Month: May 2019

Josh Frye

Atmore Soccer’s 2019 season in full swing
By JOSH FRYE News Sports Writer As football teams take to the Spring practice field at local and area high schools, Atmore Soccer teams are preparing to kick goals. “We are now in full swing,” said Atmore Soccer Inc. President Alex Alvarez. “We have kicked off our season strong at the Atmore YMCA fields.” Atmore Soccer, part of the Alabama Youth Soccer Organization, operates in conjunction with USA Soccer. The…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
ECHS girls, boys compete at Class 4A state track meet
News Staff Report ECHS’s boys and girls track teams competed May 2 at the AHSAA 4A State Track Meet in Gulf Shores. Several individual ECHS team members turned in respectable finishes, but none finished in the top-5 in the season-ending event. ECHS’s individual times and finishes were as follows: Girls 200 Meter Dash (Prelims) Elizabeth Thames, twenty-first, (28.86) 4×100 Meter Relay (Prelims) ECHS, tenth, (53.50) Long Jump (Finals) ShaKeerah Tossas,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
JUB boys, girls compete at AHSAA state meet
News Staff Reports J.U. Blacksher’s girls and boys track teams competed in the AHSAA 2A State Track Meet, held May 3 in Cullman. JUB had respectable individual finishes, but no single team member placed within the top-5 in any event, which marked the end of the 2019 track season. Blacksher’s individual results are as follows: Girls (Finals) 800 Meter Run Kayley Burgess, fourteenth, (2:45.79) 1600 Meter Run Kayley Burgess, eleventh,…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
American values leave no room for Socialism
Last week, I was honored to address a group of newly naturalized citizens of the United States. It was an experience that gave me the opportunity to reflect on a question as old as our nation itself: “What does it mean to be an American?” In the United States, we don’t define citizenship as being part of the dominant ethnic group. And we do not define citizenship as being part…
by Submitted Article access_time6 years ago
New leadership, attitude as Blue Devils begin Spring drills
By JOSH FRYE News Sports Writer Escambia County High School is taking to the Spring practice field with new leadership and a new attitude. The Blue Devils will say goodbye to 22 seniors who are set to graduate in May. “We are losing a ton of players,” new head coach Scott Mason said. “We have 22 guys that will be graduating. On the upside, we have 15 new seniors who…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago