Category: Sports

By MCKENNA SIMMONSNews Sportswriter It is finally football season, and Northview High School began this year with a pre-season jamboree against the Baker Gators. Friday, August 20, was one wet night. Fans all across the stands were in ponchos and sporting umbrellas to come out and support their Chiefs!In the first half, Ernest Ward Middle School played against one of Baker’s younger teams. Unfortunately, the final score was 16 to…

Members and coaches of the ECHS wrestling team with new equipment, from left, Mason Huggins, Tobijah Crenshaw, Coach Joel Gonzalez, Coach Roland Hall, and Brandon Dean. By JOSH FRYENews Sports Writer The Escambia County High School wrestling team recently received a $3,000 donation from Rewarding Educational Athletic Choices Helping Each Sport (R.E.A.C.H.E.S.).According to Blue Devils wrestling team coaches Roland Hall and Joel Gonzalez, the funds received from R.E.A.C.H.E.S. were used…

By JOSH FRYENews Sportswriter As the 2020-2021 school year comes to a close, plans for the 2021 football season are just beginning for Escambia Academy.Last Thursday, May 20, the Cougars varsity and junior varsity football teams traveled to Tuscaloosa Academy to take part in a special spring scrimmage between Tuscaloosa Academy and Banks Academy. According to EA headmaster and head football coach Hugh Fountain, the Cougars were more than eager…

Members of Escambia Academy’s varsity basketball team were among the teams, players and senior athletes honored during the school’s sports banquet held Monday, May 10. Shown are, from left, front, Bubba Nettles, Jacob Lee, Maliki Haynes, Landon Sims, Charlie Sasser; back, Hunter Smith, Chaston Helton, Thomas Riley, Caleb Davis, Troy Fountain, Daughtry McGhee.