35 days until kickoff of the 2020 High School Football season as Navarre travels to Gulf Breeze in the Publix Beach Bowl Cup on 21 Aug 2020.
35 games ago – Lake Gibson 35, Navarre 14 (2016) – State Semifinal
Box Score
Lake Gibson…7 0 8 20 – 35
Navarre………..0 7 0 7 – 14
The Raiders (12-2) were looking to get to their first State Championship game, but they had to get through a Braves team that was only giving up nine points.
Lake Gibson would get on the board first and led 7-0 after one. Navarre would tie it up right before halftime on a 52-yard touchdown run by Michael Carter. Lake Gibson would score in the third on a 5-yard run by Kevaris Thomas and converted the two-point conversion to take a 15-7 lead heading to the fourth. Travell Jones would take over in the fourth with three rushing touchdowns. The Raiders final score would be a 75-yard kickoff return from Dante Wright.
Carter finished the night with 110 yards on 22 carries and six receptions for 65 yards. Wright hauled in six receptions as well for 64 yards. Caine Adamson went 5-8 for 50 yards before he left the field in the second half with an injury. So, Dylon Kelley came in and went 8-12 for 81 yards.
Navarre’s defense held Lake Gibson to 103 total yards in the first half and 275 for the game. Bo Hering led the way with 12 tackles (6 solo/6 assists/sack/TFL) and Jace Kempner added 7 tackles (4 solo/3 assists). Xavier Fernandez had an interception and two of the Raiders five sacks on the night. Saturn Wagner went 2-2 on extra points.
Raiders who wore #35:
RB/DE Andre Mahone – Class of 2003
DB Chris Sutter – Class of 2006
DL Ryan Stewart – Class of 2007
RB Dwayne Carter – Class of 2012 – played at Independence CC (KS) and Harding University (AR)
RB/WR T.J. Woodberry – Class of 2015
DB Chris Kelly – Class of 2016
TE Garren Harper – Class of 2018
Current Raider wearing #35:
DB Marcus Fedorkowicz – Class of 2021
Navarre Raiders Class of 2017:
1 – Royce Thomas – WR/DB
2 – Caine Adamson – QB
3 – Jace Kempner – LB
5 – Aaron Mitchell – LB/RB
6 – Jordan Williams – WR
7 – Michael Carter – selected as Florida Class 6A Player of the Year
8 – Lee Jones – DB
9 – Joshua Doxey – DL
11 – Collin Gilmore – WR
16 – Jacob White – WR
17 – Anthony Vega – WR
18 – Tyler Rebber – TE/RB
21 – Salamon Buss – DB
25 – Xavier Fernandez – LB
27 – Tyson Brown – DB/PR
31 – Zach Gonzelez – PK
34 – Charlie Alevras – DL
40 – Dylon Pittman – DB
43 – Ryan Daeges – TE
47 – Brandon Wilhelm – LB
49 – Marc Struck – DL
52 – Marq Collins – LB
56 – Bo Hering – LB
59 – Jared Burnham – LB
60 – Axel Silva – OL
62 – Tyler Morton – DL
67 – Ben Wangerin – DL
68 – Nick Brahms – OL
71 – Wesley Routh – OL
72 – A.J. Neal – OL
77 – Lemarcus Smith – OL
92 – Stephen Bates – DL
94 – Isaac McCoy – DL
Navarre is 27-8 in their last 35 games and trails in the series against Lake Gibson, 1-0.