53 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Troy Fletcher
Michael Carter
Joshua Carter
Dante Wright
53 days to kickoff…
 
Navarre will get the 2022 High School football season underway when they travel to Fort Walton Beach to take on the Vikings on 26 Aug 2022.
 
53 games ago – Navarre 60, Tate 28 (Playoffs – 2016)
 
Navarre…12 13 14 21 – 60
Tate…7 14 0 7 – 28
 
Michael Carter rushed for a school record (333 yards/4 TDs) and Dante Wright added 166 total yards (96 rushing/70 yards receiving) and two touchdowns. Michael also returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. Younger brother Josh had quite a game himself as he led the defense with 13 tackles, a sack, two blocked field goals and three tackles for loss.
 
53rd win in school history – Navarre 14, Fort Walton Beach 0 (2010)
 
Fort Walton…0 0 0 0 – 0
Navarre…0 0 7 7 – 14
 
The Raiders defense held the Vikings to 173 total yards (161 passing/12 rushing) in the opening game of the 2010 season.
 
Raiders that have worn #53:
DL Clifton Becker – Class of 2003
OL Austin Lewis – Class of 2005
OL Troy Fletcher – Class of 2011
LB Luke Hines – Class of 2022
LB Josh Briggs – Class of 2024
 
Statistics that involve #53:
53 – assisted tackles in a career – Troy Rivera (2000-02)
53 – tackle points in a season – Dylan Main (2014)
53.5 – tackles points in a season – Everette Alford (2014)
53.5 – tackle points in a season – Tyson Brown (2016)
53 – solo tackles in a career – Tyson Brown (2015-16)
53.5 – tackle points in a season – James Segrest (2017)
53.5 – tackle points in a career – Alex Gilchrist (2017-18)
53.5 – tackle points in a season – Jordan Jefferson (2018)
53 – points scored against Washington (Week 2 – 2018)
53 – points scored against Choctaw (Week 4 – 2018)
53 – points scored in a season – Kevin Taich (2018)
53 – tackle points in a season – Xayvion Thomas (2018)
53.5 – tackle points in a season – Jordan Jefferson (2018)
53 – carries in a season – Jaden Rivera (2019)
53 – solo tackles in a career – Bailey Huston (2019-20)
53 – tackle points in a season – Devin Wright (2020)
 
Navarre has won 38 of their last 53 games and leads the overall series against Tate, 4-2 (1-1 in Playoffs).
 
Games vs. Tate…
2009 – Tate 31, Navarre 14
2010 – Navarre 41, Tate 6
2015 – Tate 23, Navarre 22 (2 OT) – Playoffs
2016 – Navarre 60, Tate 28 – Playoffs
2019 – Navarre 10, Tate 0
2021 – Navarre 35, Tate 14

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