Special to Atmore News Perdido School students in grades four through six participated in a spelling bee recently. Sixth grader Carley New won first place, with Chloe Gatlin, a fourth grader, winning runner up. Carley will represent Perdido School at the county Spelling Bee February 4 at the Loxley Civic Center. The county level winner advances to the Alabama Spelling Bee.
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Escambia County High’s boys fell short January 17 against the state’s number-one ranked Class 4A school, Williamson High, losing to the Lions for the second time in a week. The 76-44, 32-point setback came on the heels of a 28-point loss to Williamson on January 10. Friday’s game marked the last scheduled meeting between the two teams for the rest of this season. Sheldon Williams…
Rabb remains red hot as JUB downs Johnson, Shields By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter J.U. Blacksher’s K.D. Rabb continues to be a veritable scoring machine. Rabb, who recently set a new school record with 94 points in a three-game week, combined last week for 63 points in a pair of wins over neighboring schools. Rabb led JUB to a 68-54 victory against A.L. Johnson last Friday, January 17, then did…
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Tiquale Taylor helped lead Escambia Academy’s Cougars to a 75-28 victory over L.E.A.D. Academy last Friday, January 17, improving their season mark to 11-4. During the contest, Taylor scored 16 points to pave the way for EA. T.J. Riley struck for 13 points; Ty’rese Smith scored 10; Chaston Helton scored 9, and Li’Terrance McCants and Bryant Quimby added 8 each. Jason “Jaybo” Davis put up…