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Spring Football: Northview Vs. West Florida (With Photo Galleries)
May 18, 2012
The 1A Northview Chiefs lost to the defending 5A district champion West Florida Jaguars in a two-quarter varsity game Thursday evening in Bratt, while the junior varsity teams from the two schools walked away in a tie.
West Florida 14 – Northview 6 (Varsity)
In the first half of the Spring Game, West Florida defeated Northview 14-6 in game where NHS Head Coach Sid Wheatly said the Chiefs were plagued by a few mistakes.
For a varsity photo gallery, click here.
“Mentally, we had a couple of mistakes where we just didn’t take care of our assignment. We had a couple of guys go the wrong way, and it cost us down there when we had a chance to score,” Wheatley said. “We’ve got to get more physical along both fronts — offensively and defensively.”
But Wheatley said the 1A Chiefs will recover form the lost to the 5A Jags.
“We are going to learn from the film; we are going to learn from our mistakes, and we are going to come back and be better for it, he said.”
Once school is out, Wheatley said the summer’s focus will be on building a better team with an eye on the state championship by December.
“We are going to work hard,” he said. “We are going to stay in that weight room. We are going to condition; we are going to work on our speed — all aspects of the game,” he said. “Each individual is going to be a better football player for it, and it’s going to make our team better.”
The Chiefs took an early lead with 6:56 to go in the first quarter of the varsity matchup on a short 1-yard touchdown dash from junior La’Mikal Kyles. After a missed extra point kick from junior Kevin Vaughan, Northview was up 6-0. A Chiefs field goal attempt was not good with 31.2 seconds to go in the first.
West Florida answered quickly with 17.1 seconds on the clock in the first with a touchdown run from Lawrence Lee and good kick the Jaguars took a 7-6 lead headed into the second quarter of varsity play.
The Jags struck again in the second for a 14-6 lead with 2:13 to go before the end of varsity play at the half.
For a varsity photo gallery, click here.
Northview 14 – West Florida 14 (JV)
A two-quarter junior varsity scrimmage ended with the Northview Chiefs and the West Florda Jaguars in a 14-14 tie.
For a junior varsity photo gallery, click here.
“I thought the kids played real hard. We had some guys kind of step up and break some runs for us. We turned the ball over a time or two and probably should have came up with a win. I thought they competed hard,” Wheatley said.
In the first quarter of junior varsity play, LaMikeal Banks scored a touchdown for the Chiefs with 7:35 on the clock. Sophomore Brannon Freeman added a two point conversion for an 8-0 Northview Chiefs lead.
The JV Chiefs expanded their lead with a touchdown run from Austin Dorriety. A missed extra point kick, and the Chiefs were up 14-0.
West Florida narrowed the gap with a touchdown run from Vonché and a kick through the uprights, 14-7 Northview. Then the Jags tied it up with 9:00 on the clock in the second quarter of JV play with a Jacquez Rodgers touchdown, 14-14.
For a junior varsity photo gallery, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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