50 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

John Simmons
Brian Baswell
Mitch Posey
Sean Dunlap
Matthew McLeod
50 days to kickoff…
 
Navarre will travel to Fort Walton Beach to take on the Vikings to get the 2022 High School football season underway on 26 Aug 2022.
 
50 games ago – Navarre 56, Catholic 35 (2017)
 
Catholic…7 7 21 0 – 35
Navarre…14 14 21 7 – 56
 
Navarre rushed for 405 yards on the night…Dante Wright (154 yards/3 TDs), Omari Green (121 yards/3 TDs) and Chris Williams (90 yards/2 TDs). Catholic’s Abram Smiley was equally impressive as he produced 211 yards on the ground and three scores.
 
Cade Taylor led the Raider with twelve tackles and an interception, while the rest of the defense produced 7 1/2 sacks.
 
50th win in school history – Navarre 49, Walton 27 (2009)
 
Navarre…14 7 21 7 – 49
Walton…0 21 6 0 – 27
 
On a very windy night in Defuniak Springs, the Raiders managed to find their first victory of the season after five straight losses to start the 2009 campaign.
 
Raiders that have worn #50:
OL John Simmons – Class of 2003 – played at Delta State University (MS)
DL/OL Mark Gallrein – Class of 2006
LB Brian Baswell – Class of 2009 – serving in U.S. Army
DL/OL Mitch Posey – Class of 2013
OL Sean Dunlap – Class of 2015
OL Matthew McLeod – Class of 2016
LB Connor Brasell – Class of 2019
LB Hedwin Garcia – Class of 2024
 
Statistics that involve #50:
50 – assisted tackles in a career – Frank Willis (1999-2001)
50 – assisted tackles in a career – Johnny Robinson-Pettus (2010-12)
50 – points scored in a season – Michael Carter (2013)
50 – solo tackles in a season – Xavier Fernandez (2014)
50 – points scored in a season – Quentin Randolph (2014)
50 – assisted tackles in a career – Jay Klosinski (2014-15)
50 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Royce Thomas (2016)
50 – points scored in a game – vs. Escambia (Playoffs – 2018)
50 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Matthew Downey (2018)
50 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Tyler England (2019)
50 – points scored in a game – vs. Choctaw (Week 4 – 2020)
 
The first time that the Raiders scored at least 50 points in a game was against Gulf Shores (AL) in 2000, 54-0. The first time Navarre allowed at least 50 points was against Walton in 1999, 62-29.
 
Navarre has won 36 of their last 50 games and leads the overall series against Catholic, 13-8.

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