85 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Nick Mortimer
Tommy Schoeneberg
Garrett Casey
Rodney Martin Waits
Tyler Bush
Chase Richardson
Michael Rayborn
85 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.
 
85 games ago – Navarre 57, Catholic 14 (2015)
 
Catholic…0 7 0 7 – 14
Navarre…23 13 14 7 – 57
 
For the second straight game, the Raiders rushing attack topped 400+ yards rushing. Junior RB Michael Carter led the way once again as he rushed for 235 yards on 13 carries, finding the end zone on four different occasions. Hasaan Williams pitched in with two touchdowns of his own.
 
Sophomore QB Sage Chambers only completed four passes, but two of them went for scores to Octavien Moyer and Michael Sandle.
 
Xavier Fernandez led the defense with eight tackles and three tackles for loss. Navarre had ten tackles for loss on the night and forced four Catholic turnovers.
 
85th win in school history – Navarre 35, Choctaw 28 (2013)
 
Jordan Leggett’s late TD reception gave the Raiders a come from behind victory.
 
Raiders that have worn #85:
Nick Mortimer – Class of 2003
WR Tommy Schoeneberg – Class of 2006
WR Garrett Casey – Class of 2008
WR Rodney Martin Waits – Class of 2010
WR Tyler Bush – Class of 2012
WR Zack Taylor – Class of 2019
TE Chase Richardson – Class of 2022 – currently at Florida Gulf Coast University – Competitive Cheer
WR Michael Rayborn – Class of 2025
 
Statistics that involve #85:
85 – totals tackles in a season/career – Brian Commissiong (2007)
85 – assisted tackles in a career – Shane McMaster (2008-10)
85 – total tackles in a season – Christian Gill (2013)
85 – total tackle points in a season – Bo Hering (2014)
85 – solo tackles in a season – Christian Caballero (2021)
 
Navarre is 66-19 in their last 85 games and leads the all-time series against Catholic, 13-8.

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