Countdown to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders – 50 Days

John Simmons
Brian Baswell
Brian Baswell - U.S. Army
Mitch Posey
Sean Dunlap
Matthew McLeod
50 days to kickoff of the 2021 High School Football season for the Navarre Raiders as they will host Fort Walton Beach on 27 Aug 2021.
 
50 games ago – Navarre 17, Escambia 13 (2016)
 
Box Score
Navarre….3 0 7 7 – 17
Escambia..13 0 0 0 – 13
 
The Raiders (6-0, 1-0) found themselves in a defensive battle with the Gators. After giving up two early touchdowns and falling behind 13-3 at the end of the first quarter, the Navarre defense would shut out Escambia the rest of the way for the road win to stay unbeaten.
 
Caine Adamson went 15-24 for 184 yards with two picks and one rushing TD, while Michael Carter rushed for 118 yards on 28 carries and a score to lead the offense. Dante Wright added three receptions for 75 yards and Sam Register had four receptions for 53 yards.
 
Bo Hering had 14 tackles (8 solo/6 assists), Caleb Dale had 11 (3 solo/8 assists) and Xavier Fernandez had 10 (7 solo/3 assists/sack) to lead a valiant effort by the Raider defense. Wright went 2-2 on extra points and had a career long 41 yard field goal.
 
Raiders who wore #50:
OL John Simmons – Class of 2003 – played at Delta State
DL/OL Mark Gallrein – Class of 2006
LB Brian Baswell – Class of 2009 – enlisted in U.S. Marine Corps; now 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 Conner Brasell – Class of 2019
 
Current Raider wearing #50:
OL B.K. Kast – Class of 2023
 
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 (2nd Round 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)
 
Navarre is 39-11 in their last 50 games and leads the all-time series against Escambia, 7-3. The Raiders have outscored the Gators in the series, 285-201.

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