn #42:
Kevin Moore – Class of 2001
RB John Crossley – Class of 2005
DB Christian Ewing – Class of 2008
DB Aaron Farrill – Class of 2010- serving in U.S. Air Force
DE Connor Brantley – Class of 2012
LB Jeffery Mattox – Class of 2020
DB Jacob Weaver – Class of 2024
 
Navarre statistics that involve #42:
42 – rushing TDs in a career – Dwayne Carter (2009-11) – 2nd All-Time
42 – receptions in a career – Cam Mayweather (2013-14)
42 – solo tackles in a season – Anthony Miller (2014)
42 – points scored in a season – Derrick Smith (2014)
42 – points scored in a game – Michael Carter (2016) – Navarre Record
42 – solo tackles in a season – Josh Carter (2016)
42 – points scored in a season – Josh Carter (2016)
42 – tackle points in a season – Nolan Garrett (2016)
42 – assisted tackles in a season – Charlie Alevras (2016)
42 – solo tackles in a season – Matthew Downey (2017)
42 – total tackles in a career – Alex Gilchrist (2017-18)
42 – tackles for loss in a career – Josh Carter (2015-18) – Navarre Record
42 – solo tackles in a career – Jeffery Mattox (2018-19)
42 – points scored in a season – Quinn Caballero (2018)
42.5 – tackle points in a season – Tyler England (2019)
42 – points scored in a season – Trent Hall (2020)
42 – total tackles in a season – Landon Mentzler (2022)
 
The Raiders have scored 42 points in a game on 15 different occasions.
 
Navarre is 29-13 in their last 42 games and leads the overall series against Gulf Breeze, 15-9.

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