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Greener pastures
Jackson leaving ECHS to take over Murphy program By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Just a couple of weeks ago, Rico Jackson was talking about his plans to complete a rebuild of the Escambia County High School football program and a re-establishment of the winning tradition it once enjoyed. This week the ECHS coach is still talking about rebuilding a once-proud program, but it’s at a school about 50 miles…
by Don Fletcher access_time5 years ago
ECHS playoff hopes vanish
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County High’s Blue Devils went into their Thursday, October 25, game against Williamson believing they had already locked up a postseason berth whether they won, lost or tied the Lions. Well, the playoffs were not a sure thing, and the team came out on the short end of a 7-2 slugfest on a wet and muddy Ladd-Peebles Stadium turf. That combination, reinforced by…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
ECHS falls to UMS-Wright
Prepares for Thursday showdown with Williamson By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Escambia County High’s Blue Devils hung tough with perennial region power UMS-Wright for the first half of their Friday, October 19, game. The second half was a different story. ECHS faced a deficit of only 14-0 coming out of the halftime locker, but sophomore Edwin White — who had earlier hauled in a 55-yard touchdown pass for UMS…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
Red-hot Blue Devils to host top-ranked UMS-Wright
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer To say that Rico Jackson was a little nervous prior to his team’s game at Andalusia last Friday, October 12, would be an understatement. But it wasn’t the anticipation of playing a tough Bulldogs squad that provoked the Escambia High School football coach’s anxiety; it was whether or not his Blue Devils would make it onto the field. “The truck carrying all our equipment…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago
EA, ECHS both headed to playoffs
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer For more than a decade, local high school football fans have had little choice about which of the two local schools to support after the final regular season contest has been played. Escambia County High School supporters could either temporarily switch their allegiance to Escambia Academy’s Cougars, or hang onto hopes that next year would be a better one for the Blue Devils. Things…
by Don Fletcher access_time6 years ago