71 Days Until Friday Night Lights Return – Navarre Raiders

71 Days Until Friday Night Lights Return – Navarre Raiders
 
Warriors in the trenches…
Leaders where life takes them.
 
Let’s continue to chart where the journey has already taken us…
 
71 games ago – Navarre 38, Pace 6 (Playoffs – 2018)
 
Pace…0 0 0 6 – 6
Navarre…17 0 7 14 – 38
 
Stars of the Game
Offense – Marlon Courtney III (6-10, 133 yards, TD); Tyler England (4 receptions, 99 yards, TD)
Defense – Joshua Carter (12 tackles, TFL); Dante Wright (3 interceptions)
Special Teams – Kevin Taich (5-5 XPs, 1-1 FGs, 24)
 
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
Clay Bryan – Class of 2001
Nathan Stroud – Class of 2004
Jonathan Jones – Class of 2007
Derek Santiago – Class of 2010
Joel Fry – Class of 2013
Sabine Melendez – Class of 2015
Wesley Routh – Class of 2017
Elijah Melendez – Class of 2021 – McNeese State (LA)
Ethan Newman – Class of 2023 – currently playing at Nevada
Cameron Pollard – Class of 2024
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 38-33 in their last 71 games.

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