87 Days to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders

Allen Leonard
Derek Aloy
Erik Anderson
Braydon Brown
87 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.
 
87 games ago – Choctaw 35, Navarre 14 (Playoffs – 2014)
 
Navarre…14 0 0 0 – 14
Choctaw…7 12 0 16 – 35
 
The night looked promising as the Raiders jumped out to a 14 point lead and lead by seven at the end of the first quarter. But the script that had been written on this night was not to be in their favor.
 
Choctaw would go on to score the last 35 points in the contest and defeated Navarre for the second time on the season. The Raiders turned the ball over five times on the night (4 interceptions/fumble), which eventually led to their demise.
 
Navarre was led on defense by Thomas Leggett (19 tackles), Xavier Fernandez (18 tackles), Bo Hering (16 tackles) and Anthony Miller (11 tackles). Dylan Main scored on a blocked punt as well.
 
87th win in school history – Navarre 24, Milton 17 (Playoffs – 2013)
 
Navarre…10 7 7 0 – 24
Milton…0 7 7 3 – 17
 
Raiders that have worn #87:
DB Allen Leonard – Class of 2003
WR Austin Tilghman – Class of 2006
WR Allen Spangler – Class of 2008
WR Tommy Burman – Class of 2009
TE Derek Aloy – Class of 2011
TE Erik Anderson – Class of 2019
TE Braydon Brown – Class of 2024
 
Statistics that involve #87:
87 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a career – Michael Arnold (2009-10)
87 – assisted tackles in a career – Damontell Thompson (2011-13)
87 – total tackles in a career – Elijah Appel (2011-12)
87 – total tackle points in a season – Christian Gill (2013)
 
Navarre is 68-19 in their last 87 games and lead the overall series against Choctaw, 9-7.

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