48 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Chris Day
Mike Hagewood
Matt Burrell
Damontell Thompson
Isaiah Heyward
48 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.
 
48 games ago – Navarre 41, Crestview 35 OT (2018)
 
Crestview…21 7 0 7 0 – 35
Navarre…0 0 7 28 6 – 41
 
This game was a tale of two halves. Crestview jumped out to a 28-0 lead going to the half, but Navarre rebounded and ran off 35 straight points to take the lead before the Bulldogs tied it late to send it to overtime.
 
Dante Wright would score the game winner (his 4th rushing TD on the night) after Joshua Carter intercepted a Jack Corbin pass in OT. Carter produced two rushing touchdowns as well in the win.
 
Xayvion Thomas led the Raiders defense with eight tackles and two tackles for loss and Carter, Cameron Thomas and Isaiah Heyward contributed seven tackles each.
 
48th win in school history – Navarre 28, Milton 7 (2008)
 
Navarre improved to 2-2 on the season.
 
Raiders that have worn #48:
LB Chris Day – Class of 2004
DB/WR Mike Hagewood – Class of 2007 – played at Cumberland University
WR Keith Munday – Class of 2008
LB Matt Burrell – Class of 2010
LB Damontell Thompson – Class of 2014
LB Isaiah Heyward – Class of 2019
 
Statistics that involve #48:
48 – solo tackles in a career – Andre Mahone (2000-02)
48 – assisted tackles in a career – Chris Anderson (2008-10)
48 – solo tackles in a career – Howie Walker (2012-13)
48 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Jacob Kendall (2013)
48 – extra points made in a season – Luke Morton (2014)
48 – points scored in a season – Matthew Webb (2014)
48 – assisted tackles in a season – Bo Hering (2014)
48 – total assisted tackles in a career – Charlie Alevras (2015-16)
48 – points scored in a game against FWB (Week 4 – 2016)
48 – points scored in a season – Caine Adamson (2016)
48 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Matthew Downey (2017)
48 – tackle points in a season – Cameron Thomas (2017)
48 – tackle points in a season – Grady Kelly (2020)
48 – points scored in a season – Terence Marshall (2022)
 
Navarre is 34-14 in their last 48 games and leads the overall series against Crestview, 12-7.

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