Author: Josh Frye

Josh Frye

$500 windfall for ECHS athletics
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter The Escambia County High School athletic department is $500 richer after head football coach Scott Mason’s name was drawn from a hat by an Alfa Insurance representative during last week’s Alabama High School Athletic Association Summer Conference in Montgomery. The conference is mandatory for every high school head coach in the state, and coaches were required to attend classes and workshops to prepare them for…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
PCI shines in NAYO tourney; 3 first-place finishes
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter The Poarch Creek Indians Recreation Department was all smiles as the week began and players who competed during last week’s 2019 Native American Youth Organization (NAYO) Baseball and Softball Tournament in Cherokee, N.C., made their way back home. As they filtered back in to the Poarch community, they were not empty handed. Out of 11 different teams Poarch fielded during the tournament, six returned home…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
NHS-ECHS brawl
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter A 7-on-7 football scrimmage between Northview High School and Escambia County High School turned violent Tuesday morning, July 23, at ECHS’ Herbert Barnes Stadium. Such scrimmages are normally played with no contact as players are equipped with only a helmet. The teams stayed neck-and-neck, and both seemed to be enjoying the scrimmage until a few players from each team started jawing back and forth. That…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
Competition literally melts away as Cougars win 7-on-7 tourney
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter The Escambia Academy football program received its first breath of success for the 2019 season this past week in the form of a 7-on-7 tournament win at University of West Alabama in Livingston. The Cougars, along with 13 other schools, competed in turf temperatures in excess of 119 degrees. “The university’s football field is a turf layout,” Cougars assistant coach Mike Sims said. “It was…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago
Beating the heat a key for summer preparations
Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to talk with or visit every high school football team within our coverage area. The headlining factor of each team has been the same — the excessive heat that our area has seen within the last few weeks. Heat-related injuries and in some cases deaths, have been reported from football teams around the country. The heat creates harsh environments for…
by Josh Frye access_time5 years ago