ECHS Blue DevilsDon Fletcher

ECHS homecoming parade OK’d for Friday
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Atmore City Council members unanimously approved the only item on their Monday, September 24, meeting agenda, giving the green light to a request from Escambia County High School to hold its homecoming parade this Friday, September 28. Tiffany Oliver, a teacher at the school, told the council that ECHS would like to hold the parade at the same time (2 p.m.) as last year,…
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…
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…
ECHS offers incentives for good attendance
News Staff Report Administration and faculty at Escambia County High School are offering an incentive to encourage students to attend school which, in turn, gives them a better chance of being successful. Each month, a drawing is held for a prize to go to a male and female student. To qualify for the drawing, students must have perfect attendance for the entire month. The first winners were announced on September…
Blue Devils look sharp in preseason tune-up
By DON FLETCHER News Staff Writer Although the final score was reason enough to bring a smile to Escambia County High Coach Rico Jackson’s face, it was the way his team went about posting that score that brought the biggest smile. “They played hard; they competed,” said the ECHS coach after his varsity team downed T.R. Miller 16-7 in the first half of Friday’s preseason contest. “T.R. Miller scored first,…