23 days to the original kickoff of the 2020 HS Football season as Navarre would have been traveling to Gulf Breeze on 21 Aug 20. The season originally was scheduled to start on 27 Jul 20 (practice); but has now been delayed until 24 Aug 20.
23 games ago – Navarre 35, Catholic 7 (2018)
Box Score
Navarre…..0 14 14 7 – 35
Catholic…..0 7 0 0 – 7
The Raiders (1-0) start the season with a win on the road against the Crusaders. With the loss of QB Sage Chambers to graduation, Navarre had to fill a big void at QB1. In steps Marlon Courtney III to take over after their family moved back into the Navarre area. Didn’t take him long to feel right at home.
Courtney completed 12-16 passes for 185 yards and two touchdowns and backup QB Garon Finley tossed a touchdown as well. Both Dante Wright (four receptions) and Tyler England (six receptions) totaled 87 yards receiving, with Wright finding the end zone twice. On the ground, Chris Williams rushed 113 yards on 19 carries, while Courtney and Jaydin Antonio rushed for a touchdown each.
On defense, the Raiders were led by Nathan Crews seven solo tackles and Josh Carter contributed with six (4 solo/2 assists). Navarre nine tackles for loss and two sacks in the game as they pressured Catholic’s Colin Whibbs all night long. Kevin Taich went 5-5 on extra points.
Raiders who wore #23:
WR Alex Wattley – Class of 2014 – played at Trinity Bible College (ND)
Raider currently wearing #23:
DB Zach Marquis – Class of 2021
23 – points scored in a game – Catholic (Week 3 – 2008)
23 – points scored in a game – Pace (Week 3 – 2011)
23 – assisted tackles in a season – Lee Jones (2016)
23 – assisted tackles in a season – Isaiah Heyward (2018)
23 – solo tackles in a season – Quinn Caballero (2018)
Navarre is 17-6 in their last 23 games and leads the series against Catholic, 13-8.