Day: February 5, 2020

Atmore News

McGinty named to Troy University Provost’s List
Kamryn McGinty of Pensacola and Walnut Hill has been named to the Provost’s List at Troy University for the Fall Semester / Term 2 of the 2019/2020 academic year. The Provost’s List honors full-time undergraduate students who are registered for at least 12 semester hours and who have a grade point average of at least 3.65. The Fall Semester includes students at the Troy, Ala., campus. Term 2 includes students…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Perdido students participate in GeoBee
Special to Atmore News Students from Perdido School participated in the school competition of the National Geographic GeoBee Friday January 31. Kam Drinkard, a seventh-grade student, won first place, with Emma Etheridge, a fourth-grade student winning second place. The school competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students’ curiosity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but…
by Atmore News access_time5 years ago
Coaches needed
Cal Ripken baseball registration underway By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Signups for Atmore Cal Ripken Youth Baseball are now in full swing. Registration will run through February 29 and includes Majors Division (11 to 12 years old), Minors Division (9 to10), Machine Pitch (7 to 8) and T-Ball (4 to 6). Registration is $40 per player for all divisions, and interested players and parents can sign up their child Monday…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
JUB knocks off Leroy, Excel
Bulldogs capture 2A, Area 1 regular season championship By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter With a defeat over Leroy, 61-50, on January 28, J.U. Blacksher’s Bulldogs captured the Class 2A, Area 2 regular season championship and gained the spot as the host for the Area 2 championship tournament for the second year in a row. K.D. Rabb helped rally the Bulldogs to victory over Leroy, racking up 29 points. Bubba Nettles…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
ACS wins 1, drops 2 in Ohio basketball invitational
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Atmore Christian School’s Rams received a rare treat, traveling hundreds of miles to take part in the Rosedale Invitational Tournament in Plain City, Ohio. Following a long bus ride, the Rams squared off last Thursday, January 30, against Galilean Christian Academy, a small school from Kentucky. The Rams fell 63-49 in that contest. “In my more than 20 years of coaching experience, I have never…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago