Northview Holds Football, Cheerleader Banquet
December 18, 2018
The Northview High School Chiefs held their annual football and cheer banquet Monday night at the Walnut Hill Baptist Church.
For a photo gallery, click here.
Football Award Winners
Top Academic Achiever: Seth Killam
Top Offensive Back: Trent Peebles
Top Linebacker: Lance McLaughlin
Top Defensive Back: Keyshawn Breedlove
Top Offensive Lineman: Keegun Johnston
Top Defensive Lineman: Jaheem Durant and Jojo Parker
Top Newcomer: Damerion Findley
Utility Award: Seth Killam
Chief Award: Alex McMinn
Special Teams MVP: Gary Clayton
Defensive MVP: Lance McLaughlin
Offensive MVP: Jayden Jackson
Cheerleader Award Winners
Leadership Award: Gabrielle Kline
Team Player: Jessie McCall and Briana White Spruill
Showmanship: Cloe Smith
>Integrity Award: Shelby Bashore
Coach’s Award: Abigail Nelson and Hannah Hughes
JV Leadership, Showmanship and Coach’s Award: Taylor McMinn
Seniors: Dalton Hamilton (mascot), Gabrielle Kline, Shelby Bashore, Ashlan Harigel, Hannah Ellis, Kherstin Johnson, Jessie McCall, Madison Nassar.
Photos by Lacey McLaughlin and others for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Jay High’s Edwards Signs Golf Scholarship
December 16, 2018
Jay High School senior Sarah Edwards has signed a golf scholarship with Florida Gulf Coast University. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
West Wins All Star Football Game; Killam Receives GPA Award
December 15, 2018
The West team from Escambia County beat the East team 9-0 Friday night the 15th annual Subway High School All-Star game at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
Northview High School quartback Seth Killam received the academic award for overall GPA.
Players taking part were:
West Team Roster (Escambia County):
Catholic - Tykies Hestle - DB
Catholic - Tyree Dunn - DL/ILB/OG
Catholic - Ryan Gay - OL
Escambia - Patrick Sanders - DB/S
Escambia - Jesse Saulsberry - DB/S
Escambia - Tadarius Dunn - LB
Escambia - Rodney Robinson - LB
Escambia - Ronnie Perez - K
Escambia - Isaac Barrow - OL/DL
Escambia - Aric Harris - OL
Escambia - Eric Jones - OL
Escambia - Noah Lord - LB
Northview - Lance McLaughlin - ILB
Northview - Seth Killam - ATH
Pensacola - Ernst Stallworth - WR/DB/St
Pensacola - Najahte King - LB
Pensacola - Ja’Rod Nobles - DB
Pensacola - Abram Smiley - RB
Pensacola - Greg Perkins - WR/TE
Pensacola - Hunter Rayburn - C/DL
Pensacola - James Kitt - DE/N
Pensacola - Jacobi Lyles - DE, N, OL
Pine Forest - Martin Emerson - CB/S
Pine Forest - Wyatt Gill - MLB
Pine Forest - Devon Witherspoon - CB/S
Pine Forest - Anwar Lewis - RB/Slot
Pine Forest - Taajhir McCall - DE
Pine Forest - John Gill - OT
Tate - Patrick Palmer - WR/DB/RB
Tate - Spencer Ruiz - WR
Tate - Hunter Riggan - QB
Washington - Julian Robinson - RB
Washington - Jordan Payne - DL
Washington - Tim Robinson - OL
Washington - Kysam Mohammed - FB/LB/LS
West Florida - Antarrius Moultrie - MLB
West Florida - Keyshawn Swanson - DB/WR
West Florida - Amir McDaniel - DB/WR
West Florida - Xavier Pugh-Davis - WR
West Florida - Taylor Meacham - DL
West Florida - Darius Washington - OT
West Florida - Tyler Sanders - OL
West Florida - Trevor Jordan - QB
The coaching staff for the west team will be head coach Rhett Summerford of West Florida High School assisted by a representative from each school in Escambia County.
East Team Roster (Okaloosa and Santa Rosa County):
Baker - Octavian Mclaughlin - RB
Baker - Derek Peoples - CB
Baker - Zach Mason - DT
Choctaw - Brady Peters - QB
Choctaw - Johnny Holquin - TE
Choctaw - Nathan Lewis - LB
Choctaw - Mason Bruns - P/OLB
Choctaw - Marketrius Warmble - Corner
Choctaw - Chris Beverly - C/Guard
Crestview - John Gillis - QB
Crestview - Bryson Norris - OL
Crestview - Luther Fagalima - OL
Crestview - Weston Tew - OL
Crestview - Marcus Maloy - WR
Fort Walton Beach - Shiloh Addo-Nobles - DE
Fort Walton Beach - Daquis Upshaw - CB
Fort Walton Beach - Ra’Shiek Hawthorne - DT
Gulf Breeze - Cooper Harris - WR
Gulf Breeze - London Parries - S/C
Gulf Breeze - Carl Taylor - LB/RB
Gulf Breeze - Harrison O’Daniel - LB
Jay - James Eddings - RB
Jay - Stone Brown - LB
Milton - Tavian Williams - LB
Milton - Marquise McRoy - WR
Milton - Xavier Robinson - DB
Milton - Justin Campbell - DL
Navarre - Alex Gilchrist - DL/TE
Navarre - Matthew Downey - SS/FS
Navarre - Kevin Taich - PK
Navarre - Bryson Garner - OL
Navarre - Mitchell Hunt - DT, OT, LS,
Niceville - Jack White - QB/Slot/FS
Niceville - T.J Pope - RB
Niceville - Eyin Cole - WR/FS
Niceville - Xavier Graham - OL/DL
Niceville - Aiden Ancog - OL/DL
Pace - Coltan Bennett - FS
Pace - Erin Holland - OLB
Pace - Robert Wright - OLB
Pace - Daniel Tate - OL
Pace - Jacob Lewis - OL
Rocky Bayou - Nick Bowers - OL
The coaching staff for the east team will be Greg Thomas of Choctaw High School assisted by a representative from each participating school in Okaloosa and Santa Rosa County.
Pictured: Northview’s Lance McLaughlin, Ray Bush, Keegun Johnston and Seth Killam at Friday night’s Subway All-Star Game at Blue Wahoos Stadium. Photo courtesy Lacey McLaughlin for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
New High School Football Classifications Announced; Tate Moves Up
December 15, 2018
The Florida High School Athletic Association has announced new football classifications for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
The big local change is in Class 6A with the three teams changing classes. Tate and Navarre move up to District 1-7A with Crestview, Chiles, Niceville, Leon and Lincoln.
Pine Forest will move down from 6A to District 1-5A with West Florida, Pensacola High, Arnold, Bay and Choctaw.
District 1-6A will still include Escambia, Washington, Pace, Gulf Breeze and Milton, with the addition of Mosley and Fort Walton Beach.
Northview and Jay will remain in the rural Class 1A with Baker, Chilpley, Cottondale, Freeport, Graceville, Holmes County and Vernon.
Pensacola Catholic remains in Class 3A.
Classifications were based solely on student enrollment, then geography. If a school disagrees with the classifications, they can become an independent for the two year classification cycle.
File photos by Jennifer Repine for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Prep Basketball: Northview Beats Neal; Pine Forest Over Tate
December 12, 2018
High school basketball scores from Tuesday night:
BOYS
Northview 72, W.S. Neal 52
—Northview was led by Joseph Johnson with 23, Jason Fayard with 14 and Seth Killam with 11. Up next: The Chiefs take part in the Jay Christmas Tournament Thursday and Friday.
Pine Forest 69, Tate 50
GIRLS
W.S. Neal 36, Northview 30
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Two More Tate Volleyball Seniors Sign With Colleges
December 12, 2018
Four of six Tate High School volleyball seniors have now signed to play at the collegiate level.
Lauren Seibert (pictured above) signed with Wallace State Community College on Tuesday.
Claire Roverson (pictured below) signed with Florida Gateway College on Friday.
Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Flomaton QB Club Raising Money For Championship Rings
December 12, 2018
The Flomaton High School Quarterback Club is raising money to purchase championship rings for the Flomaton Hurricanes.
Last week, the Hurricanes won the 3A state football championship 23-12 over Piedmont in Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium.. It was the first ever state finals trip, and the first ever championship win, in the 94 year history of the Flomaton football program.
The QB Club has a special account set up at the Escambia County Bank in Flomaton for contributions. Checks should be payable to “FQC 2018 State Championship Rings”.
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Tate Volleyball’s Talbert Signs With University Of Texas
December 10, 2018
In His Own Words: Flomaton Football Coach Doug Vickery On 3A Championship
December 10, 2018
Flomaton High School football coach Doug Vickery, in his own words, on the Hurricanes’ historic 3A State Championship:
“Words can’t express how happy I am for these boys. I get a little emotional talking about it because we spent because we spend so much time, blood, sweat and tears with these guys. A lot of hard work goes into this.’
God’s in control. He has has His hand on this team the whole year. He’s blessed us. We’ve had a few ups and downs. In the middle the season we had a couple of valleys. The guys never quit, just keep battling back.”
“We lost one of of our cheerleaders the last week of the season. We lost that game.”
“We’ve had a lot of emotion go into this. I told them when we beat Thomasville 43-42 — it was an unbelievable game — I told them we will be in Auburn. Each week I told them we would be in Auburn, and they believed it. We’ve been in Auburn, and we won it.
“Wow, you can’t put words on it to 0 express how I am and proud for the community and fans.”
“Especially the players. I have been here 13 years. There have been a lot of people that said you can’t win a state championship in Flomaton. Matter of fact when I went there, somebody said I didn’t need to go there and take the job. And our principal Scott Hammond took a chance on me. Hopefully we’ve made him happy today…He seemed pretty happy.”
“There’s even been people in out community say you could’t win a state championship in Flomaton. I am I just so proud for the people that believed in us, proud for these boys.”
For game details and a photo gallery, click here.
Pictured: Flomaton Hurricane football coach Doug Vickery. Photo for NorthEscambia.com by Trent Penny/Anniston Star, click to enlarge.
Local Cheerleaders Participate In Disney Spirit Spectacular
December 9, 2018
Five area high school cheerleaders took part in the recent Varsity Spirit Spectacular at Disney World in Orlando. They were Gabrielle Kline from Northview High School and Katelyn Starosta, Carly Willis, Jaeci Cooley and Catrina Crandall from Jay High School. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
