Countdown to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders – 63 Days

Mark Hemaseth
Ryan Barton
Victor Byers
Victor Byers - Belhaven (MS)
Adrian Gonzales
63 days (9 weeks) to kickoff of the 2021 High School Football season for the Navarre Raiders as they will host Fort Walton Beach on 27 Aug 2021.
 
63 games ago – Navarre 16, Choctaw 14 (2015)
 
Box Score
Choctaw…6 8 0 0 – 14
Navarre…..7 0 0 9 – 16
 
After the Raiders (4-0) outscored their opponents 142-36 in the first three games of the season, they found themselves in a defensive battle against the team that ended their previous two seasons.
 
Navarre led by one after the first quarter; but the Indians scored the only points of the second quarter to take a 14-7 lead to the half. After a scoreless third quarter, the Raiders fought back and took a 16-14 lead on Brady Hammel’s 27-yard field goal with a little over a minute to play. That’s where the defense stepped up and shut down Choctaw’s offense for the win.
 
Sage Chambers went 8-10 for 83 yards and Hasaan Williams gained 84 yards on 14 carries. Aaron Mitchell (7 tackles/2 TFL) and Bo Hering (7 tackles/TFL) led the defense on the night.
 
Raiders who wore #63:
OL Mark Hemaseth – Class of 2002
OL Tommy Wiser – Class of 2007
OL Ryan Barton – Class of 2009 – serving in U.S. Air Force
DL Victor Byers – Class of 2011 – played at Belhaven (MS)
 
Current Raider wearing #63:
OL Adrian Gonzales – Class of 2023
 
Statistics that involve #63:
63 – assisted tackles in a career – Brandon Williams (2001-03)
63 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Xavier Fernandez (2015)
63 – total tackle points in a career – Tyson Brown (2015-16)
63 – total tackles for loss & sacks for a career – Joshua Carter (2015-18) – School Record
63 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Devin Wright (2019)
63 – total tackle points in a season – Bailey Huston (2019)
 
Navarre is 51-12 in their last 63 games and leads the all-time series against Choctaw, 9-7.

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