39 days until kickoff of the 2020 H.S. Football season as Navarre travels to Gulf Breeze in the Publix Beach Bowl Cup on 21 Aug 2020.
39 games ago – Navarre 42, Niceville 28 (2016)
Box Score
Navarre……7 7 14 14 – 42
Niceville….21 7 0 0 – 28
The Raiders (9-1, 2-1) fell behind quickly on the road to the Eagles. Navarre trailed by 14 after one and found themselves down at the half, 28-14. The Raider coaching staff made the necessary changes at the half and went on to score 28 straight points in the final two quarters to secure their ninth win of the season.
Navarre would get back Sage Chambers for the final game of the regular season. Chambers completed five of eight passes for 105 yards. He shared duties with Caine Adamson, who went 6-12 for 142 yards and three touchdowns.
Dante Wright hauled in two receptions for 129 yards; Michael Carter had three receptions for 65 yards and a score and Jordan Williams and Josh Carter had the other two touchdown receptions. Michael had a bigger night on the ground as he rushed for 223 yards and three touchdowns.
Bo Hering led the charge for the Navarre defense with 11 tackles (4 solo/7 assists/TFL), Aaron Mitchell added 9 (2 solo/7 assists) and Ryan Struck contributed four tackles for loss. Josh Carter had 2 1/2 of the Raiders 5 1/2 sacks on the night. Dante Wright went 6-6 on extra points.
Raider who wore #39:
DB Elijah Sylvester – Class of 2018
39 – points scored in a game – Port St Joe (Week 1 – 1999)
39 – assisted tackles in a season – Thomas Leggett (2014)
39 – solo tackles in a season – Dylan Main (2014)
39 – total tackles in a season – Kyle Arrasmith (2014)
39 – points scored in a season – Octavien Moyer (2015)
39 – receptions in a season – Dante Wright (2017)
39 – total tackles in a season – Xayvion Thomas (2019)
Navarre is 30-9 in their last 39 games and lead the series against Niceville, 8-3.