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Northview Beats Freeport For Regional Title
November 26, 2011
The Northview Chiefs beat Freeport 43-13 for the school’s second in a row Class 1A Region 1 championship.
“I can’t put into words how much these kids have worked and what they have been able to achieve,” Northview Head Coach Sid Wheatley said, “Just an awesome win by those men right there. I’m very proud of every one of them.”
- For a photo gallery with action from the game, click here.
- For a photo gallery with the cheerleaders, click here.
- For a photo gallery with the band and dance team, click here.
The win puts the Chiefs (9-3) back in action next Friday night at home in Bratt in the the state semifinals. They will take on Chipley (10-2), a team that beat the Chiefs 34-27 on a game of turnovers back on September 16.
“We have been through some battles now, and I think we are ready for that (another chance at Chipley),” Wheatley said.
Friday night’s matchup against Freeport saw five Chiefs scores touchdowns and a defense that produced nine quarterback sacks.
“Our defense was outstanding tonight,” Wheatley said. “We had some big plays defensively…the defense was solid tonight.”
The game produced double-double unsportsmanlike penalties. The first double unsportsmanlike conduct was called on Freeport Coach Jim Anderson after a Chiefs’ touchdown. The second double unsportsmanlike conduct was called on Chiefs’ quarterback Brandon Sheets after a 6-yard touchdown run. Officials said he was clapping and taunting.
“There were two unsportsmanlikes called,” Wheatley said. “As far as anything else goes, I don’t know what to tell you.” Wheatley added that he believed Sheets was only disqualified from the remainder of the Freeport game, leaving him eligible to play against Chipley next week.
Northview 43, Freeport 13 Summary
The Chiefs opened first quarter scoring at 2:28 with a 4-yard run from junior LaMikal Kyles and a good Kevin Vaughan kick for a 7-0 lead.
In the second quarter, the Chiefs scored twice. At 7:49, Dalton Daniel scored a touchdown on a 5-yard Brandon Sheets pass. A good Vaughan kick, 14-0. With 1:43 in the half, Sean Knight returned a Freeport fumbled 56 yards for another Chief touchdown. After a blocked kick, Northview held a 20-0 lead headed into the half.
Freeport scored in the second half on a 10-yard pass, followed by a 16-yard touchdown run for the Chiefs by Roderick Woods and a 6-yard TD run from Sheets. Montaio Mitchell was in for a two point conversion. Freeport struck again with 1:58 to go in the third on a 43-yard touchdown pass.
In the fourth, Northview scored on a 1-yard run from Vaughan to seal a 43-13 victory.
Chipley defeated Holmes County 27-6 Friday night to earn a trip to Bratt to take on Northview in the state semis at 7:30 next Friday, December 2.
- For a photo gallery with action from the game, click here.
- For a photo gallery with the cheerleaders, click here.
- For a photo gallery with the band and dance team, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Comments
20 Responses to “Northview Beats Freeport For Regional Title”
i love it how people are critizing nhs for having too many people but yet our school is tiny.. just stop being sorry losers..its a GAME!!!!somebody hasto lose
Always great pictures and solid reporting by northescambia!! The News Journal used a picture of a tackle and fumble by the Chiefs to announce their win of the regional championship over Freeport. Ugh! Also, the final score they reported was not even close. Thank you northescambia for showing us the Regional Champion Northview High School Chiefs with fantastic pictures and accurate reporting!!
Next Friday Night It Will Be Northview (8-3)Vs Chipley (10-2) And Jefferson Cty Monticello (7-5)Vs Union Cty (11-0) to Decide The State Championship Game In Orlando. I Have Looked At All 3 Of These Teams And There Isn’t 1 We Can’t Beat. Lets Do It Boys. All Or Nothing. Every Game We Have Lost This Year Has Been Directly Linked To NHS Turnovers. Protect The Ball And Fight ,Fight, Fight To Bring The State Championship To Northwest Florida. Union Cty’s Closest Game Was A 14-7 Win Over Newberry That Went On To Finish 2-8. First Chipley, Then State. Go Chiefs !!!
@ Parent. Dont knock the chiefs. Blame the FHSSA for setting the enrollment limit at 600 for 1a. The students playing have no control over that. I say good job Chiefs and roll on to Orlando.
Freeport was just fighting our boys last night But we still pulled it out and won!
Now Chipley cheated during the season but we was in their territory though, but we got them this time!!!! Lets go boys…. REGION CHAMPS
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU LA’MIKAL KYLES #2, KEEP IT UP
Sincerely, Sara Kyles
derek- hopefully next week !!!!!!!!!!!!
Great win Chiefs! Keep up the great work! It’s a great day to be a Chief!
Way to go Chiefs! So proud of you guys and so proud to be a CHIEF!
Classy win. Nice work chiefs…Nhs has almost twice the enrollment of Fhs. The margin of victory should’ve been much wider given the obvious disparity in depth, talent and size..
Great game.
Ugly 4th quarter with a feeling that we lost focus.
Come on Fans,Chipley should walk into a packed stadium next week.
GO CHIEFS!!!!
Woot!!! Way to go tonight Chiefs! It is great to see our team taking care of business in the Region 1 Championship (second consecutive year!)
Now for next week – December 2nd:
Chipley is 9-2 according to its website on C2C Schools. Here are the Tigers’ wins and losses:
W Vernon 27 -12 (The whiping post for other districts)
W Blountstown 16-7 (Only wins for BHS are against district foes???)
W Northview 34-27 (turnovers killed the Chiefs in this meeting… Now get fired UP and execute!!)
L Marianna 6-21 (NHS beat this 4A team in week two)
W So. Walton 41-10 (Who didn’t beat ‘em?)
W Bozeman 62-15 (One of weaker 1A teams)
W Freeport 34-19 (NHS beat this team twice this year – most recently… tonight 43-13. Wewahitchka scored more points than Freeport did -v- NHS!!)
L Holmes County 14-34 (The game tha decided the District 3 Championship)
W Graceville 48-0 (2-8 record – Jay couldn’t beat ‘em)
The 1A Play-offs:
W Blountstown 34-33 (A weak District 4 Champ w/ 6-4 record)
W Holmes County 27-6 (Holmes County couldn’t seal the deal and Chipley won the Region 2 Chamionship.)
Get fired up Chiefs! And fans get into the game. Come out to support our Chiefs Friday night, 12/2!
Way to go Chiefs! Keep on taking care of business!
Great game last night keep up the work and get prepared for Chipley next Friday
does anyone know when will 22 play go chiefs
>>>Channel 3 news reported that the NHS quarterback got ejected for taunting and that his eligibility for next week is in question. That’s not good.
That’s not correct on their part. According to Coach Wheatley, he was *disqualified* for the remainder of the Freeport game. That makes him eligible for next Friday night against Chipley.
Channel 3 news reported that the NHS quarterback got ejected for taunting and that his eligibility for next week is in question. That’s not good.
Go chiefs next week chiefs we need to do a blackout game everyone needs to wear black
Who won the Chipley and Bonifay game
Congratulations Chiefs!!! So proud of your efforts last night and throughout the year. Keep it Up!!!
Y’all be loud tonight! Louder than ever before! Y’all be our 12th man tonight! Tell everyone around to be as loud as possible.. We do feed off of it