8 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.
8 games ago – Navarre 21, Milton 13 (2019)
Box Score
Navarre…7 14 0 0 – 21
Milton …..0 7 0 6 – 13
The Raiders (3-0) went on the road for the first time in 2019 and brought home the win. Navarre’s defense got on the scoreboard first with a 2-yard fumble return by Brennen Payton at 4:16…that would be the only scoring of the first quarter.
Marlon Courtney III would find Trent Hall on a 21-yard touchdown pass at 8:09 of the second to the Raiders up 14-0. On the Panthers next drive, they would finally get on the board as Noah Wingate scored from the one. But Navarre would answer back at 3:41 as Courtney found a wide open Tyler England across the middle, who then outran the Milton defense for a 82-yard touchdown.
The only scoring of the second half came in the fourth quarter with 7:30 left as Wingate hooked up with freshman sensation Raymond Cottrell on a 11-yard scoring play.
Courtney finished the night 10-15 for 170 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions. Tyler England hauled in five receptions for 112 yards and a touchdown.
The defense was led by Devin Wright’s 14 tackles (7 solo/7 assists) and Kobe Johnson’s 9 tackles (7 solo/2 assists). Grady Kelly pitched in two tackles for loss and a sack. Preston Penton went 3-3 on extra points.
Raiders who wore #8:
Maurice Allen – Class of 2001
Brandon Williams – Class of 2004
Jett Bryan – Class of 2008 – serving in U.S. Air Force
Tre’von Allen – Class of 2010
Andrew Rieves – Class of 2013
Gatlin Casey – Class of 2014 – played at Lehigh University (PA) & Middle Tennessee State (TN)
Nate Taylor – Class of 2016
Lee Jones – Class of 2017
Nathan Crews – Class of 2019
Logen Lee – Class of 2020
8 – fumble recoveries in a career – Brandon Williams (2001-03) *
8 – fumble recoveries in a career – Chris Stapleton (2009-10) *
8 – receptions in a game – Brad Leggett (2011)
8 – sacks in a season – Christian Gill (2013)
8 – receiving touchdowns in a season – Gatlin Casey (2013)
8 – receptions in a game – Cameron Mayweather (2014)
8 – sacks in a season – Kyle Arrasmith (2014)
8 – sacks in a season – Xavier Fernandez (2015 & 2016)
8 – receiving touchdowns in a season – Dante Wright (2018)
8 – receptions in a game – Tyler England (twice, 2019)
* Navarre Record
Navarre is 4-4 in their last eight games and leads the series against Milton, 12-8.