1 day to the original kickoff of the 2020 HS Football season as Navarre would have been traveling to Gulf Breeze on 21 Aug 20. The season originally was scheduled to start on 27 Jul 20 (practice); but has now been delayed until 24 Aug 20.
1 game ago – Navarre 52, Crestview 14 (2019)
Box Score
Crestview…14 0 0 0 – 14
Navarre…..21 24 7 0 – 52
The Raiders (6-4, 3-3) needed to win this contest to have any hope of making the playoffs. Unfortunately, the win was not enough as Navarre fell percentage points behind the Bulldogs.
Crestview got on the scoreboard first with a 2-yard Taylor Scarborough run with just over six minutes to go in the first. The Raiders would strike right back as Marlon Courtney III would connect on a 40-yard pass to Tyler England. Navarre would grab their first lead of the night when A.J. Arno broke off a 47-yard run for a score with a little over two minutes to go. Crestview didn’t take much time off the clock to tie it back up on a Scarborough 25-yard touchdown run with a minute. The wild first quarter would come to end when Courtney found Arno on a 49-yard pass…Navarre 21-14 after one.
The second quarter was all Raiders as they ran off 24 straight points. Xayvion Thomas hauled in a 18-yard pass from Courtney with 10 minutes to go. Then, Preston Penton added a 25-yard field goal. Courtney followed with two more touchdown passes to England (32, 17) to close out the scoring in the first half…45-14 Navarre.
The Raiders added their final touchdown in the third as Courtney hit England with a 30-yard pass with seven minutes. A running clock ensued and the Navarre defense took care of the rest…Final 52-14.
It was a record breaking night for two Raiders, as Courtney set a new touchdown passing mark with six. Which was incredible because he only completed nine passes in the game. He finished the night, 9-13 for 221 yards. England broke the touchdown receptions mark in a game with four. He hauled in five receptions in the game for 129 yards and also had three interceptions on defense (which tied a record).
Jeffery Mattox led the Navarre defense with 10 tackles (6 solo/4 assists/sack/TFL) and Mekhi Domino added 7 tackles (5 solo/2 assists). The Raiders forced five turnovers on the night (4 interceptions/fumble) and shutout the Bulldogs the last three quarters.
Raiders who wore #1:
LB Howie Walker – Class of 2014
DB/WR Thomas Leggett – Class of 2016 – played at Allan Hancock CC (CA) for one season & is now playing at Texas Tech
DB/WR Royce Thomas – Class of 2017 – played at Shorter University (GA)
WR/K Saturn Wagner – Class of 2018
QB Marlon Courtney III – Class of 2020
Navarre Raider Class of 2020:
1 – Marlon Courtney III
2 – Tyler England
3 – Xayvion Thomas
4 – Jaydin Antonio
8 – Logen Lee
9 – Gabe Apongan
16 – Jayln Wilson
21 – Kobe Johnson
25 – Gabe Davis
27 – Matthew Poynter
32 – Brennen Payton
42 – Jeffery Mattox
49 – Fernando Gomez
51 – Kyle Kaschak
54 – Roger Adams
60 – Joaquin Ravenel
75 – Nathan Duggan
91 – Malachi Sager
92 – Brandon Wangerin
94 – Paul Schultz
1 – first win in Raider history – over Freeport, 27-6 (Week 3 – 1998)
1 – first win for Coach Kenny Hughes – Freeport, 27-6 (Week 3 – 1998)
1 – first win for Coach Danny Williams – Port St Joe, 38-20 (Week 1 – 1999)
1 – first win for Coach Larry Olson – Arlington Country Day (Week 1 – 2002), first win on the field – Walton, 38-15 (Week 3 – 2002)
1 – first District Championship – 2006
1 – first District Championship – 2006
1 – first playoff appearance – lost to Pace, 26-7 (2006)
1 – first win for Coach Chad Lashley – West Florida Tech, 20-3 (Week 2 – 2008)
1 – first playoff win – over Niceville, 28-7 (2010)
1 – first win for Coach Jay Walls – Washington, 33-7 (Week 1 – 2012)
1 – first Region Title – over Columbia, 28-21 (2012)
Navarre is 144-94 (.605) overall and 13-10 (.565) in the State Playoffs. They have outscored their opponents 6,479 (27.2 per game) to 5,406 (22.7 per game).
Lead the overall series against Crestview, 10-7.