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Perdido students participate in GeoBee
Special to Atmore News Students from Perdido School participated in the school competition of the National Geographic GeoBee Friday January 31. Kam Drinkard, a seventh-grade student, won first place, with Emma Etheridge, a fourth-grade student winning second place. The school competition is the first round in the annual National Geographic GeoBee, a geography competition designed to inspire and reward students’ curiosity about the world. Questions cover not only geography, but…
by Atmore News access_time6 years ago
Coaches needed
Cal Ripken baseball registration underway By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Signups for Atmore Cal Ripken Youth Baseball are now in full swing. Registration will run through February 29 and includes Majors Division (11 to 12 years old), Minors Division (9 to10), Machine Pitch (7 to 8) and T-Ball (4 to 6). Registration is $40 per player for all divisions, and interested players and parents can sign up their child Monday…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
JUB knocks off Leroy, Excel
Bulldogs capture 2A, Area 1 regular season championship By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter With a defeat over Leroy, 61-50, on January 28, J.U. Blacksher’s Bulldogs captured the Class 2A, Area 2 regular season championship and gained the spot as the host for the Area 2 championship tournament for the second year in a row. K.D. Rabb helped rally the Bulldogs to victory over Leroy, racking up 29 points. Bubba Nettles…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
ACS wins 1, drops 2 in Ohio basketball invitational
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Atmore Christian School’s Rams received a rare treat, traveling hundreds of miles to take part in the Rosedale Invitational Tournament in Plain City, Ohio. Following a long bus ride, the Rams squared off last Thursday, January 30, against Galilean Christian Academy, a small school from Kentucky. The Rams fell 63-49 in that contest. “In my more than 20 years of coaching experience, I have never…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago
Blue Devils knock off Vigor, fall to Baldwin Co.
By JOSH FRYE News Sportswriter Allen Patterson put up 18 points during Escambia County High’s 64-49 loss to Baldwin County last Friday, January 31, and Sheldon Williams scored 17 to lead the Blue Devils to a 50-40 victory over Vigor High School last Thursday. The Blue Devils finished out the regular season with a record of 12-14. Other players who registered points during last week’s contest against Baldwin County were…
by Josh Frye access_time6 years ago