Northview Horse Judging Team Wins State Championship, Advances To Nationals
April 7, 2019
The Northview High School Horse Judging Team won a state championship Saturday and will advance to the national competition.
Team members are Destiny Cleckler, Brooke Doolittle, Olivia Porter, Autumn Williams and alternate Leia Grantham. Coaches are Courtney Solari and Stephanie Solari.
Additionally, three members placed individually in the state. Williams placed second, Porter placed sixth and Cleckler placed seventh.
Pictured are (L-R) Coach Courtney Solari, Destiny Cleckler, Olivia Porter, Autumn Williams, Leia Grantham, Brooke Doolittle and coach Stephanie Solari. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
CatCountry 98.7’s Brent And Candy Receive ACM Personalities of the Year Award
April 7, 2019
CatCountry 98.7’s Brent Lane and Candy Cullerton were awarded Personalities of the Year for their Cat Pak Morning Show during an Academy of Country Music ceremony on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Lane also won the ACM Personality of the Year in 2009.
Pictured: CatCountry 98.7’s Brent Lane and Candy Cullerton with their ACM Personalities of the Year awards Saturday night in Las Vegas. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Escambia County Weekly Meeting Schedule
April 7, 2019
Here is a schedule of Escambia County public meetings this week:
Monday, April 8
Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization-Technical Coordinating Committee – 8:30 a.m., Pensacola City Hall, 222 W. Main St. (Agenda)
Police Benevolent Association Negotiations – 1 p.m., Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building, 221 Palafox Place, Human Resources Training Room, Second Floor
Marine Advisory Committee – 5:30 p.m., Escambia County Central Office Complex, 3363 West Park Place (Agenda)
Tuesday, April 9
International Association of EMTs and Paramedics Collective Bargaining – 10 a.m., Escambia County Public Safety, 6575 N. “W” St.
Environmental Enforcement Special Magistrate – 1:30 p.m., Escambia County Central Office Complex, 3363 West Park Place (Agenda)
Local Mitigation Strategy Group Board & Planning Committee – 2 p.m., Escambia County Central Office Complex, 3363 West Park Place
Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization Citizens’ Advisory Committee – 3 p.m., Pensacola City Hall, 222 W. Main St. (Agenda)
Escambia County Housing Finance Authority – 5 p.m., 700 S. Palafox St., Suite 310
Merit System Protection Board – 5 p.m., Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building, 221 Palafox Place, Fourth Floor Training Room
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee – 5:30 p.m., 420 W. Chase St. (Agenda)
Wednesday, April 10
East Barrancas Neighborhood Cleanup – 7 a.m.
Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization Board – 9 a.m., 1370 Tiger Point Lane, Gulf Breeze (Agenda)
Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program Technical Committee – 9 a.m., Pensacola City Hall, 222 W. Main St.
Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program Policy Board-Director Interviews – Noon, Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building, 221 Palafox Place, Board Chambers
Development Review Committee – 1 p.m., Escambia County Central Office Complex, 3363 West Park Place
FloridaWest Economic Development Alliance Board of Directors – 1:30 p.m., 418 W. Garden St.
Santa Rosa Island Authority Lease Discussion Board Workshop – 3 p.m., 1 Via De Luna Drive, Pensacola Beach (Agenda)
SRIA Board Meeting - 5 p.m., 1 Via De Luna Drive, Pensacola Beach (Agenda)
Thursday, April 11
Board of County Commissioners Committee of the Whole – 9 a.m., Ernie Lee Magaha Government Building, 221 Palafox Place, Board Chambers
Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program Education Committee – 5 p.m., Escambia County Central Office Complex, 3363 West Park Place
Science Hour – Water Safety – 6 p.m., Escambia County Central Office Complex, 3363 West Park Place
NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Tate Showband Holds Annual Spring Car Wash At Five Locations
April 7, 2019
The Tate High School Showband of the South held their annual Spring Car Wash Saturday at five locations — Advance Auto Parts in Cantonment, O’Reilly Auto Parts on Pine Forest Road, Pizza Hut on Nine Mile Road and Tractor Supply. Photos by Tami Skipper for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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Lady Aggies Take Second In Kissimmee Klassic In Lightning Coin Toss
April 7, 2019
The Tate Lady Aggies finished second in the annual Kissimmee Klassic Tournament Saturday night — due to lightning.
The Lady Aggies went undefeated through three games, scoring 21 runs while allowing only one earned run through the weekend. The championship game was decided by a coin toss due to lightning.
Earlier in the day, the Lady Aggies shut out Keystone Heights 5-0.
Abbie Burks earned the win in the circle. She surrendered no runs on five hits, had no errors and had two strikeouts.
Ryleigh Cawby and Gabby Locke had three hits each for Tate.
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Wahoos Get Shutout Win Over Mobile
April 7, 2019
After Blue Wahoos starting pitchers Jorge Alcala and Brusdar Graterol combined to allow just one run over 9.2 innings and strike out 12 batters during Friday evening’s doubleheader sweep in Mobile, Devin Smeltzer had a tough act to follow during his Saturday night start at Hank Aaron Stadium.
If the bar was set high, he raised it.
The 23-year-old lefty opened his season with one of the finest outings of his professional career, carrying a perfect game into the fifth inning and finishing the night with nine strikeouts over 5.2 two-hit innings.
Smeltzer was sharp from the beginning, striking out BayBears’ top prospect Brandon Marsh to open the game in a 1-2-3 first inning. The strikeouts kept coming in the second inning, as he struck out the final two batters of the inning before opening the third with two more strikeouts.
After another K in the fourth, he opened the fifth having not allowed a baserunner to reach. The leadoff hitter in the inning, Jhoan Urena, quickly ended the no-hit bid with a ground ball single through the right side, but Smeltzer was unfazed, striking out two more to strand Urena.
Opposing Smeltzer, BayBears starting pitcher Patrick Sandoval was also strong, striking out four in the first two innings. The Blue Wahoos manufactured a run against him in the third, with Jordan Gore reaching on a dropped third strike and then coming all the way around to score from first on a throwing error by Mobile third baseman Roberto Baldoquin.
The 1-0 score held until the fifth inning when the Blue Wahoos offense broke out. Jimmy Kerrigan led off the inning with a towering home run to left, his second in as many days to make it 2-0 in Pensacola’s favor. The Wahoos then strung together a walk and hits by Caleb Hamilton, Gore, Brian Schales, and Taylor Grzelakowski to score twice more.
With a 4-0 lead, Smeltzer cruised into the sixth inning. He allowed his second hit of the game with one out in the inning but struck out Jahmai Jones for the second out before turning the ball over to reliever Adam Bray.
Smeltzer finished with a line of 5.2 innings pitched, two hits, no runs, one walk, and nine strikeouts. With the strong effort by the lefty, Blue Wahoos starting pitchers now have a 0.59 ERA through three games, having allowed just one run in 15.1 innings while striking out 21.
Pensacola extended their lead to 5-0 on an RBI single by Jaylin Davis in the seventh inning while Bray combined with Ryan Mason to throw 2.1 scoreless innings of relief to secure the victory and the second shutout of the year by the Wahoos.
With the win, the Blue Wahoos improve to 3-0 on the season. Pensacola and Mobile will continue their five-game series at Hank Aaron Stadium Sunday.
Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Cantonment Man Climbed Through Window, Sexually Battered Woman, Police Say
April 6, 2019
A Cantonment man has been charged in connection with allegedly climbing through a window and sexually battering a woman last year.
Teremis Marchristopher Boykin, 27, was charged with sexually battery, false imprisonment, battery and burglary with assault or battery.
The victim attended a party thrown by Boykin last November, and he asked to go home with her but she refused, according to an arrest report. At some point after the party, Boykin allegedly climbed through the victim’s apartment window and sexually assaulted her. He then “snuggled” with her before leaving the apartment, according to Pensacola Police.
The victim did not report the incident until February because she was thinking if she didn’t tell anyone it would all go away and she would forget about it, the arrest report states.
Boykin told police the two previously had a romantic relationship, and they had planned before the party for him to spend the night.
Boykin was arrested this week. He remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $302,500.
FHSAA Moves Football Championship Games To Tallahassee, Daytona Beach
April 6, 2019
The road to the state football championship will be a shorter one for 1A-3A teams and a change of scenery for other classes.
The FHSAA announced Friday that the 1A-3A state championship games will be played in Tallahassee for at least the next three years, and the 4A-8A games will be held in Daytona Beach.
“I think this was a great move by the FHSAA,” Northview head coach Derek Marshman said. “The FHSAA is starting to listen more to schools’ requests, and this is a big step in what schools and coaches want. Over 90% of the 1A schools are from Pensacola to Jacksonville, so this makes sense.”
For Northview High School, for instance, the distance to a state championship game drops from about 450 miles to Orlando to about 200 miles to Tallahassee. That means a much easier trip for teams and fans, Marshman said.
When Northview defeated Trenton for the 2012 1A state championship in, over 3,000 Northview fans were on hand in Orlando in what was then known as the Florida Citrus Bowl. It’s now called the Camping World Stadium and holds 65,000 people.
The 1A-3A championship games will be played December 5-7 this year on the artificial turf in the 6,500 capacity Gene Cox Stadium.
“The smaller stadium will make a big difference in the feel of the game,” Marshman said. “There’s no way for a 1A team to fill the stadium in Orlando. But in Gene Cox in Tallahassee, teams can look up and it will be a big time feel with a stadium that’s nearly full.”
The 4A-8A games will be placed December 11-14 at Daytona Stadium, capacity 15,000.
“After listening to feedback from our membership, we felt having two locations stretched out over two weeks made the most sense,” FHSAA Executive Director George Tomyn said. “This new schedule gives families and fans the most flexibility when it comes to supporting their student-athletes.”
Both venues recently underwent significant renovations. Daytona’s $20 million renovation included new field turf, remodeled locker rooms, an open-air VIP club, VIP space with theater seating and a completely redesigned expansive concourse area. Gene Cox Stadium underwent an $800,000 renovation featuring installations of completely new field turf and a pair of HD video boards.
For a Pensacola area team, such as Tate High School, the distance to Daytona Beach and Orlando are essentially equal.
Pictured: The Northview Chiefs won the 2012 1A state championship in Orlando. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Spring Livestock Show Winners Announced
April 6, 2019
Results have been announced from the recent Gulf Coast Agriculture and Natural Resources Youth Organization Spring Livestock Show.
Youth exhibited chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows. In addition to showing their animals in the show ring, youth were quizzed on their knowledge of their projects. In the show ring youth may compete in two types of classes, one focused on the youth which is known as showmanship, and the other focused on the animal in either a breed or weight class.
Results were as follows:
Beef Breeding Supreme Champion- Izzy Kent
Beef Breeding Reserve Champion- Savannah Bradshaw
Grand Champion Preview Steer- Savannah Bradshaw
Reserve Champion Preview Steer- Allen Thomas Bridgers
Grand Champion Market Steer- Lane Booker
Reserve Champion Market Steer- Jessica Conti
Grand Champion Market Swine- Allen Thomas Bridgers
Reserve Champion Market Swine- Keaton Fuqua
Grand Champion Market Meat Goat- Isabella Kent
Reserve Champion Market Meat Goat- Madison Fendley
Grand Champion Dairy Goat- Tucker Padgett
Reserve Champion Dairy Goat- Madison Fendley
Grand Champion Sheep Breeding- Austin Manning
Reserve Champion Sheep Breeding- Emily Miller
Grand Champion Bird- Kyler Bennet
Reserve Champion Bird- Griffin Lavallee
Grand Champion Rabbit- McKenzie Gray
Reserve Champion Rabbit- Jillian Zukoski
Grand Champion Cavy (Guinea Pig)- Addison Miller
Reserve Champion Cavy (Guinea Pig)- Emily Miller
Beef Breeding Showmanship 1st Place Winners
Juniors- Mary Oliver
Intermediates- Maevree McElhaney
Seniors- Isabella Kent
Cow-Calf Pair Showmanship 1st Place Winners
Intermediates- Ally Oliver
Seniors- Isabella Kent
Market Steer Showmanship 1st Place Winners
Juniors- John Parker Miller
Seniors- Keaton Fuqua
Market Swine Showmanship 1st Place Winners
Juniors- Allen Thomas Bridgers
Intermediates- Payton Fuqua
Seniors- Madison Behrends
Meat Goat Showmanship 1st Place Winners
Intermediates- Andrew Fendley
Seniors- Madison Fendley
Dairy Goat Showmanship 1st Place Winners
Juniors- Tucker Padgett
Intermediates- Andrew Fendley
Seniors- Madison Fendley
Sheep Breeding Showmanship 1st Place Winners
Intermediates- Austin Manning
Seniors- Emily Miller
Rabbitt and Cavy (Guinea Pig) Showmanship 1st Place Winners
Juniors- Tucker Padgett
Intermediates- Catherine Proud
Seniors- Hannah Roger
Pictured top: 2019 GCA/NRYO Reserve Champion Market Steer winner Jessica Conti with Ronnie and Debbie Gilmore of Gizmo Angus Farms in Molino who bred the steer. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Driver Rear-Ends School Bus
April 6, 2019
A school bus was rear-ended Friday on Olive Road in Escambia County.
The Florida Highway Patrol said 33-year old Michael Tremer of Pensacola was driving a GMC Envoy east on Olive Road at Davis Highway when he failed to see a school bus stopped in traffic.
Tremer was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital with minor injuries. The bus driver was not injured.
Termer was cited for careless driving by the FHP.
There were no students on the bus.