85 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.
85 games ago – Navarre 28, Columbia 21 (2012)
The Raiders (12-1, 5-0) got off to a really quick start in the Class 6A Region 1 Final against the Tigers and future NFL star lineman, Laremy Tunsil. Nick Benton returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a score and Navarre would add another touchdown to take a 14-0 lead after one. The lead would jump to 21-0 in the second before Columbia would put 14 points on the board before halftime to cut the game to 21-14.
The Tigers tied it up in the third at 21-21, so this game would be decided in the fourth quarter. The Raiders went on to score the only points in the fourth for their first ever Region Title in school history and ran their winning streak to 11 straight games.
Former Raiders that have worn #85:
WR Tommy Schoeneberg – Class of 2006
WR Garrett Casey – Class of 2008
WR Rodney Martin Waits – Class of 2010
WR Tyler Bush – Class of 2012
WR Zack Taylor – Class of 2019
85 – totals tackles in a season/career – Brian Commissiong (2007)
85 – assisted tackles in a career – Shane McMaster (2008-10)
Navarre leads series against Columbia, 1-0.