Category: Sports

EA’s Randall Bonds stiff-arm a Macon East defender during last Friday night’s game. BY JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter For the fifth straight season, Escambia Academy is state championship-bound after defeating Macon-East Montgomery Academy 54-13 in their AISA Class 2A state semifinals showdown last Friday, November 13. Landon Sims, Daughtry McGhee, Caleb Davis and Bubba Nettles helped guide the Cougars past the Knights. After Macon-East drew first blood, Sims gained the…

By LIBBY PUGH News Sportswriter Victory … oh how delightful it is! The Northview Chiefs took on the Jay Royals this past Friday night on the Chiefs turf. The Chiefs started strong and defeated the Royals. With a final score of 41 to 7, it was safe to say the Chiefs were committed to beating the Royals. Although the Royals received the ball to start the game, their drive ended…

EA’s defenders swarm a Springwood player during last Friday night’s game. BY JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter If things continue as they have over the past few weeks, Escambia Academy could be on the way to another Alabama Independent School Association state championship appearance. Landon Sims and Bubba Nettles again led the way as the Cougars rolled past Springwood School 48-8 last Friday, November 6, in the first-round action of the…

By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Escambia County High played its final down of the 2020 season last Friday, October 30, against Flomaton High, closing out the season with a 37-0 loss to the Hurricanes, who vented their recent frustrations on the young Blue Devils. Flomaton, which had to forfeit region contests to region rivals T.R. Miller and Hillcrest-Evergreen due to COVID-19 exposure, handed ECHS its sixth no-score loss of a…

No. 3 Cougars roll over No. 2 Bessemer By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Escambia Academy, which came into its regular-season finale as the state’s third-ranked independent school team, rolled to a 33-12 win over second-ranked Bessemer Academy last Friday, October 30, with a 33-12 victory. EA quarterback Landon Sims scored two touchdowns and kicked two field goals and three PATs to help lead the way. With 5:05 left to play…