Biloxi Beats The Wahoos
August 7, 2016
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos lost its fourth straight game, falling, 7-2, Saturday to the Biloxi Shuckers at MGM Park.
The Shuckers starter Luis Ortiz and reliever Tayler Scott combined to shut out Pensacola through five innings, allowing one hit, walking two and striking out six. Reliever Stephen Kohlscheen earned his 17th save of the season throwing 1.1 innings, allowing two hits and two walks, while striking out three.
Kohlscheen loaded the bases in the ninth allowing singles to Pensacola catcher Kyle Skipworth and center field Ronald Bueno and a walk to Phillip Ervin. But Biloxi Kohlscheen worked out of the jam to end the game by striking out second baseman Alex Blandino and right fielder Sebastian Elizalde.
For the game, Pensacola had 10 hits but was 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left 10 base runners stranded. The Blue Wahoos also struck out 10 times.
Leading Biloxi’s offense was right fielder Clint Coulter, who went 2-2 and scored four of the Shuckers’ seven runs. It was just his second game after being called up from High-A Brevard County Manatees.
Pensacola, which is 19-23 in the second half after winning the first half Southern League South Division crown, were led by Alex Blandino, who got on base four times in five plate appearances and scored one of the Blue Wahoos two runs. Pensacola catcher Kyle Skipworth was also 2-3 with one run scored and one RBI.
However, Biloxi center fielder Brett Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to right field scored the first five runs of the game to lead, 5-0, in the sixth inning. Coulter scored three times.
Pensacola finally scored its first run of the game when Skipworth doubled to lead off the eighth inning and scored when center fielder Ronald Bueno singled to center field to pull the Blue Wahoos within, 5-1. The Blue Wahoos scored a second and final run of the game when Blandino crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by right fielder Sebastian Elizalde to make the score, 5-2. With two outs, Pensacola loaded the bases but third baseman Taylor Sparks struck out to end the inning.
Biloxi extended its lead to 6-2 when pinch hitter Nick Ramirez singled to center to score Coulter for the fourth time. It went up, 7-2, when left fielder Tyrone Taylor singled to center field with two outs to drive in Ortega.
Pensacola started reliever El’Hajj Muhammad for the first time this season in place of Rookie Davis, who was called up to Triple-A Louisville Bats. Muhammad had made 27 appearances for the Blue Wahoos this season. He threw 46 pitches over three innings without giving up a hit and allowed one unearned run, walking one and striking out two.
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos return home Thursday, August 11 to take on the Tennessee Smokies.
Names Released In Murder-Suicide Near Jay
August 6, 2016
A murder-suicide near Jay that left a man and a woman dead remains investigation as the names of the victims were released Saturday night.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a disturbance in the 12000 block of Chumuckla Highway in the Brownsdale community south of Jay late Friday night. As deputies were responding, they received information that the situation was quickly escalating inside the residence, located in a former gas station.
Deputies arrived to find an adult female and an adult male inside the residence with severe gunshot wounds, according to Deputy Rich Aloy, spokesperson for the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Brandon Hayes Hammett, 36, was pronounced deceased at the scene, while 33-year old Stacy Marie Williams was transported to an area hospital where she later passed away. The Sheriff’s Office has not identified which person was the murder victim.
SRSO major crimes detectives are actively investigating the incident.
Further detail will be posted as they become available.
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Fire Marshal Investigating Early More Fire That Destroyed Mobile Home
August 6, 2016
An early morning fire that destroyed mobile home near Walnut Hill is under investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal.
A neighbor reported that the mobile home in the 6900 block Circle Road, just off Rockaway Creek Road, was fully involved and mostly on the ground about 3:10 a.m.
Firefighters arrived to find that the mobile home had been destroyed by fire. An occupant of the mobile was treated on the scene by Atmore Ambulance. There was no word if the occupant was transported to a hospital.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office.
The Walnut Hill, Century and McDavid stations of Escambia Fire Rescue and the Atmore Fire Department also responded to the blaze, along with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
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Cops Like Donuts And Coffee, Right? Meet A Little Guy With A Big Heart
August 6, 2016
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies had the chance this week to meet a young man with a giving heart at Gilley’s Country Store in Bratt. Tyler’s mom submitted the photo and wrote the following:
“Today Tyler and I went to our corner store in Bratt where we saw four of Escambia County Sheriff’s Offices finest. Tyler was very excited as he LOVES police officers. He said ‘mom cops’ favorite drink is coffee and their favorite food is donuts’….we both laughed…then he went on to ask if he could use some of his own money to buy the officers some donuts. He picked 4 packs of chocolate donuts. Paid for them and then gave them to the officers. They were all very grateful and very polite. Tyler was so excited that his green hair matched their green uniforms!!! Lol. Tyler thanked them for “keeping the place safe.” And from our family to the ECSO family we thank each of you for your service and putting your lives on the line daily. Be blessed and stay safe out there.”
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Northview Names Greenwell As Head Baseball Coach, Football Offensive Coordinator
August 6, 2016
Northview High School has named Jeremy Greenwell as their new head baseball coach and offensive coordinator for football.
Greenwell comes from Ernest Ward Middle School, where he worked as a physical education teacher and led a successful football program (career record 28-11). EWMS has the only middle school football program in Escambia County.
He played baseball as a student at Northview from 2002-2005 and pitched for Jeff Davis Community College (2006). Greenwell played football and lettered all four years at Northview and then played football at the University of West Alabama. He has coached baseball for four seasons. He coached football under legendary coach Jay Jeffcoat at Ernest Ward from 2008 to 2010 before taking over as head football coach at Ernest Ward from 2011 to 2015.
Greenwell’s hiring comes on the heels of the recent resignation of Sid Wheatley, who returned to his native Mississippi. Wheatley served as head football and head baseball coach at Northview. Former offensive coordinator Derek Marshman was promoted to head football coach a week ago, just days before fall practice began.
Green Hills Road Closure
August 6, 2016
A section of approximately of 200 feet of Green Hills Road between Stefani Road and Pine Forest Road will be closed to through traffic beginning Tuesday at 7 a.m.
The road closure is part of a drainage enhancement and repair project that will replace and enlarge the existing culvert which was temporarily repaired after the April 2014 flood. Traffic will be detoured either to West Roberts Road to Pine Forest Road to the west section Green Hills Road or West Roberts Road to Stefani Road to the east section of Green Hills Road.
Weekend Gardening: August To Do List
August 6, 2016
Here are gardening tips for the month of August from the UF/IFAS Extension program:
What to Plant
- Bedding Plants: The hottest days of summer limit planting now to heat tolerant vinca, gaillardia, bulbine, and coleus.
- Bulbs:Aztec lily, butterfly lily, walking iris, and spider lily can be planted any time of the year, even late summer.
- Herbs: Herbs that can be planted from plants (not seeds) include bay laurel, ginger,Mexican tarragon, and rosemary.
- Vegetables: This month starts the fall planting season. Many cool season crops can be planted now, including a final crop of warm-season vegetables such as pepper. Tomato can be planted for the fall garden.
- Lawn problems: Damaged areas can be the result of insects, disease, or irrigation problems. Be sure to determine the cause so the proper remedy is used. Use a sharp mower blade and only remove 1/3 of grass blade to reduce stress on the lawn.
- Palms: If older fronds are yellowing, you may have a magnesium or potassium deficiency. Apply an appropriate palm fertilizer.
- Poinsettias: Pinch back poinsettias and mums before the end of the month to allow time for buds to form for winter bloom.
- Ornamental Plants: Rapid growth and leaching rains may result in nutrient deficiencies in some plants. Fertilize those plants that show signs of deficiencies.
- Bedding Plants: Remove spent blooms, cut back, and fertilize flowering annuals and perennials to extend the bloom season into the fall months.
- Adjust irrigation based on rainfall.
- Deadhead flowers to encourage new blooms.
- Monitor the garden for insects and disease.
- Plant trees, shrubs, and perennials and water until established.
Deputies Seek Credit Card Thieves
August 6, 2016
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on two suspects that used credit cards that had been stolen during a previous car burglary. The incdent occured July 26 at the Highway 29 Walmart in Ensley. Anone with information should call the Escambia Count y Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
Wahoos Drop Series Opener To Biloxi
August 6, 2016
For the second game in a row, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos played in an extra inning game.
This time, the Blue Wahoos lost to the Biloxi Shuckers, 5-4, Friday at MGM Park when second baseman Brandon Dixon made a throwing error trying to turn a double play to end the inning that allowed the Shuckers pinch runner Clint Coulter to score the winning run.
On Thursday, Pensacola lost a nearly five-hour game to the Mississippi Braves, 10-2, in 14 innings at home.
Pensacola fell to 9-5 in extra-inning games and the first half champions dropped to 19-22 in the second half. Biloxi improved to 16-25.
The Biloxi Shuckers scored first when right fielder Tyrone Taylor smacked a two out solo homer over the left center wall for a 1-0 Shuckers lead in the bottom of the first. Biloxi went up, 2-0, when third baseman Tom Belza doubled to center field to drive in first baseman Dustin DeMuth
Pensacola pitcher Tyler Mahle walked to start the third inning and was knocked in by Blue Wahoos left fielder Phillip Ervin’s 19th double of the season to pull within, 2-1.
Pensacola third baseman Taylor Sparks hit a two-run homer to left center field to put Pensacola on top in the fourth inning, 3-2. Sparks eighth dinger this year also brought in Zach Vincej who started the inning with a single to center field.
Biloxi tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning when second baseman Javier Betancourt doubled to center field to drive in Belza.
Mahle, Pensacola’s starting pitcher, helped himself in the sixth inning with the bases loaded when he singled to left field to score Vincej, who led off the inning with a single. It was Vincej’s 21st multi-hit game and 19th in the second half.
Biloxi shortstop Angel Ortega homered on a line drive to left field, his second of the season, to start the seventh inning and tie the game, 4-4.
Pensacola’s Vincej has been one of the hottest hitters in the Southern League since June 1. He’s hitting .337 (61-181) in 54 games.
Also leading Pensacola at the plate Friday was Sparks, who now has three homers in his last six games. He went 2-5 with a two-run homer and scored twice. Sebastian Elizalde also went 2-5 with a double and has 19 multi-hit games with 15 of those coming in the second half.
Century Man Charged With Animal Cruelty
August 5, 2016
A Century man has been arrested on two animal cruelty charges.
Monroe Kemp Moore, Jr., age 51, was charged with two counts of unlawful confinement or abandonment of an animal. He was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $10,000 bond and with a judge’s order to not possess any animals.
Escambia County Animal Control, Panhandle Equine Rescue and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office seized three severely malnourished horses from a property in the 2500 block of Highway 168, near Shaw Road, near Century on May 27, 2015.
“All of the horses were thin, two of them were emaciated. “They didn’t have anything to eat, and they were in really bad shape,” PER President Diane Lowery said at the time the horses were seized. “People need to know that if they are not feeding and taking care of their horses they are going to have to deal with a judge.”
According to court documents in the case, two of the horses had bones that were projecting and visible due to malnourished. The horses were unable to graze due to a lack of grass in their quarter of an acre enclosure. It appeared that the horses had no water an no one caring for them for some time.
The horses were rehabilitated by Panhandle Equine Rescue.
The only horse rescue in Escambia County, PER was founded by a small group of concerned citizens with a mission to rescue, rehabilitate and provide adoption services for abused, neglected and abandoned equines. PER is authorized by the court system to investigate equine cruelty in Escambia County.
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