Molino Dirt Road Divas Win GCGSA 8U Mid-Season Tournament
May 1, 2022
The Molino Dirt Road Divas won the GCGSA 8U Mid-Season Tournament on Saturday.
Paycen Cutler was named the Tournament MVP.
Pictured: The Molino Dirt Road Divas, (front, L-R) Lily Gray, Kingsley Alvare, Caroline Peters, Kinsley Worley, Hadley Cook, Paycen Cutler, Skylar Dupree, June Kilgore, (back) Haley Miller and Hadley Weaver. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Walters Double Medals As Tate Weightlifters Compete At State
May 1, 2022
Members of the Tate High School weightlifting team recently competed in the state championship.
Kevin Walters medaled in traditional with a 4th place finish. Walters also medaled in snatch with a 5th place finish.
Conner Engle finished 18th in snatch, Lyle Jackson was 12th in traditional, and Ethan Harper finish 8th in traditional.
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Johnston Homers In Wahoos 9-1 Loss To Shuckers
May 1, 2022
Troy Johnston hit his first Double-A home run, but the Pensacola Blue Wahoos suffered their most lopsided loss of the season on Saturday night with a 9-1 defeat to the Biloxi Shuckers.
The game was within reach until Biloxi scored six runs in the sixth inning, turning a 3-1 game into a 9-1 affair. Pensacola ends the month of April with a 8-12 record, and will need to win Sunday’s finale to secure a series split against the Shuckers.
Johnston went to the opposite field for his first home run of the season, putting the Blue Wahoos ahead 1-0 in the second against starter Carlos Luna. Zach McCambley (L, 0-2) allowed an unearned run in the third on an infield error and a sacrifice fly, then served up a two-run homer to Cam Devanney in the fifth inning to put the Shuckers ahead 3-1.
Robbie Hitt (W, 1-1) allowed the Blue Wahoos to load the bases with one out in the top of the sixth, but Matt Hardy came in to escape the jam and preserve the Biloxi lead. The Shuckers roughed up Jefry Yan in the bottom of the inning, scoring six runs, four earned, to break the game open. A Devanney RBI single and Joey Wiemer two-run double highlighted the inning for Biloxi.
Parker Bugg and Dylan Bice pitched the rest of the way for the Blue Wahoos, with Bice making his 2022 debut after beginning the season on the injured list. Griffin Conine had three singles and a walk in a 3-for-3 night.
The Blue Wahoos wrap up their series against the Biloxi Shuckers on Sunday afternoon.
by Erik Bremer, Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Tate Ends Regular Season With Win Over Gulf Breeze; Playoffs Begin Monday
April 30, 2022
The Tate Lady Aggies defeated Gulf Breeze 4-2 Friday evening.
Jordan Smith went seven innings for Tate, allowing two runs and 10 hits while striking out four.
Sophia Jones, Courtney Lundquist, Kara Wine, Lacy Wilson and Michayla Kent each had one hit for the Lady Aggies.
The No. 4 Lady Aggies (11-13, 3-4) will host No. 5 Crestview (7-16, 0-8) at 6 p.m. Monday as the 1-6A playoffs begin.
Wahoos Blank Biloxi 4-0 Friday Night
April 30, 2022
Eury Pérez struck out a career-high 12 batters over 5.0 one-hit innings as the Pensacola Blue Wahoos blanked the Biloxi Shuckers 4-0 on Friday night.
Pérez (W, 1-1) earned his first Double-A win, and allowed only four batters to put the ball in play over his dominant outing. Only a third inning double from Biloxi’s Gabe Holt prevented the Shuckers from being no-hit.
The Blue Wahoos turned a Paul McIntosh leadoff walk in the second inning into the game’s first run, thanks to a stolen base and a Luis Aviles Jr. RBI groundout. McIntosh stole two bases on the night and the Blue Wahoos swiped four, both high water marks for the team this season.
In the third, Ray-Patrick Didder went deep with a solo homer, his second of the year. That would be all the damage done against Shuckers starter Nick Bennett (L, 1-2), who took the tough-luck loss despite completing 6.0 innings for a quality start.
Josh Simpson, Andrew Nardi and Eli Villalobos struck out six more batters over 4.0 hitless innings of relief, giving the Blue Wahoos staff 18 strikeouts on the night. A seventh-inning RBI single from Hayden Cantrelle and an eighth-inning wild pitch added late insurance for a 4-0 final.
The Blue Wahoos continue their series against the Biloxi Shuckers on Saturday night.
NAIA Men’s Lacrosse Invitational Coming To Ashton Brosnaham Park
April 29, 2022
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men’s Lacrosse Invitational is coming to the North Escambia area through 2024.
The tournaments will be played at Escambia County’s Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park off East 10 Mile Road May 11-14. Eight teams will compete in a single-elimination tournament starting Wednesday, May 11. The semifinals will take place Thursday, May 12 and the championship game will be Saturday, May 14.
“Lacrosse is a growing sport and Pensacola is the ideal backdrop for hosting the NAIA Men’s Lacrosse Invitational,: said Ray Palmer, President and CEO of Pensacola Sports. “This gives us an opportunity to showcase the Pensacola community and our beautiful sugar-white beaches to these student-athletes, coaches, support teams, and fans.”
“I’m so excited to welcome the best Men’s Lacrosse teams in all of the NAIA to our Ashton Brosnaham complex In Escambia County. I hope all of the players, coaches and their friends and family enjoy themselves immensely, and make many return trips to our fantastic community in the future,” said Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry.
Ashton Brosnaham will also host the Southeastern Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament through 2024.
Northview Lady Chiefs Close Regular Season With Big 20-5 Win Over Catholic
April 29, 2022
The Northview Lady Chiefs wrapped up their regular season with a big 20-5 win over Pensacola Catholic Thursday night.
The Chiefs had a huge fifth inning with 13 runs.
Jamison Gilman earned the win, allowing seven hits and five runs.
Gilchrist went 3-3 to lead Northview at the plate. Gilman, Emma Gilmore, Kailyn Watson and Kaitlin Gafford each added two hits. Chloe Ragsdale, Kayla Dixon, Alanna Roberson and Aubrey Stuckey had one hit apiece.
The Chiefs racked up 18 stolen bases, including four from Emma Gilmore.
The No. 3 Northview Lady Chiefs move into the 1-1A district quarterfinals on Monday against No 6 Laurel Hill.
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Wahoos Beat By Biloxi Again
April 29, 2022
For the second straight game, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos couldn’t provide enough offense to back up a solid pitching performance in a 3-0 loss to the Biloxi Shuckers on Thursday night.
Will Stewart (L, 0-1) turned in the team’s second quality start of the season, allowing two runs on four hits over 6.2 innings, but the Blue Wahoos suffered back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2018.
A first inning home run from Biloxi’s Freddy Zamora gave an early edge to Victor Castaneda (W, 1-1), who earned his first Double-A win for the Shuckers with 5.1 innings of scoreless, three-hit ball.
Three of Pensacola’s four hits came from Jerar Encarnacion, who raised his batting average to .366 in a 3-for-4 night. Biloxi added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh with two-out RBI hits from Cam Devanney and Jakson Reetz against Colton Hock.
Zach Vennaro (S, 2) maneuvered around an Encarnacion single in the ninth to earn the save.
The Blue Wahoos continue their series against the Biloxi Shuckers on Friday night.
by Erik Bremer, Pensacola Blue Wahoos
Tate Aggies Beat Escambia 13-1; Head Into Districts As No. 2 Seed
April 28, 2022
The Tate Aggies wrapped up their regular season with a 13-1 win over Escambia 13-1 Wednesday night.
The Aggies put two on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning when Bray Touchstone doubled on a 2-2 count, and powered ahead with a seven-run fourth inning.
Rilee Lowery earned the win for Tate in five innings, giving up one run and four hits while striking out two and walking one.
Frankie Randall led the Aggies at the plate, going 3-3. Touchstone and Madox Land were both 2-3. Jay Davis, Cade Kelly and Jackson Penton each added a run.
Tate’s regular season ended at 21-2
No. 2 Tate moves into the 1-6A quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Monday as they host No. 7 Washington (8-14).
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Wahoos Blanked In Biloxi
April 28, 2022
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos got another solid start from Cody Mincey, but couldn’t get the bats going in a 2-0 to the Biloxi Shuckers on Wednesday night.
A two-run homer from Joey Wiemer in the first inning gave Biloxi an early lead, and Shuckers starter Tyler Herb (W, 2-1) struck out eight over 6.0 scoreless innings as he kept the Blue Wahoos at bay.
Mincey (L, 0-1) recovered to complete 5.0 innings on only 70 pitches, but the early home run was too much to overcome.
Pensacola got a pair of singles from Luis Aviles, Jr., a single from Troy Johnston and a double from Griffin Conine in their second shutout loss of the season. A trio of lefty relievers – Josh Simpson, Andrew Nardi and Jefry Yan – struck out five Biloxi batters over 3.0 scoreless innings for the Blue Wahoos. Robbie Hitt (S, 1) worked a tidy ninth to earn the save.
The game was played in just over two hours, the fastest game for the Blue Wahoos this season.
The Blue Wahoos continue their series against the Biloxi Shuckers on Thursday night.
by Erik Bremer, Pensacola Blue Wahoos