Category: Sports

ACS falls to Lighthouse Battles By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter Even though the Atmore Christian Rams fell 88-65 against Lighthouse Christian last Friday, January 7, they took away some major momentum and saw one of their players set a new school points scoring record.Throughout his entire high school basketball career Caeden Battles, son of ACS head coach Tim Battles and older brother to fellow basketball teammate Emmett Battles, has been a…

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter After a much-needed Christmas break, the Escambia Academy Cougars resumed the 2021-2022 basketball season with a 70-32 non-region victory over the Atmore Christian School Rams last Thursday, December 30.According to EA head coach Willie White, the Rams came out ready to play during the first quarter of the game, but EA applied pressure for the remainder of the contest and was able to keep the athletic…

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 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…

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…