United Way Of Escambia County Expands Into Santa Rosa County
April 27, 2019
The United Way of Escambia County Board of Directors has approved a motion to incorporate Santa Rosa County into the organization’s service area. This came at the request of United Way Worldwide, who approached United Way of Escambia County about assuming the territory.
“We stand ready to serve our neighboring county, and to ensure its residents have access to the services and resources they need,” said Laura Gilliam, president and CEO of United Way of Escambia County. “There is a natural relationship between Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties given their geographic proximity,” Gilliam added, “16 of the 30 agencies currently receiving grant funding from United Way of Escambia County provide services to both counties.”
United Way of Escambia County will soon begin the process of reaching out to key stakeholders, community groups, agency representatives, and other leaders in the Santa Rosa community to determine the most pressing needs and urgent priorities in the county.
United Way of Escambia County currently serves more than 313,000 people. Expanding services to include Santa Rosa County will increase that number to more than 480,000 individuals between the two counties. In 2018, the organization generated financial resources in excess of $2.5 million and coordinated more than 45,000 hours of volunteer service.
Northview Gets Senior Night Win Over Baker
April 27, 2019
Northview 9, Baker 0
The Northview Chiefs completed a two-game sweep over Baker 9-0 Friday night. Tuesday night, the Chiefs beat Baker 16-4.
After a scoreless first inning, the Chiefs took a 4-up lead in the bottom of the second Friday night before adding five in the third.
The Chiefs stand at 14-4 overall, a perfect 8-0 in the district. They have one regular season game remaining Monday at Pensacola High School.
Also Friday night, the Chiefs honored seniors Jacob Bryant, Seth Killam, Tanner Levins, Alex McMinn, Jackson Moore, Billy Rolin, Nick Venable and Taylor Wilson during Senior Night.
For game action and Senior Night photos, click here.
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Escambia Tops Tate; Pine Forest Beats Pace
April 27, 2019
Escambia 1, Tate 0
The Tate Aggies fell to the Escambia Gators 1-0 Friday night.
Cole Fryman went six innings for Tate, allowing one run on six hits, walking one and striking out 10. Fryman led the Aggies at the plate, going 2-2 with a double. Jadon Fryman was 1-3 for the Aggies.
Tate 11, Escambia 0
The JV Tate Aggies shut out Escambia 11-0 Friday afternoon. On Wednesday, the JV Aggies beat Escambia 9-0.
Pine Forest 7, Pace 0
The Pine Forest Eagles shut out Pace 7-0 Friday night.
Tekoah Roby took the win for Pine Forest, giving up no runs on three hits, walking one and striking out nine in seven innings.
Roby sent 3-4 at the plate with a homer. Jason Roberts was 1-5 with a homerun. Timmy Williams and Nolan Rigby had two hits each for Pine Forest.
File photo.
Tate Aggies Football Players Volunteer In Beulah Elementary Car Rider Line
April 27, 2019
Members of the Tate High School varsity and junior varsity football teams greeted students and helped out in the car ride line Friday morning at Beulah Elementary School. The Aggies will continue the car rider outreach next week at Pine Meadow Elementary, followed by Jim Allen Elementary, Lipscomb Elementary and possibly other schools. Photos by Dorrian Vance for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Superintendent Encourages Jim Allen Elementary Students To Always Do Their Best
April 27, 2019
Friday, Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas visited Jim Allen Elementary School to inspire third, fourth and fifth grade students to do their best. Thomas shared his life story, including his time as a Jim Allen student. He encouraged the students to work hard on the upcoming state assessments and challenged them to always put forth their best effort at all times. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Jackson Beats The Pensacola Blue Wahoos
April 27, 2019
Since returning from the injured list following a quad strain, Jaylin Davis has been nearly unstoppable at the plate, raising his average on the season from .259 to .351, second best in the Southern League, with a torrid 13-30 stretch over the past seven games. After knocking three hits last night, including a go-ahead three-run home run in the tenth inning, Davis picked up where he’d left off in tonight’s game against the Jackson Generals, becoming the first Blue Wahoo to have four hits in a a game since Gabriel Guerrero did over a year ago in April 2018.
Unfortunately for Pensacola, Davis’ big night wasn’t enough to propel them to victory in a 12-7 loss to the Generals.
The Blue Wahoos continued their streak of early scoring, scoring first for the 17th time this season with two runs in the first and an additional run in the second inning. In the first, Tanner English drilled a one-out triple and came in to score on a double from Davis. Travis Blankenhorn, in his first Double-A at-bat, singled home Davis.
In the second, Mitchell Kranson extended Pensacola’s lead by singling home Drew Maggi, who had doubled.
The lead wasn’t safe, as Jackson scored three times in the home half of the third. After cruising through the first two innings and striking out four consecutive hitters, including K’ing the side in the second inning, Jorge Alcala ran into trouble in the third.
He walked the lead off batter in the inning and the allowed a double to Ryan Grotjohn. A balk brought home the first runner and an RBI single by Galli Cribbs Jr. cut Pensacola’s lead to 3-2. After a walk, Jamie Westbrook hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game.
The wheels came off for Alcala in the fourth, as he allowed the first four batters in the inning to reach base before being replaced by Tyler Jay. All four of Alcala’s runners scored in the inning, leaving him with a final line of 3.0 innings pitched, six hits, seven runs (six earned), three walks, and four strikeouts.
Jay threw 2.0 innings of relief, allowing two runs on one hit and two walks while Jackson took a 9-3 lead.
The Blue Wahoos offense didn’t quit despite the deficit. Drew Maggi reached on a hit by pitch in the sixth, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by Luis Arraez.
An inning later, the Wahoos added another run, using a lead off double by Davis and RBI ground out by Caleb Hamilton to cut Jackson’s lead to 9-5.
The Wahoos scored twice in the eighth to make the ballgame tight. Arraez walked and English doubled to lead off the inning. A Kranson ground out scored Arraez and Davis plated English with a single, making it 9-7.
Jackson used three hits, two walks, and a fielding error to score three times in the home half of the eighth off reliever Sam Clay. and put the game out of reach, sailing to a 12-9 win with former Twins farmhand Michael Kohn’s league-leading fifth save of the season.
The loss drops Pensacola’s record to 15-7 while Jackson improves to 12-8 as the two team’s prepare for game three of their five-game series Saturday evening.
Need A Job? Escambia County (AL) Schools Holding Job Fair Saturday
April 26, 2019
The Escambia County (AL) School System is hiring.
They will hold a job fair Saturday as they look to hire for a variety of positions, including administration, teachers for all grade levels, special education teachers, career tech teachers and bus drivers.
The job fair will be held from 9 a.m. until noon April 27 at Escambia County Middle School at 1565 North Highway 21 in Atmore
Tate Aggie Freshmen Finish Season Undefeated
April 26, 2019
The Tate Aggie Freshmen finished their season undefeated at 13-0-1. The team had a .378 team batting average and a team ERA of a 1.95. Pictured are (bottom row, L-R) Manager Dawson Guy, Tucker Griffin, Wiley Griffin, Chase Lombardo, Brent Vinson, Cam Larocca, Dagan Guy, Paul Whitson, (top row, L-R) Head Coach Robb Whitfield, Jaxson Stafford, Caleb Murph, Waren Henke, Kirk Mosley, Saxon Hill, Luke Gandy, Conner Wright, Josiah Glodfelter, Assistant Coach Brett Weeks. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Ransom Middle’s Book Club Gets Surprise Thank You Visit From Healing Paws For Warriors
April 26, 2019
Veterans and service dogs from Healing Paws for Warriors surprised Ransom Middle School students this week to thank them for all their hard work in collecting 366 pairs of shoes for the organization.
They had set a goal to collect 100 pairs of shoes to benefit Healing Paws for Warriors, a group that rescues shelter dogs and trains them to become service dogs for veterans.
But the shoes just kept walking in. Pair after pair after pair during the February shoe drive.
When the counting was done, the 35 students that started Kicks for a Cause had collected 366 pairs of shoes.
“These kids, two counties away, saw this and thought, we can make a difference and their difference was huge,” said Shelia Hale, director of operations and co-founder of Healing Paws for Warriors. “What they did by collecting shoes, a goal of 100 (pairs), that they tripled if not more, and then they opened the door for other schools to do the same thing.”
Kicks for a Cause is a shoe drive created by librarian Crystal Roberts and her student book club members for Acts of Kindness Week. Healing Paws will receive $10 for every 25 pairs of donated shoes, helping the organization with the $5,000 cost to train a service dog.The donated shoes will also be used to help needy people in 24 Third World countries.
“I think that (the students) understood the facts about why we did the shoe drive,” Roberts said during the visit, “but today I think they got to see the faces behind the reason we did the shoe drive.”
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Best Of The Class Of 2019 Honored From Escambia High Schools
April 26, 2019
The top students from the Class of 2019 from Escambia County’s high schools were recognized Thursday night as the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation hosted the 2019 Senior Academic Awards program at Washington High School.
The Senior Academic Awards recognized outstanding academic achievement, represented by the top five students from each school with the highest GPAs at the end of the first semester of their senior year and the top student from each of the six academic disciplines. Students received a personalized medallion and a Congressional certificate.
Honorees are listed below under a photo from each school, scroll down, click to enlarge.
Escambia High School
Ava Alfaro-Barber – Top Five
Cameron Downey – Top Five
Angel Goldsby – Top Five
Laney Jernigan – Top Five
Austin Skinnner – Top Five
Sydney Helms – Career & Technical
Kara Muscha – English
Alena Freyhofer – Foreign Language
Jha’Keariyon Wright – Math
Niki Correa – Science
Hannah Aman – Social Studies
Northview High School
Rebecca Nicole Dunn – Top Five
Mikayla Payton Jeneske – Top Five
Seth Hammac Killam – Top Five
Sara Delaney Reynolds – Top Five
Valen Taylor Shelly – Top Five
Ashlan Kaile Harigel – Top Five (early graduate)
Gabrielle F.N. Kline – Career & Technical
Bristol Cade Allen – English
Olivia Grace Porter – Foreign Language
Aaliyah R. Tucker – Math
Austin J. Adams – Science
Justin Alan Cruce – Social Studies
Pensacola High IB Program
Fairchild M. Davis – Top Five
Jacob P. Ferris – Top Five
Gorham D. Partington – Top Five
Ami A. Patel – Top Five
Connor R. Zameska – Top Five
Zachary O. Sahin – Career & Technical
Minh Kieu Thi Tran – English
Parker G. Beverly – Foreign Language
Andrew J. Penton – Math
Andre C. Archer – Science
Savannah Jayne – Social Studies
Reid Harwell – National Merit Finalist
Allee McDonald – National Merit Finalist
Ami Patel – National Merit Finalist
Lillian Wiggins – National Merit Finalist
Pensacola High School
Caitlin Abigail Jennings – Top Five
Liam Ross Kennedy – Top Five
Olivia C. Overvold – Top Five
Richard A. Pope – Top Five
Ifasade Elewa White – Top Five
Kaelynn A. Tanksley – Career & Technical
Adam Jeffrey Davis – English
Anselma Antonio – Foreign Language
Reid M. Sellars – Math
J’Rod Ja’Lynn Nobles – Science
Maya Willliams – Social Studies
Pine Forest High School
Katherine Marie Lupton – Top Five
Noelle E. Matzinger – Top Five
Khanh Quoc Nguyen – Top Five
Jacob Anthony Ward – Top Five
Zialynn M. Wilson – Top Five
Noah Drake Miller – Career & Technical
Kaylie R. McKinney – English
Brianna J. Peters – Foreign Language
Michael D. Gibson – Math
DeAndre T. Williams – Science
Jose Adrian Guerra – Social Studies
Tate High School
Lauren Li Brown – Top Five
John David Dixon – Top Five
Jazmine M. Endress – Top Five
Aaron H. Harberson – Top Five
Briana E. Sabin – Top Five
Jordana R. Jernigan – Career & Technical
Kyler Jayce Nielsen – English
Michael McPherson – Foreign Language
William A. Burns – Math
Bradley Troy Edgar – Science
Cassilyn Owens – Social Studies
Booker T. Washington High School
Kate Bradley – Top Five
Addison Cronk – Top Five
Julia O’Sullivan – Top Five
Walker Parra – Top Five
Johnny Austin Thompson – Top Five
Samuel Jackson – Career & Technical
Kody Kimberl – English
Madeline McCulley – Foreign Language
Joshua Fortune – Math
Jacob Paullin – Science
Madeline Markham – Social Studies
West Florida High School
Maxwell Alderman – Top Five
Mackenzie Schmidt – Top Five
Sara Siler – Top Five
Sage Spiess – Top Five
Phillip Washburn – Top Five
Jasmine Paynter – Career & Technical
Hannah Grace Smith – English
Kaylee Beasley – Foreign Language
Jonathan Hestres- Rivera – Math
Jordan Randall – Science
Sarah Gontarski – Social Studies
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