Countdown to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders – 62 Days

Boston Morgan
Tyler Morton
Ryley Vester
62 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.
 
62 games ago – Navarre 55, Fort Walton Beach 14 (2015)
 
Box Score
Navarre…..7 21 14 13 – 55
Ft Walton…7 0 7 0 – 14
 
The Raiders (5-0) stayed unbeaten as they continued their ground and pound attack at the expense of the Vikings defense, Navarre ran for 471 yards on 48 carries and five touchdowns.
 
Hasaan Williams led the way with 19 carries for 168 yards and a score. Aaron Mitchell added 96 yards on nine carries and two touchdowns and Michael Sandle produced 85 yards on four carries with a score. Octavien Moyer rushed for the other TD as the Raiders averaged 9.8 yards per carry. Moyer and Nathan McMaster hauled in touchdown receptions from Caine Adamson to complete the onslaught.
 
Navarre’s defense was equally up to the task as they held Fort Walton Beach to 95 yards of total offense (71 passing/24 rushing). Bo Hering led the defense with 7 tackles (3 solo/4 assists) and freshman Josh Carter had two of the Raiders five sacks on the night, Michael Sandle had two returns; a 63-yard kickoff return and a 72-yard TD on a punt return.
 
Raiders who wore #62:
Paul Swartz – Class of 2000
OL John Duke – Class of 2008
DL Daniel Watson – Class of 2010
DL Boston Morgan – Class of 2013
DL Tyler Morton – Class of 2017
 
Current Raider wearing #62:
OL Ryley Vester – Class of 2023
 
Statistics that involve #62:
62 – solo tackles in a career – Chris Wells (1999-2001)
62 – assisted tackles in a career – Conner Bryan (2002-04)
62 – solo tackles in a career – Walter Hill (2007-08)
62.5 – total tackle points in a season – Damontell Thompson (2012)
62 – assisted tackles in a career – Howie Walker (2012-13)
62 – receptions in a season – Quentin Randolph (2014) – 2nd All-Time
62 – receptions in a career – Quentin Randolph (2014) – 10th All-Time
 
Navarre is 50-12 in their last 62 games and leads the all-time series against Fort Walton Beach, 8-6. The Raiders have outscored the Vikings 349-254 in the series.

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