Author: Josh Frye

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Five Escambia Academy football players and one Escambia County High School player were recently named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association 2021 All-State Football Team. Senior players Landon Sims, Tomorrion Knight, Bubba Nettles, Chris Long and J.J. Stevens were the EA players named, and ECHS’s junior offensive lineman Kaiden Arnold was named to the ASWA Class 4A honorable mention team.Offensive lineman Tomorrion Knight was named to…

Flavors By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Former Escambia Academy football standout Fred Flavors continues to shine on the gridiron for the Huntingdon Hawks. Recently, the 2018 EA graduate made Huntingdon history when he was named to the 2021 D3football.com All-American team. Flavors was selected to the D3 All-American list as not only a special teams First Team Specialist, but was also named as a member of the Second Team Defense as…

By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Landon Sims helped lead Escambia Academy win over the Northview Chiefs last Friday, December 10, 64-49. Sims led the Cougars in points, racking up 26. According to EA head coach Willie White, the Cougars were flying into the game against Northview blind. “I had never seen this team place before Friday’s game, since I have only been at the helm for EA since the 2020…

Battles inches closer to record By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Atmore Christian School’s varsity boys basketball team gained 2 wins last week as the Rams defeated S.L. Jones, 54-49, Tuesday, December  and Alethia, 66-22, Thursday, December 9. With the 2 wins, the Rams now boast a season record of 3-4 and league record of 2-0. According to ACS head coach Tim Battles, the 2 games were big wins for the…