52 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Asa Dalphone
David Wills
MIchael Lauber
Marc Collins
Grady Kelly
52 days to kickoff…
 
Navarre travels to Fort Walton Beach to take on the Vikings to get the 2022 High School football season underway on 26 Aug 2022.
 
52 games ago – Navarre 28, St. Augustine 10 (2016 – Playoffs)
 
The Raiders went on their longest road trip in school history and brought home their second Region 1 title.
 
Navarre…0 14 7 7 – 28
St. Augustine…0 7 0 3 – 10
 
As I was sitting in the booth getting ready to broadcast the game, I was listening to the St. Augustine broadcast team doing their pre-game. One made a comment stating they thought Michael Carter was undersized. I responded, just watch him play, and that he did on this night, 30 carries, 243 yards, four touchdowns.
 
The defense did their part as well as they held the high scoring Yellowjackets to 27 points under their season average, led by Joshua Carter’s nine tackles and interceptions from Caleb Dale and Jace Kempner.
 
52nd win in school history – Navarre 42, Gulf Breeze 12 (2009)
 
After starting the season with five straight losses, the Raiders won three of their last five games to finish up the 2009 campaign at 3-7.
 
Raiders that have worn #52:
OL James Kempton – Class of 2003
LB Asa Dalphone – Class of 2007 – serving in U.S. Marine Corps
DL David Vincent Wills – Class of 2010
LB Michael Lauber – Class of 2011
LB Marc Collins – Class of 2017
DL Grady Kelly – Class of 2021 – currently playing at Colorado State University

LB Marcus Sweet – Class of 2024

Statistics that involve #52:
52 – solo tackles in a career – Rocky Brock (1999-2000)
52 – assisted tackles in a career – Kevin Moore (1999-2000)
52 – assisted tackles in a career – Adam Hamilton (2007-08)
52 – assisted tackles in a season – Damontell Thompson (2013)
52.5 – tackle points in a season – Alex Todd (2013)
52 – solo tackles in a season – Bo Hering (2014)
52 – tackle points in a season – Dylan Main (2014)
52 – points scored in a season – Brady Hammel (2015)
52 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Aaron Mitchell (2015)
52.5 – tackles points in a season – Dante Wright (2017)
52 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – James Segrest (2017)
52 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Xayvion Thomas (2018)
52 – points scored in a season – Preston Penton (2019)
52 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Mekhi Domino (2020)
 
Navarre has won 37 of their last 52 games and is tied in the overall series with St. Augustine, 1-1.
 
Games vs. St. Augustine…
2016 – Navarre 28, St. Augustine 10 (Playoffs)
2017 – St. Augustine 52, Navarre 21 (Playoffs)

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