Football Recap: Navarre Raiders vs. Gulf Breeze Dolphins
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Navarre). They blew past the Gulf Breeze Dolphins, posting a 48-20 victory on the road. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Raiders considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Navarre found their leader in underclassman Keagan Gilbert, who rushed for 213 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Those 213 rushing yards gave Gilbert a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Roman Marshall, who threw for 166 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Navarre was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Gulf Breeze lost on Friday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Brock Stomps, who threw for 286 yards and three touchdowns. Caleb Carter was Stomps' top target, picking up 90 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Navarre's win bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Gulf Breeze, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Navarre and Pace are set to duel on Friday. Pace is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37 points per game this season. As for Gulf Breeze, their homestand will continue as they prepare to take on Mosley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mosley also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 43.9 points per game.
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