65 days to kickoff of the 2020 High School Football season for the Navarre Raiders as they will travel to Gulf Breeze on 21 Aug 2020.
65 games ago – Niceville 35, Navarre 21 (2014)
Box Score
Navarre….0 14 0 7 – 21
Niceville….7 7 7 14 – 35
The Raiders (6-1, 1-0) were looking for their seventh straight win to start the season. They fell behind 7-0 after one quarter, but rallied with 14 in the second quarter to tie it at the half, 14-14. The second half though was all Niceville as they outscored Navarre 21-7 for the victory.
Matthew Webb went 17-28 for 278 yards and two touchdowns on the night. In the two previous weeks the Raiders were able to mount a ground attack, but on this night they were limited to 68 yards on 31 carries. Tyrell Courtney was Webb’s favorite receiver as he hauled in four receptions for 116 yards; Michael Carter would add three receptions for 72 yards and two touchdowns.
On defense, Xavier Fernandez led the way with 11 tackles (3 solo/8 assists/TFL/sack) and Everette Alford would add 10 tackles (8 solo/2 assists/TFL/CF). Luke Morton went 3-3 on extra points and found the end zone on two of his four kickoffs.
Raiders who wore #65:
OL Steven Rannals – Class of 2011 – serving in U.S. Marine Corps
OL Brandon Herbert – Class of 2018
Current Raider wearing #65:
OL Tyler Colabine – Class of 2021
65 – solo tackles in a season/career – Brian Commissiong (2007)
65 – receptions in a career – Donte’ Rome (2005-06)
65 – assisted tackles in a career – Virgilio Hunter (2010-11)
65 – tackle points in a season – Xavier Fernandez (2015)
65.5 – tackle points in a season – Lee Jones (2016)
Navarre is 52-13 in their last 65 games and leads the series against Niceville, 8-3.