Gulf Breeze Tops Tate (With Photo Gallery)
September 23, 2022
The Gulf Breeze Dolphins defeated the Tate Aggies in three straight sets Thursday night in Cantonment.
Gulf Breeze won 25-15, 25-13, 25-17.
For a photo gallery, click or tap here.
Tate (8-12) will host Pensacola High (12-6) on Monday at 6:30 p.m. Gulf Breeze (14-3, 3-0) will host Choctaw (15-3) on Tuesday.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Here Is Tonight’s High School Football Schedule
September 23, 2022
Here is this week’s North Escambia area high school football schedule:
FLORIDA
- Baker at Northview
- Jay at Holmes County
- West Florida at Pine Forest
- Milton at Escambia
- LeFlore at Washington
- Pensacola Catholic at Mobile Christian
- Leon at Navarre
- Gulf Breeze 38, Pensacola High 8 (Thursday)
- Bye Week: Tate, Pace
ALABAMA
- Valiant Cross Academy at Escambia Academy
- Escambia County (Atmore) at Monroe County
- Bye Week: Flomaton, W.S. Neal, T.R. Miller
Pictured: The Northview Chiefs took down Elberta 49-24 last Friday night. NorthEscambia.com photos click to enlarge.
Blue Wahoos Complete Comeback To Force Decisive Game Three With Biscuits
September 23, 2022
Trailing 5-0 with time running short to save their season, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos charged back in the late innings to defeat the Montgomery Biscuits 6-5 on Thursday night and force a winner-take-all Game Three.
Nasim Nuñez came through with the biggest hit of the night, hitting his first Double-A home run in the bottom of the eighth to put Pensacola ahead for good.
Eury Pérez allowed four runs over 3.0 innings as the Biscuits took an early lead for the second game in a row. Kameron Misner grounded an RBI triple into the right field corner and Kyle Manzardo lifted a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead in the first inning, and an Alika Williams sacrifice fly was followed by a Brett Wisely RBI double in the second to put the Biscuits ahead 4-0.
Pérez was replaced by Patrick Monteverde in the fourth, and Jordan Qsar greeted him with a solo home run to extend Montgomery’s lead to 5-0. But the lefty settled in, pitching into the eighth without any further damage to keep the game within reach.
Biscuits starter Sean Hunley allowed only an infield single over his first 5.0 innings, but finally cracked in the sixth as Davis Bradshaw hit an RBI double to get the Blue Wahoos on the board. Thomas Jones hit a two-run homer to draw the Blue Wahoos within a pair at 5-3.
In the seventh, the Blue Wahoos pounced on former teammate Josh Roberson to tie the game 5-5 on a two-out, two-run single from Bradshaw. Sean Reynolds (W, 1-0) stranded an inherited runner in the top of the eighth to preserve the tie.
Nuñez, who had hit only two home runs in his professional career, launched a solo blast over the right field wall against Chris Gau (L, 0-1) to give the Blue Wahoos their first lead of the night. Reynolds allowed a leadoff single in the ninth, but coaxed a game-ending double play from Blake Hunt to close it out.
The Blue Wahoos will play the decisive Game Three of the Southern League Division Series against the Montgomery Biscuits on Friday night.
by Erik Bremer, Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Tate Volleyball Tops West Florida (With Gallery)
September 21, 2022
Tate High School volleyball defeated West Florida Tuesday night with the Aggies taking three of four sets.
The Lady Aggies also honored educators during a teacher appreciation night.
Up next, Tate will host Gulf Breeze Thursday night.
For more photos, click or tap here.
Photos by Matt Durham for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Bonus Photos: Northview Band, Cheerleaders, ROTC, Homecoming
September 19, 2022
The Northview Chiefs celebrated a homecoming win over Elberta Friday night.
- For a bonus gallery with the band, cheerleaders, ROTC and more, click here.
- For new football action photos and a game summary, click here.
- For the homecoming court and photos, click here.
- For the homecoming parade, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Blue Wahoos Wrap Regular Season With 5-2 Win Over Biloxi
September 19, 2022
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos ended their 10th regular season in team history with a 5-2 win over the Biloxi Shuckers on Sunday afternoon, heading to the Southern League playoffs with a 68-63 record.
In just his second Double-A start, Luis Palacios (W, 1-0) silenced the Shuckers with 5.0 one-hit innings to snap Biloxi’s winning streak at nine and avoid a sweep.
The Blue Wahoos broke through in the third inning against Carlos Luna (L, 5-6) with a Griffin Conine RBI single to take a 1-0 lead. After Biloxi’s Tristen Lutz briefly tied the game 1-1 with a solo homer in the fifth, Pensacola came right back with another Conine RBI single and a Will Banfield RBI double in the bottom of the inning to reclaim the lead for good.
Conine ends the regular season with 24 home runs and 74 runs batted in, both single-season records for the Blue Wahoos franchise.
Palacios handed the game to the Pensacola bullpen after five innings as Jorge Mercedes, Tyler Mitzel, Chandler Jozwiak and Andrew McInvale (S, 1) kept Biloxi at arm’s length. Davis Bradshaw capped the scoring with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to bring the score to a 5-2 final.
After an off day on Monday, the Blue Wahoos begin the best-of-three Southern League Division Series against the Montgomery Biscuits on Tuesday night in Montgomery.
by Erik Bremer, Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Wahoos Drop Fifth Straight
September 18, 2022
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos saw their losing streak reach a season-high five games on Saturday night, falling 4-1 to the Biloxi Shuckers.
Marcus Chiu’s solo home run in the third was one of only three hits the Blue Wahoos managed all night, as a quality start from Cody Mincey (L, 5-7) was squandered by Pensacola’s struggling offense.
The Shuckers took a 2-0 lead in the second with back-to-back homers from Zavier Warren and Tristen Lutz, and answered Chiu’s home run with a solo blast from Nick Kahle in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead.
Nick Bennett (W, 7-11) established a new career high with 11 strikeouts over 7.0 dominant innings for Biloxi, allowing only Chiu’s home run and a J.D. Orr single in his final start of the year.
An RBI single from Jackson Chourio in the seventh stretched Biloxi’s lead to 4-1, and Harold Chirino (S, 3) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to help the Shuckers to their ninth straight win.
The Blue Wahoos play their final game of the regular season against the Shuckers on Sunday afternoon.
by Erik Bremer, Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Northview Gets 49-24 Homecoming Win Over Elberta
September 17, 2022
The Northview Chiefs earned the crown on homecoming night Friday in Bratt with a 49-24 win over the Warriors of Elberta, Alabama.
Northview head coach Wes Summerford said it was not a pretty win.
“Over the course of a season you are going to have some wins like that,” he said. “It wasn’t pretty, but y end of the night we got the win.”
For an action photo gallery, click here.
He said several big defensive stops were the turning point for the Chiefs.
“The defense was just able to stop in the second half,” Summerford said.
Northview quarterback Kaden Odom had touchdown runs of 3-yards and 10-yards. Odom also hit Wyatt Scruggs from 17-yards out for a touchdown, and Odom found Aiden Broadhead from 11-yards out for another TD for the Chiefs.
Jamarkus Jefferson had touchdown runs of 19-yards, 42-yards, and 22-yards. Luke Bridges and Scruggs each had good 2-point conversion runs. And Chiefs kicker Brandon Ferguson had three good point afters through the uprights.
Next week, the Chiefs (4-0) will host the Baker Gators (3-1).
Summerford knows that Baker Gators are headed to Bratt looking for a win.
“We’ve got to stop the run; that’s for sure. They are going to do a little bit of our own game at us,” he said. “They are going to run the football on us, and we’ll see how tough we’ve gotten these last four weeks.
- For an action photo gallery, click here.
- For a bonus gallery with the band, cheerleaders, ROTC and more, click here.
- For the homecoming court and photos, click here.
- For the homecoming parade, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Tate Aggies Fall To The Navarre Raiders 38-20 (With Gallery)
September 17, 2022
The Navarre Raiders defeated the Tate Aggies 38-20 Friday night at Tate’s Pete Gindl Stadium.
The Raiders took an early 7-0 lead with 3:25 to go in the second quarter on a 5-yard touchdown run.
A pass from Tate’s Taite Davis was picked off in the endzone by Navarre, setting up Navarre’s offense on the 1-yard line. On a big tackle, Tate’s Conner Mason downed Navarre back in the endzone for a safety, making it 7-2 with 2:35 on the clock before the half.
With no time on the clock in the half, Davis was in from 2-yards out, putting Tate on top 8-7 at halftime.
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But Navarre was back on top 13-8 after returning the second half kickoff 92-yards for a touchdown.
Andre Colston added an Aggie touchdown with a 53-yard run, putting the Aggies back on top by one, 14-13 with just under 11 minutes in the third.
The Raiders improved to 3-1, while the Aggies are 1-3.
The Aggies will be off next Friday night before hitting the road September 30 to take on Milton.
NorthEscambia.com photos by Jennifer Repine, click to enlarge.
High School Football Scoreboard
September 17, 2022
Here are the Friday night football scores from across the North Escambia area.
FLORIDA
- Northview 49, Elberta 24 [Click for photos, story.]
- Navarre 38, Tate 20 [Click for photos, story.]
- Pine Forest 28, Choctaw 7
- Escambia, 38, Fort Walton Beach 0
- Pensacola Catholic 46, Lighthouse Private Christian Academy 0
- Gulf Breeze 35, Milton 14
- Crestview 29, Pace 21
- Baker 36, Jefferson County 12
- Bye: Jay, Washington, West Florida Pensacola.
ALABAMA
- Excel 31, Flomaton 24
- Jackson Academy 51, Escambia Academy 6
- Escambia County (Atmore) 34, Wilcox Central 0
- W.S. Neal 28, Hillcrest Evergreen 27
- T.R. Miller 38, Orange Beach 13
Pictured: The Northview Chiefs took down Elberta 49-24 Friday night. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.