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Sloppy first half, ejections cost ECHS in loss to Jaguars
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Take a soggy playing field, mix in the tension of playing a state-ranked team, then add a melee that resulted in the ejection of three players, and it’s easy to see how visiting Hillcrest-Evergreen was able to pull out a 26-0 win and spoil Escambia County’s home opener last Friday, September 14. “It’s more about what we did, not what Hillcrest did,” ECHS Head…
by Don Fletcher
access_time6 years ago
Friday fight costly for team, players
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer The fight that broke out during the September 14 Escambia County-Hillcrest (Evergreen) high school football contest was not only costly in terms of contributing to ECHS’s 26-0 loss, but there is also the financial burden placed upon each ejected player and his parents or guardians. The Blue Devils trailed the state-ranked Jaguars 10-0 in the first period when a group of ECHS defenders met…
by Don Fletcher
access_time6 years ago
Trio of little free libraries will appear soon in Atmore
Take a book, leave a book By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer It won’t be long before residents of Atmore and the surrounding area will be able to go to the library, without going to the library. Atmore Public Library and Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce are partnering to bring three Little Free Library outlets to the city in order to make books more accessible to local students and casual…
by Don Fletcher
access_time6 years ago
Event tickets available at Atmore News
Taste of the South is Thursday; GECA, Ribs, Raffle comin’ up News Staff Report At Atmore News, there’s a sign in the window saying this office is the Atmore Ticket Master. If you’re planning to attend one or more events in the area, you may want to check on your tickets here, kind of like a one-stop shop, at 128 S. Main Street. Tickets are available for the following: *…
by Atmore News
access_time6 years ago
GECA to present Arsenic and Old Lace
By SHERRY DIGMON News Staff Writer The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts is bringing back an old favorite – Arsenic and Old Lace, a 1944 dark comedy by Joseph Kesselring. The show features a recently married confirmed bachelor, two eccentric aunts, a disturbed uncle, a homicidal brother … and a corpse hidden in a window seat. It’s all in good fun. Show dates are Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 27-29,…
by Sherry Digmon
access_time6 years ago
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