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Lady Cougars still hope for double-digit ‘W’s

By JOSH FRYE News Sports Writer The Escambia Academy Lady Cougars softball team’s hopes of putting together its first double-digit win season is still alive, even after falling to Monroe Academy three times last week. The Lady Volunteers defeated EA 7-1 on March 26, then followed that up by sweeping a March 28 double-header by scores of 15-0 and 12-2. “Errors cost us, but we were outplayed overall,” EA head…

EA’s boys continue to shine on the track

Finish 1st in local meet, 3rd at Jay in preparation for state By JOSH FRYE News Sports Writer Escambia Academy’s boys turned in impressive showings during back-to-back track meets held last week. The Cougars placed first on their home track on March 27 and walked away with a third-place finish during a March 28 track meet in Jay. EA out-performed nine other schools from around the state in the first…

EA boys win 10-team track meet; EA girls 6th

By JOSH FRYE News Sports Writer The Escambia Academy Cougars turned in an impressive showing during a March 6 meet on their home track, outperforming nine other schools from around the state and almost doubling the points total of the second-place team. EA’s boys scored 187 points, and Northside came in second with a total score of 99. The EA girls came in sixth overall with a total score of…

Cougars open red-hot; explode past Jay, Snook

By JOSH FRYE News Sports Writer Escambia Academy’s varsity baseball team has exploded out of the 2019 season’s gates, raking two opposing pitching staffs for 40 runs in their first two contests. EA worked hard on batting and fielding, along with all other baseball fundamentals, leading up to the start of the season. That work is paying off. The Cougars traveled to meet Jay on February 25 and walked away…

EA girls sweep ACS

News Sports Writer Escambia Academy’s softball team started its season off on a positive note on February 25 as they found victory twice against Atmore Christian School during a double-header on EA’s home field. EA started off strong with superb pitching from Lexi Hollinger. Hollinger pitched a complete 3-inning no-hitter against ACS during the first game of the double header in a game that was called after the third inning,…