Chiefs Work Out At Baltimore Orioles Park; Play In Final Four Today

May 13, 2015

Tuesday was a big day for the Northview High baseball team, and today will be an even bigger day, a school history-making day, for the Chiefs.

The Northview Chiefs worked out Tuesday at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, the spring training home of the Baltimore Orioles — compliments of former Century resident and Baltimore Orioles coach Buck Showalter. They also caught a minor league game between the Orioles and the Red Sox.

This afternoon, they will take on Blountstown in the Chiefs first-ever appearance in the FHSAA baseball final four.  Blountstown (21-8) and Northview (19-2) did not meet during the regular season. Blountstown is coming off a 3-1 win over Central in their regional final, while Northview has scored an impressive 26 runs in their last three games.

Today’s game is at 3 p.m. (local North Escambia time) in Jet Blue Park in Fort Myers.  The winner heads to the state championship game on at 7:35 p.m Thursday against the winner of Wednesday night’s Hamilton County versus Williston game.

Live video from Wednesday’s game (and the following 1A semi-final game between Hamilton County and Williston) will air on the NFHS Network. For a FHSAA.org special access rate of $9.95 for one month, click here.

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NorthEscambia.com photo by Ramona Preston, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “Chiefs Work Out At Baltimore Orioles Park; Play In Final Four Today”

  1. Melissa Ward on May 13th, 2015 8:31 am

    Good Luck! I’ll be cheering for you loud and proud back home!

  2. The Killam on May 13th, 2015 7:24 am

    Best Wishes Chiefs-you already made us proud!

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