71 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Sabine & Elijah Melendez
Wesley Routh
Ethan Newman
Cameron Pollard
Jacob Walsh
71 days to kickoff of the 2025 Florida High School football season as the Navarre Raiders will host the Catholic Crusaders on 22 Aug 2025 at the comfy confines of Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
 
71 games ago – Navarre 35, Catholic 7 (2018)
 
Navarre…0 14 14 7 – 35
Catholic…0 7 0 0 – 7

Stars of the Game
Offense – Marlon Courtney III – 12-16, 185 yards, 2 TDs, rushing TD; Chris Williams – 19 carries, 113 yards
Defense – Nathan Crews – 7 tackles
 
71st win in school history – Navarre 35, Niceville 28 (2012)
 
Navarre ventured into hostile territory for the third straight week and pulled out a tough District win against Niceville.
 
Stars of the Game
Offense – Jay Warren – 203 yards rushing, 2 TDs; Andrew Rieves – 100 yards rushing, TD, 90 yards passing, 2 TDs
 
Raiders who wore #71
OL Clay Bryan – Class of 2001
DL Nathan Stroud – Class of 2004
OL Jonathan Jones – Class of 2007
OL/DL Derek Santiago – Class of 2010
DE Joel Fry – Class of 2013
DL Sabine Melendez – Class of 2015
OL Wesley Routh – Class of 2017
OL Elijah Melendez – Class of 2021 – played at McNeese State (LA)
OL Ethan Newman – Class of 2023 – currently playing at Memphis (TN)
OL Cameron Pollard – Class of 2024
OL Jacob Walsh – Class of 2025
 
Statistics that involve #71
71.5 – total tackle points in a career – Kris Metcalf (2000-02)
71.5 – total tackle points in a career – Michael Arnold (2009-10)
71 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Anthony “The Unit” Miller (2014)
71.5 – total tackle points in a season – Bo Hering (2015)
71 – solo tackles in a career – Aaron Mitchell (2015-16)
71 – total tackle points in a season – Aaron Mitchell (2016).
71 – assisted tackles in a career – Sebastian Melendez (2019-21)

Navarre is 46-25 in their last 71 games.

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