Countdown to Kickoff – Navarre Raiders – 71 Days

The Melendez
Sabine & Elijah Melendez
Wesley Routh
71 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.
 
71 games ago – Choctaw 25, Navarre 15 (2014)
 
Box Score
Navarre….0 0 7 8 – 15
Choctaw…0 12 0 13 – 25
 
After starting the season with six straight wins, the Raiders (6-2, 1-1) drop their second straight game. Matthew Webb went 23-32 for 278 yards and a touchdown with one pick. Additionally, Quentin Randolph hauled in nine receptions for 83 yards and a score and Cameron Mayweather added eight receptions for 80 yards. Derrick Smith carried the ball 16 times for 112 yards. Navarre turned the ball over four times and that would be their undoing.
 
On defense, Xavier Fernandez produced 16 tackles (11 solo/5 assists/3 TFL) and Bo Hering also contributed 16 tackles (7 solo/9 assists/sack). Tommy Leggett pitched in with 11 tackles (8 solo/3 assists).
 
Raiders who wore #71:
OL Clay Bryan – Class of 2001
DL Nathan Stroud – Class of 2004
OL Johnathan Jones – Class of 2007
OL Derek Santiago – Class of 2010
DE Joel Fry – Class of 2013
DL Sabine Melendez – Class of 2015 – serving in U.S. Marine Corps
OL Wesley Routh – Class of 2017
OL Elijah Melendez – Class of 2021 – going to Valdosta State
 
Statistics that involve #71:
71.5 – total tackle points in a career – Kris Metcalf (2000-02)
71.5 – total tackle points in a career – Michael Arnold (2009-10)
71 – total tackles (solo/assists) in a season – Anthony “The Unit” Miller (2014)
71.5 – total tackle points in a season – Bo Hering (2015)
71 – solo tackles in a career – Aaron Mitchell (2015-16)
71 – total tackle points in a season – Aaron Mitchell (2016)
 
Navarre is 58-13 in their last 71 games and leads the all-time series against Choctaw, 9-7.

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