It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle
****GAME DAY****
Who: Mosley Dolphins vs. Navarre Raiders
What: High School Football
Why: Do I really need to answer that?
Where: Bennett C. Russell Stadium
When: Friday, 7:30 PM
Join Seminole Bob and Irish Bill for the pregame at 7 PM on IrishBillSports.com and on Irish Bill Sports Live on YouTube. Raider Riley will be back on the video camera this week as well.
Thursday
Pace 49, Pensacola 0
Friday
Navarre 35, Mosley 31
Northview 28, Baker 0
Niceville 31, Pine Forest 28
Catholic 38, Gulf Breeze 17
Chiles 35, Crestview 0 *
Walton 48, Marianna 14
Tate 58, West Florida 41
Godby 43, B.T. Washington 6
Choctaw 66, South Walton 30
Lincoln 42, Leon 0
Rutherford 23, Arnold 9
Carrollwood Day 37, Florida High 7
Wakulla 45, St John Paul II 0
Bozeman 35, Destin 9
Baker County 37, Munroe Day 13
Holmes County 55, Jay 7
Aucilla Christian 40, Rocky Bayou 26
Port St Joe 39, Vernon 9
Blountstown 7, Sneads 0
Cottondale 70, Franklin County 28
North Florida Christian 45, FAMU 0
Gadsden County 55, Jefferson County 0
Wewahitchka 14, Liberty County 7
Taylor County 34, Hamilton County 0
Lighthouse PCA 19, Pike Liberal Arts 14
Open Week: Bay, Chipley, Escambia, FWB, Freeport, Graceville, Madison County, Milton, North Bay Haven, Rickards. Rickards.
Unfortunately, Raider Nation lost another one of their beloved Raiders, Class of 2014 Alum, William James Sutter.
Will played running back on the 2013 Navarre Raiders team that finished 7-5. In his senior season, he ran for 163 yards on 32 carries.
Will, may you rest in peace and may our Lord be with your family during these trying times.
Irish Bill’s Super 7 Panhandle Power Rankings (Class 3S & 4S)
1 – Niceville (4-1) – beat Choctaw, 42-21
2 – Escambia (4-1) – beat Milton, 37-0
3 – Pace (3-1) – Open Week
4 – Choctaw (3-2) – lost to Niceville, 42-21
5 – Pine Forest (3-2) – lost to West Florida, 26-23
6 – Navarre (3-2) – beat Carroll (AL), 49-28
7 – Mosley (3-2) – lost to Wakulla, 45-21
Irish Bill’s Super 7 Panhandle Power Rankings (Class 1R, 1S & 2S, Independent)
1 – Walton (4-0) – beat South Walton, 31-28 (2 OT)
2 – Marianna (4-0) – Open Week
3 – Catholic (3-1) – lost to Prince Avenue Christian (GA), 56-20
4 – West Florida (2-2) – beat Pine Forest, 26-23
5 – Holmes County (3-1) – beat Sneads, 26-20
6 – Destin (5-0) – beat Lighthouse PCA, 42-0
7 – Bozeman (4-0) – beat Wewahitchka, 49-14
Players of the Week
Offensive Player
Navarre’s Connor Mathews rushed for 236 yards on 28 carries and four touchdowns and contributed a reception for 18 yards in 49-28 win over Carroll (AL)…first ever meeting between these two teams.
Defensive Player
North Bay Haven’s Jayden Spurlock produced 19 tackles and a tackle for loss in the Buccaneers 28-20 win over Cottondale.
Special Teams Player
West Florida’s Marquez Jones returned a kickoff 92-yards for a score as the Jaguars knocked off Pine Forest, 26-23.
Other Panhandle Performances:
Quarterback
Escambia – Anthony Hall – 20-28, 347 yards, 2 TDs; 1 carry, 25 yards
Catholic – Ryan Huff – 21-35, 326 yards, TD
Gulf Breeze – Battle Alberson – 19-26, 281 yards, 5 TDs; 3 carries, 29 yards
South Walton – Carson Hawk – 20-43, 279 yards, 2 TDs
Walton – Wells Bettenhausen – 20-27, 230 yards, TD
Niceville – Kane Lafortune – 15-24, 187 yards, 2 TDs; 4 carries, 42 yards
Navarre – Hunter Pfeister – 6-9, 128 yards, TD; 12 carries, 52 yards
West Florida – John Nicholas – 8-10, 145 yards, 2 TD; 3 carries, 16 yards
Cottondale – Cameron Odom – 19 carries, 140 yards, 2 TDs; 43 yards passing
Fort Walton Beach – Harrison Orr – 9 carries, 121 yards, 2 TDs
Vernon – Ryan Scott – 6-15, 119 yards, 2 TDs; 17 carries, 180 yards, TD
Wide Receiver
Gulf Breeze – Bryson Rouillier – 8 receptions, 148 yards, 2 TDs
Escambia – Diego Dukes – 7 receptions, 145 yards
Catholic – Justin Weatherall – 9 receptions, 126 yards
South Walton – Grant Gilmore – 4 receptions, 117 yards
Walton – Dalton Kolmetz – 6 receptions, 112 yards, TD
Escambia – Cam Mayo – 6 receptions, 106 yards
Catholic – Cayden Jasso – 2 receptions, 104 yards, TD
Navarre – Terence Marshall – 4 receptions, 102 yards, TD; 2 carries, 19 yards
Running Back
Fort Walton Beach – Eddie Love Jr – 9 carries, 226 yards, 3 TDs
Bozeman – Chance Jenkins – 10 carries, 158 yards, 3 TDs
Escambia – Dorrion White – 23 carries, 151 yards, 3 TDs
Cottondale – Jocarian Garrett – 25 carries, 146 yards
Niceville – DJ Robinson – 16 carries, 136 yards, TD
Port St Joe – Corban Butts – 20 carries, 121 yards,
West Florida – Marquez Jones – 21 carries, 107 yards
Walton – Cornilius McKenzie – 20 carries, 102 yards, 2 TDs
Defense
Bozeman – Trevor Oswald – 18 tackles
North Bay Haven – Kalib Williams – 16 tackles, 3 sacks, FR
Bozeman – Gabe Rana – 14 tackles, 2 TFL
Fort Walton Beach – Zavier Hamilton – 12 tackles, 4 TFL, 3 sacks
Walton – Daniel Boatwright – 12 tackles
Blountstown – Amarion Hover – 12 tackles, TFL
North Bay Haven – Emmanuel Spurlock – 11 tackles, 4 TFL
Bozeman – Stephan Orr – 11 tackles
Port St Joe – Asher Peacock – 11 tackles
Escambia – Lejon Williams – 10 tackles, TFL
North Bay Haven – Evan Pickford – 10 tackles
Port St Joe – Jacob Marshall – 10 tackles, TFL
Port St Joe – Eli Harris – 10 tackles
Special Teams
Navarre – Tyler Daniell – 7-7 XPs
Escambia – Morgan Stancliff – 5-5 XPs
Gulf Breeze – Leland Arnette – 5-5 XPs
Niceville – Logan Marise – 4-4 XPs
Bozeman – Chance Jenkins – 4-4 XPs
Walton – Maston Joyner – 3-3 XPs, 2-3 FGs (GW in 2OT)
Thursday
Bay 31, North Bay Haven 28
Friday
Niceville 42, Crestview 21 *
Pace 55, Gulf Breeze 24 *
Tate 45, Milton 7 *
Mosley 21, Chiles 14 *
Escambia 35, B. T. Washington 0 *
Pine Forest 35, Fort Walton Beach 20 *
Walton 34, West Florida 31 *
Catholic 51, Pensacola 7
South Walton 31, Rutherford 0 *
Godby 43, Marianna 21 *
Suwannee 33, Taylor County 9 *
Wakulla 35, Rickards 22
Colquitt County (GA) 56, Lincoln 16
Florida High 37, Trinity Catholic 28
Madison County 51, Jefferson County 0
Destin 22, Jay 6
Holmes County 56, Vernon 20
Blountstown 34, Port St Joe 14
Elberta (AL) 43, Northview 26
Liberty County 17, Sneads 13
Baker 42, Lighthouse PCA 12
North Florida Christian 46, Maclay 6
Bozeman 47, Freeport 7
Munroe Day 67, Rocky Bayou 6
Cottondale 52, Wewahitchka 30
Aucilla Christian 42, Franklin County 8
Houston County (AL) 14, Graceville 8
Open Week: Arnold, Chipley, Choctaw, FAMU, Gadsden County, Leon, Navarre & St John Paul II.
* Denotes District Game
Final from the Gridiron…22 Sep 2023
Navarre 49, Carroll (AL) 28
Navarre…21 7 7 14 – 49
Carroll…7 0 6 15 – 28
Ian Lockwood POG:: Connor Mathews (Navarre)
Offensive POG: Peyton Plott (Carroll)
Defensive POG: Joshua Wilson (Navarre)
Special Teams POG: Tyler Daniell (Navarre)
Scoring
1st Qtr
10:26 – 35-yard pass, Hunter Pfeister to Terence Marshall, Tyler Daniell kick (Navarre)
8:02 – 43-yard run, Keyshawn Cole, Zhenya Daniels kick (Carroll)
2:48 – 10-yard run, Connor Mathews, Daniell kick (Navarre)
:40.2 – 56-yard run, Mathews, Daniell kick (Navarre)
2nd Qtr
:08.2 – 2-yard run, Andre Spence, Daniell kick (Navarre)
3rd Qtr
7:05 – 75-yard pass, Cole to Peyton Plott, XP NG (Carroll)
4:46 – 15-yard run, Mathews, Daniell kick (Navarre)
4th Qtr
10:00 – 11-yard run, Spence, Daniell kick (Navarre)
8:55 – 79-yard pass, Cole to Plott, 2-pt conv good, Cole to Lakeith Person (Carroll)
2:35 – 3-yard run, Mathews, Daniell kick (Navarre)
:46.5 – 33-yard pass, Cole to Plott, Daniels kick (Carroll)
Official Statistics
Navarre Passing (6-9, 128 yards, TD)
Hunter Pfeister – 6-9, 128 yards, TD
Carroll Passing (14-21, 342 yards, 3 TDs)
Keyshawn Cole – 14-21, 342 yards, 3 TDs
Navarre Rushing (52 carries, 376 yards, 6 TDs)
Connor Mathews – 28 carries, 236 yards, 4 TDs
Andre Spence – 10 carries, 69 yards, 2 TDs
Hunter Pfeister – 12 carries, 52 yards
Terence Marshall – 2 carries, 19 yards
Carroll Rushing (18 carries, 118 yards, TD)
Keyshawn Cole – 10 carries, 75 yards, TD
Lakeith Person – 8 carries, 43 yards
Navarre Receiving (6 receptions, 128 yards, TD)
Terence Marshall – 4 receptions, 102 yards, TD
Connor Mathews – 1 reception, 18 yards
Rylan Reynolds – 1 reception, 8 yards
Carroll Receiving (14 receptions, 342 yards, 3 TDs)
Peyton Plott – 7 receptions, 257 yards, 3 TDs
Carson Edwards – 1 reception, 42 yards
Lakeith Person – 5 receptions, 33 yards
Jaylen Roberts – 1 reception, 10 yards
Navarre Special Teams
Tyler Daniell – 7-7 XPs; 2 punts, 22 yard average
Carroll Special Teams
Zhenya Daniels – 2-2 XPs
Navarre Defensive Statistics
Aly Bryant – 5 tackles
Mason Baker – 5 tackles
EZ Gaska – 4 tackles, 3 TFL, sack, CF
Braxton Barr – 4 tackles, TFL
Joshua Wilson – 3 tackles, sack
Vinny Villanova – 3 tackles, QBH
Tristan Ferrera – 3 tackles, 2 TFL. QBH
Cooper Black – 3 tackles
Andre Spence – 2 tackles, TFL, QBH
Tyrell Marshall – 2 tackles
Marquez White – 2 tackles
Darius Cunningham – 1 tackle
Roan Strom – 1 tackle
Brandon Estrada – 1 tackle
Bryce Wheeler – 1 tackle
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
****GAME DAY****
Who: Navarre Raiders at Carroll (AL) Eagles
What: Road Trip
When: Tonight, 7:00 PM
Why: It’s football, plain and simple
Where to Watch: IrishBillSports.com & Irish Bill’s Sports Live on YouTube
Join Seminole Bob and Irish Bill for the pregame at 6:30 PM from Ozark, Alabama.
Thursday
Wakulla 45, Mosley 21
Blountstown 16, Taylor County 6
Friday
Navarre 49, Carroll (AL) 28
Escambia 37, Milton 0
Walton 34, South Walton 31 (2OT)
Prince Avenue Christian (GA) 56, Catholic 20
Gulf Breeze 35, Pensacola 0
West Florida 26, Pine Forest 23
Niceville 42, Choctaw 21
Fort Walton Beach 56, Arnold 0
Chiles 24, Rickards 0
Leon 30, St John Paul II 26
Lincoln 42, Munroe Day 0
Florida High 35, Madison County 23
North Florida Christian 35, Valwood (GA) 21
Thomas County 55, Godby 19
Chipley 29, Bay 21
Bozeman 49, Wewa 14
North Bay Haven 28, Cottondale 20
Port St Joe 16, Rutherford 14
Vernon 22, Freeport 19
Destin 42, Lighthouse PCA 0
Rocky Bayou 26, Franklin County 16
Aucilla Christian 33, Graceville 0
Maclay 48, FAMU 12
Miller County (GA) 14, Sneads 13
Dixie County 42, Jefferson County 14
Tift County (GA) 17, Gadsden County 0
