72 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Nick Rivera
David Eichling
Sterling Lovelady
Sterling Lovelady - FSU
Nicolas Moffo
AJ Neal
72 days to kickoff of the 2023 Florida High School football season as the Navarre Raiders will host the Catholic Crusaders on 25 Aug 2023 at the comfy confines of Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
 
72 games ago – Navarre 48, Fort Walton Beach 6 (2016)
 
Ft Walton Bch…0 6 0 0 – 6
Navarre…21 13 7 7 – 48
 
It was the Michael Carter show once again on this night as he rushed for 172 yards on 15 carries and produced four rushing touchdowns to run his season total to 16 after only four games. Dante Wright added two rushing TDs and Chris Williams one in the lopsided victory.
 
Bo Hering led the Raiders defense with eight tackles and Cade Taylor pitched in with two sacks. The defense also forced five turnovers in the game (4 fumbles/interception).
 
72nd win in school history – Navarre 26, Catholic 0 (2012)
 
Navarre headed to Pensacola to take on Catholic (fourth straight week on the road). The defense stood tall in this game for their only shutout on the season.
 
Raiders that have worn #72:
OL Nick Rivera – Class of 2000
OL David Eichling – Class of 2004
OL Andrew Keating – Class of 2006
OL Stephen Bellinghausen – Class of 2008
OL Sterling Lovelady – Class of 2011 – National Champion at FSU
OL Nicholas Moffo – Class of 2016
OL AJ Neal – Class of 2018
LB Joshua Briggs – Class of 2024
 
Statistics that involve #72:
72 – points scored in a season – Patrick Hess (2002)
72 – assisted tackles in a career – Andrew Garcia (2008-10)
72 – points scored in a career – Matthew Webb (2012-14)
72 – points scored in a season – Gatlin Casey (2013)
72 – solo tackles in a season – Josh Carter (2017)
72 – points scored in a career – Jaydin Antonio (2018-19)
72 – points scored in a career – Tyler England (2018-19)
72 – points scored in a season – Jaden Rivera (2020)
 
Navarre is 54-18 in their last 72 games and leads the overall series against Fort Walton Beach, 10-6.

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