27 days 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.
27 games ago – Navarre 29, Gulf Breeze 23 (2017)
Box Score
Navarre……..0 21 0 8 – 29
Gulf Breeze… 7 7 9 0 – 23
On a blustery late-October night, the Raiders (7-1, 3-0) sealed up the District title. While going against the wind, Navarre could not put any points on the scoreboard. When they had the wind on their side, Sage Chambers put the Raiders on the board with a 6-yard run in the second and produced two more scoring drives in the second quarter and one in the fourth. Dante Wright sealed the victory with a highlight real interception on Gulf Breeze’s last drive.
Chambers completed 5-9 passes for 116 yards and two touchdowns. Sam Register had a 61-yard touchdown grab and Wright hauled in a 17 yard touchdown (both coming in the second quarter). Josh Carter only had eight carries on the night, but made the most of them with 108 yards rushing. Wright would finish out the scoring for Navarre with a 6-yard run 46 seconds into the fourth quarter.
Cade Taylor and Josh Carter had big nights on the defensive side of the ball with 16 tackles (10 solo/6 assists) each. Nolan Garrett added 10 tackles (7 solo/3 assists). Carter, Taylor and Alex Gilchrist each had a sack. Kevin Taich went 3-3 on extra points.
Raiders who wore #27:
DB Lavonte Geisser – Class of 2015
DB Tyson Brown – Class of 2017
DB Avery Biesel – Class of 2018
LB Matthew Poynter – Class of 2020
27 – points scored in a game – Freeport (Week 3 – 1998)
27 – points scored in a game – Arlington Country day (Week 1 – 2003)
27 – points scored in a game – Crestview (Week 9 – 2005)
27 – solo tackles in a season – Ryan Diamco (2015)
27 – points scored in a game – Washington (Week 2 – 2017)
27 – points scored in a game – Escambia (Week 6 – 2017)
27 – solo tackles in a season – Bryson Brewer (2017)
27 – points scored in a game – Escambia (Week 7 – 2018)
27 – points scored in a game – Crestview (Playoffs – 2018)
27 – solo tackles in a season – Grady Kelly (2019)
Navarre is 20-7 in their last 27 games and leads the series against Gulf Breeze, 13-8.