Countdown to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders – 24 Days

Greg Moses
Alex Horton
Kevin Cohen
Colin Marsh
Bailey Huston
Bailey Huston
24 days to kickoff of the 2021 High School Football season for the Navarre Raiders as they will host Fort Walton Beach on 27 Aug 2021.
 
24 games ago – Escambia 37, Navarre 27 (2018)
 
Box Score
Navarre……0 7 7 13 – 27
Escambia….20 0 7 10 – 37
 
The Raiders (6-1, 1-0) fell behind early as the Gators jumped out to a 20-0 lead after one. Escambia’s RB Frank Pesant rushed for two touchdowns (16 & 87) and QB Av Smith found the end zone from three yards out.
 
Navarre cut it to 13 at the half when Dante Wright caught a 34 yard pass from Marlon Courtney III…Gators 20, Raiders 7.
 
Josh Carter had a three yard TD run as Navarre would get within six early the third quarter. But, Pesant scored on a four yard run for his third TD of the night to stretch the lead back out to 13 going to the fourth quarter…Escambia up 27-14.
 
Ronnie Perez added a 37-yard FG at 8:36 for the Gators. Then, Navarre’s Quinn Caballero hauled in a 13-yard TD pass from Courtney and the Raiders were within 10 with 7:30 to go in the game. Escambia would get a 47-yard TD pass from Smith to JoJo Blackmon and Navarre a 21-yard TD pass from Courtney to Wright to close out the scoring.
 
Courtney had his best game of the season yardage-wise as he threw for 307 yards on 20-25 passing and three TDs. Chris Williams had four receptions for 101 yards and Wright added five receptions for 98 yards and two TDs.
 
The Raiders were led on defense by Carter’s 12 tackles (11 solo/assist) and Jordan Jefferson’s 9 tackles (4 solo/5 assists/2 TFL). Navarre compiled 11 tackles for the loss on the night with Isaiah Heyward and Grady Kelly with three each. Wright was 3-3 on extra points.
 
Raiders who wore #24:
RB/DB Sean Acosta – Class of 2003
DB J.R. Milioti – Class of 2006
WR Josh Brooks – Class of 2008
DB Greg Moses – Class of 2009
WR Alex Horton – Class of 2012
DB Kevin Cohen – Class of 2014
DB Colin Marsh – Class of 2015
LB/RB Bailey Huston – Class of 2021 – currently at Huntingdon College (AL)
 
Current Raider wearing #24:
RB Avery Zierden – Class of 2024
 
Statistics that involve #24:
24 – points scored in a game – vs. Catholic (Week 5 – 2011)
24 – points scored in a game – vs. Pensacola (Week 2 – 2012)
24 – rushing touchdowns in a career – Jay Warren (2010-12)
24 – solo tackles in a season – Brock Barberi (2013)
24.5 – tackle points in a season – Kyle Arrasmith (2013)
24 – points scored in a game – vs. Milton (Playoffs – 2013)
24 – assisted tackles in a career – Dylan Main (2013-14)
24 – completions in a game (twice) – Matthew Webb (2014)
24 – solo tackles in a season – Thomas Leggett (2015)
24 – assisted tackles in a season – Jay Klosinski (2015)
24 – assisted tackles in a season – Cameron Thomas (2017)
24 – assisted tackles in a season – James Segrest (2017)
24 – tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Jeffery Mattox (2018-19)
 
Navarre is 18-6 in their last 24 games and leads the all-time series against Escambia, 7-3. The Raiders have outscored the Gators in the series, 285-201.

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