Tate’s Road To State Ends With Loss To Navarre

November 19, 2016

The Navarre Raiders defeated the  Tate Aggies Friday night 60-28 in the 6A regional semifinal.

It was the first playoff game hosted by the Aggies since 1977.

Navarre was on the board first with a 65-yard touchdown, 7-0 with 8:39 in the first. The Aggies quickly answered  16 seconds later with a 60-yard touchdown on a pass from Jake Henry to Shermari Jones, 7-7.

The Raider’s Michael Carter returned the kickoff nearly 100 yards, even knocking over a referee along the way, to give Navarre a 13-7 lead. Before the night was over, Carter racked up 330 plus rushing yards and had five touchdowns. He also had a 75-yard touchdown called back on a holding penalty.

With 8:56 to go in the half, Tate scored on a six-yard run from Corey Moorer. A good kick, and the Aggies were on top 14-13.  But Navarre took the lead 19-14 on a Carter TD. Tate quarterback put the Aggie back on top with a 63-yard touchdown run with 2:42 remaining the second quarter. A 35-yarder from Carter made it 25-21 headed into the half.

By the end of three, Navarre was up 46-21.

With 7:24 remaining in the ballgame,  Henry was in on quarterback keeper,  46-28. But Navarre went on to add a couple more touchdowns.

The Tate Aggies finished their season at 9-3.

Navarre (11-1) moves on to a road trip next week against the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets (11-1).

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