Category: Sports

Sims By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Thursday, January 13, Escambia Academy’s Landon Sims was named the 2021 AISA Back of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writer’s Association (ASWA).Sims, who was also selected to first-team, AISA All-State earlier last month, was among three other finalists nominated for the award. Sims received the honor during the Mr. Football luncheon banquet which was held at the Montgomery Renaissance in Montgomery.This season, Sims had…

Escambia County High School Lady Blue Devils basketball standout C’Anna Betts was presented a special teammate-signed basketball for reaching a milestone of 1,000 career points during last Friday’s (January 14) game against Williamson High School in Atmore. Pictured is C’Anna Betts with her parents Celia Betts and Anthony Betts.

ECHS’s Sheldon Williams (4) looks to pass during last Friday’s game. By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter The Escambia County boys’ basketball team is currently holding strong as the second ranked Class 4A team within the ASWA High School Basketball Rankings after defeating Williamson High School, 59-39, last Friday (January 14). During Friday’s home season game, Sheldon Williams led the Blue Devils in scoring with 22 points. Stephen Williams supplemented his brother’s…

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Escambia Academy’s Landon Sims scored 29 points last Friday, January 7, to lead the Cougars past Oak Park, 56-44. With the win, the EA’s varsity boys’ basketball team improved to a 7-3 season record and is ranked sixth in the AISA ASWA rankings after getting off to a slow start earlier this season due to many of the players doubling as football players or just inexperienced…

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter The Escambia County High boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams have been a dominating force for much of this season. Last Friday, January 7, the ECHS teams continued this trend when the varsity boys defeated Vigor 62-49, and the varsity girls defeated the Wolves 61-59.“We are on track and both teams are continuing to play well,” ECHS coach Keyon Thompson said. “We have a ton of…