Countdown to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders – 65 Days

Steven Rannals
Brandon Herbert
Tyler Colabine
65 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.
 
65 games ago – Navarre 57, Pensacola Catholic 14 (2015)
 
Box Score
Catholic…0 7 0 7 – 14
Navarre…23 13 14 7 – 57
 
The Raiders (2-0) hosted the Crusaders in Week 2 and the offense scored early and often. Navarre lead 36-7 at the half and 50-7 after three quarters in the fourth largest margin of victory in school history. The only other games that had larger margins were the Raiders 53-7 win over Choctaw in 2018; the 45-0 win over West Florida in 2006 and the 70-26 win over American Heritage-Delray Beach in 2016.
 
Michael Carter led the ground attack once again with 235 yards on 13 carries and four touchdowns. Hasaan Williams added the other two rushing touchdowns for the Raiders as they totaled 407 yards on 34 carries for the game (12.0 yards per carry). This was the second straight week that they had rushed for over 400 yards in a game. Sophomore QB Sage Chambers completed 4-5 passes for 76 yards and two scores.
 
Bo Hering and Aaron Mitchell led the way on defense with seven tackles each. Josh Carter added a sack and Michael Sandle pitched in an interception.
 
Raiders who wore #65:
OL Stephen Willoughby – Class of 2001
LB Ryan Green – Class of 2004
OL Steven Rannals – Class of 2011 – serving in U.S. Marine Corps
OL Brandon Herbert – Class of 2018
OL Tyler Colabine – Class of 2021
 
Statistics that involve #65:
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 53-12 in their last 65 games and leads the all-time series against Catholic, 13-8.

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