10,000 Pound Food Giveaway Tuesday Afternoon In Cantonment
April 22, 2023
The Cantonment Improvement Committee will hold a drive-thru 10,000 pound food giveaway Tuesday afternoon, April 25 at Carver Park on Webb Street.
The food distribution will begin at 3 p.m. and continue while supplies last for anyone in need of food. People should line up their vehicles, single file on Webb Street facing north; food will be loaded into vehicles. Identification is required.
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Northview Suffers 5-4 Senior Night Loss To Pensacola Catholic (With Gallery)
April 22, 2023
The Northview Chiefs fell short on a comeback attempt in a senior night 5-4 loss to Pensacola Catholic Friday night in Bratt.
Aubrey Stuckey went for a complete game, allowing seven hits and five runs while striking out six.
Chloe Ragsdale went 2-3 at bat to lead the Chiefs. Emma Gilmore and Allison Flowers added one hit each.
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Before the game, the Lady Chiefs honored two seniors — pitchers Emma Gilmore and Aubrey Stuckey. On the first play of the game, Gilmore started at catcher. During her high school career, she had played every position on the field during a game except catcher.
Northview will host W.S. Neal Thursday at 6 p.m. in their last home game of the regular season.
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Monteverde Masterful In 12-1 Wahoos Win
April 22, 2023
Troy Johnston has described hot hitting like riding a wave.
He caught another one Friday in helping the Blue Wahoos to a 12-1 win against the Birmingham Barons before another sellout crowd (5,038) at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
Johnston drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, as the Blue Wahoos batted around in back-to-back, explosive innings while rolling to an easy win.
Their 14-hit attack combined with another impressive performance from starting pitcher Patrick Monteverde, who earned his second win with a 10-strikeout, three-hit effort in six innings.
With Monteverde, this is now a trifecta of exceptional.
In his three starts, Monteverde, 25, has been one of the best pitchers in the Miami Marlins minor league system with just five hits and one run allowed in 19 innings with 29 strikeouts. The Pittsburgh native began the year as the Marlins’ No. 30 prospect by MLB Pipeline.
“It’s incredible,” said Johnston. “When I was facing him in spring training – whenever I would see I was facing him – I almost would give my at-bat up, because I did not want to face him. That is how good he is. He is showing what he is capable of and he is an absolute bulldog on the mound.”
Monteverde faced the minimum nine batters the first three innings before allowing a one-out double to Moises Castillo, one of the Barons’ top prospects, who later scored their only run on a double steal.
The Blue Wahoos answered with a thunderclap of runs.
After coaxing five walks and two hits, but zero runs after three innings, against Birmingham starter Hunter Dollander (0-3), the Blue Wahoos exploded in their next at-bat.
Seven of the first eight batters reached in a six-run, fourth inning. Jose Devers tripled home two runs. Johnston later followed with a bases-clearing double.
“I hope I can ride the wave, but it’s a long season and I’m just going to try to do the best I can every day.”
In the fifth, nine Blue Wahoos batted, including Johnson’s second double, in a five-run inning. In all, every Blue Wahoos batter reached base. Eight scored runs. Seven of the nine batters had multiple hits.
Devers, Nasim Nunez and Victor Mesa Jr. all had two RBI apiece.
“It is a testament to what we have been doing. We have been working really hard,” Johnston said. “I know things haven’t been clicking all the time, but as you can see in the fourth and fifth inning, it clicked. Hopefully we can run with it.”
Jefry Yan pitched two scoreless innings with five strikeouts to follow Monteverde and Sean Reynolds pitched the ninth as Blue Wahoos pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts Friday.
Game five of this homestand is set for Saturday, with the Blue Wahoos’ M.D. Johnson (0-0, 3.38 ERA) going against Birmingham’s Christian Mena (0-1, 6.43).
written by Bill Vilona, photo Nino Mendez / Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Highway 29 Project In Century Halted After Discovery Of An Unknown Water Main
April 21, 2023
Work has come to a temporary halt on a Highway 29 construction in Century after the discovery of an unknown water main that must be relocated.
Early this year, two northbound travel lanes and the center turn lane were closed between Harries Boulevard and East Cottage Street with traffic shifted into just two lanes. It was that a normal traffic pattern would return by the end of April, but for now that’s on hold until about the end of May.
“There will be extension of the work timeframe. During excavation, an unknown Town of Century water main was discovered,” Kohen Johns Brannon, public information specialist for the Florida Department of Transportation, told NorthEscambia.com on Thursday. “The water main is expected to be relocated in approximately two weeks.”
Brannon said the contractor is scheduled to be on site next week doing preliminary work to facilitate the relocation of the pipe. Construction on the resurfacing project will continue after the water main is relocated.
Century’s engineer said the problem pipe is a 2-inch water main, and there are no service disruptions anticipated during the work.
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One Injured In Bratt Rollover Crash
April 21, 2023
One person was injured in a single vehicle rollover crash Thursday afternoon in Bratt.
The driver of a Chevrolet Silverado was southbound on North Highway 99 when he apparently lost control as coming out of an S-curve about 3:35 p.m.. The pickup truck left the road, struck a culvert, went airborne and overturned. The pickup came to rest upright in a ditch about 110 feet from the culvert.
The driver was transported to the hospital by Escambia County EMS with injuries that did not appear life threatening. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating and has not released additional information.
The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia County Fire Rescue also responded.
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Northview Gets Senior Night 14-4 Win Over Central (With Gallery)
April 21, 2023
The No. 4 state ranked Northview Chiefs celebrated senior night with a run-ruled 14-4 win over Central Thursday night in Bratt.
The Chiefs jumped out to an 11-0 lead in the first inning.
Northview had one hit each from Kaden Odom, Luke Bridges, Josh Landis, Jamarkus Jefferson and Rustin Pope.
Odom earned the win on the mound for the Chief. In three innings, he allowed one hit and three runs while striking out five. Grayden Sheffield threw two innings in relief, allowing one hit and one run while striking out seven.
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Before the game, Northview honored 10 seniors — Rustin Pope, Cason Burkett, Kaden Odom, Josh Landis, Trent Knighten, Ethan Collier, Jamarkus Jefferson, Luke Bridges, Aron Chavira, and Tyler Shaw.
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Northview will travel to Milton on Monday before hosting Niceville in the final game of the regular season on Thursday.
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Escambia Sex Offender Sentenced For Illegally Voting In 2020, Submitting Voter Registrations
April 21, 2023
An Escambia County sex offender has been sentenced to probation for voting illegally in the 2020 election and completing multiple voter registration applications over a two year period.
Michael DeWayne Collins entered a plea of no contest to one felony count of election fraud for voting in the 2020 presidential election and four felony counts of perjury for completing voter registration applications four times between August 2020 and October 2022.
Judge Linda Nobles sentenced Collins to a total of 36 months probation for all five counts.
In June 2001, Collins was convicted of lewd or lascivious battery on a victim age 12-16, a second degree felony sexual offense, making him ineligible to vote. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Collins affirmed on each application that he was not a convicted felon when, in fact, he was and his voting rights had not been restored.
Court records show the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Office notified Collins by mail that they had no records and that he was ineligible to vote. Collins told investigators he did not contact the Supervisor of Elections because it was “time consuming”, and he filed out additional applications because he forgot that he received the letters, according to FDLE.
Collins told FDLE that he received a letter in 2019 from an unknown group or organization trying to get people to vote, and the letter stated he was still eligible to vote. FDLE said the letter was not from the state.
McAnally Gets Third Grand Slam Of The Week As Tate Shuts Out West Florida
April 21, 2023
Ethan McAnally had his third grand slam in two games Thursday night as the No. 9 Tate Aggies shut out West Florida 11-0.
McAnally’s long ball came in the second inning, and Bray Touchstone had a homer in the third.
Three Aggie pitchers combined for the shutout.
Gabriel Patterson three two innings for Tate, giving up one hit, no runs and striking out one. Rilee Lowery was on the mound for two innings, surrendering three hits and no runs while striking out four. Aiden Byrd tossed one inning, allowing no runs, not hits and striking out one.
James Davis went 3-3 for the Aggies, and Frank Randall was 2-3 to lead the Aggies at bat.
Tate’s Friday night varsity game against Pensacola High School has been canceled. Senior night has been moved to Tuesday as Tate hosts Escambia at 6:30 p.m. with senior night festivities beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday night, McAnally had two grand slams and pitched a complete game as Tate beat Washington.
Pictured: Tate senior Ethan McAnally. NorthEscambia.com file photo.
Northview Beats W.S. Neal; West Florida Walk-Offs Lady Aggies
April 21, 2023
Northview 9, W.S. Neal 5
The Northview Lady Chiefs beat the W.S. Neal Eagles 9-5 Thursday night in East Brewton.
Emma Gilmore pitched a complete game win in seven innings, allowing four hits and five runs while striking out one and recording no walks.
Mary-Clayton Dawson led Northview at the plate, going 2-4. Gilmore, Chloe Ragsdale, Jamison Gilman, Rylee Brooks, Aubrey Stuckey, Allison Flowers and Berklee Hall each added a hit for the Chiefs.
Northview will host Pensacola Catholic at 6 p.m. Friday with senior night festivities beginning at 5:15 p.m.
West Florida 3, Tate 2
West Florida got a walk-off win over the Tate Lady Aggies 3-2 Thursday night.
Tate was up 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth when West Florida’s Layla Justice singled on a 2-2 count to score two runs.
Jordan Smith allowed three runs and seven hits striking out five in seven and two-thirds innings.
Lacy Wilson and Kara Wine both went 2-4 for Tate. Tristen Showalter and Charli Vinson both added one hit.
The Tate Lady Aggies will close the regular season next Thursday at 6:30 p.m. as they host Milton.
Pictured: The Northview Lady Chiefs beat W.S. Neal Thursday in East Brewton. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Pérez, Nuñez Lead Blue Wahoos To 6-0 Win
April 21, 2023
The new Mullets uniforms were unveiled Thursday at Blue Wahoos Stadium.
And the past form of ace pitcher Eury Pérez returned.
In a performance that reminded of so many last season, Perez allowed just two hits and completed five innings for his first win this season as Pensacola produced a 6-0 shutout against the Birmingham Barons on “Mullet Thursday,” before a sellout crowd of 5,038 at the ballpark.
Perez gained run support from the top of the batting order helping stake a 4-0 lead through four innings. The group was led by leadoff batter, shortstop Nasim Nuñez, who went 4-for-5 and No. 3 hitter, third baseman Joe Rizzo, who drove in three runs.
Perez, who turned 20 five days ago, and is the Miami Marlins top-rated prospect, stayed in command without his fastball ranging from 97-100 mph and mixed in his other three pitches well.
It was his longest and best outing since July 7, 2022 when he went six innings, allowed just two hits and one run in a game at the Mississippi Braves.
This night, Perez had five strikeouts and walked just one batter. He picked off a runner to end the fourth inning and worked out of a two-on, two-outs situation in the fifth inning.
Behind him, the Blue Wahoos bullpen of Patrick Murphy, Josan Méndez and Zack Leban combined on four scoreless innings, allowing just two hits.
The team wore its newly designed lime and blue jerseys and hats with the Pensacola Mullets logo in a nod to the nickname that finished second in fan voting before the inaugural 2012 season.
At the plate, four Pensacola batters had multiple hits. In addition to Nuñez, who drove in a run and scored a run, Rizzo doubled home the game’s first run, then had a two-run, two-out single in the fourth inning.
Will Banfield delivered a towering home run in the seventh inning for the final run.
The Blue Wahoos (5-7) also shined defensively with José Devers making a pair of gems by throwing out a runner from deep in his second base position then making a sensational leaping catch later in the game.
The fourth game of the series is set for Friday with the Blue Wahoos’ Patrick Monteverde (1-0, 0.00 ERA), who has allowed just two hits and no runs in two prior starts, taking the mound against Birmingham’s Hunter Dollander (0-2, 14.29).
written by Bill Vilona, photos Nino Mendez / Pensacola Blue Wahoos
