Tate’s Jacob Nowling Signs With Division II Carson-Newman For Football, Fishing
May 12, 2018
Jacob Nowling, a fourth generation Tate High School Aggie, has signed to play football with Division II, Southern Atlantic Conference powerhouse Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, TN.
Nowling started playing football with the Cantonment Cowboys at age six.. He was coached by Jason Lassiter, Tim Barnes and Keith Moore in his early years. After joining the Aggies football team as a freshman, Nowling was coached and mentored by Coach Lindsey and Coach Williamson. Nowling was the starting center for the Aggies varsity team during both his junior and senior years.
While at Tate, he was also a member of the wrestling team, Tate FFA and Tate Veterinary Science Academy.
Nowling has also signed with Carson-Newman to be a member of the Eagle Angler Collegiate Fishing Team. He will pursue a degree in business. He said he is looking forward to the challenge of competing at the next level.
Wahoos Beat Birmingham In Series Finale
May 12, 2018
It looked like a long night was in store for Wyatt Strahan (W, 4-2) after the Barons scored four runs in the first two innings of the game. Instead, Strahan turned in one of his best starts of the year as the Wahoos came from behind to win Friday’s finale 6-4 at Regions Field.
The Barons’ start to the game was a microcosm of the entire series between these two teams. In the first inning, the Barons jumped ahead on a two-run home run from Zack Collins, and immediately doubled their lead in the second when Keon Barnum launched a two-run shot of his own. That marked Birmingham’s 21st home run against the Wahoos throughout the 10 games, which is exactly half of the total home runs allowed by Blue Wahoos pitching this season (42.)
But after those two innings, Strahan slammed the door shut on the hosts for the rest of his outing. The USC graduate retired 17 of the final 18 Barons before he was lifted, having completed seven strong innings for his longest outing of the season. He also did not walk a batter for the first time this season and struck out four.
After Taylor Sparks chipped in a solo home run in the second inning to put the Pensacola on the board, the Wahoos scored three runs in the fifth inning to tie the game at 4-4.
After an error and a walk, Shed Long laced a two-run triple off Barons starter Ian Clarkin (L, 3-4), and then scored on Luis Gonzalez’s RBI groundout. In the following inning, Gavin LaValley walked and then scored after Aristides Aquino crushed his third home run of the season to give the Wahoos a 6-4 lead. Pensacola tacked on a precious insurance run in the ninth inning after C.J. McElroy singled, stole a base, advanced on a passed ball, and scored on Gonzalez’s infield single to short.
The bullpen had to withstand some late-inning pressure from the Barons but held on to close out the win for the visitors. Carlos Navas hurled a scoreless eighth inning, which extended his team-best scoreless-inning streak to 9.2 innings. Alex Powers then entered the game in the ninth but was chased from the game after loading the bases and allowing a two-out single to Ryan Brett, which cut the Wahoos lead down to 7-6. Jody Davis then brought in Rafael De Paula (S, 2) to secure the final out, and after De Paula walked Collins to load the bases, he got Chicago White Sox top prospect, Eloy Jimenez to ground into a fielder’s choice to end the game.
Pensacola will continue their road trip with a five-game series against the first-place Biloxi Shuckers. Last season the Wahoos won 11 of their 20 matchups against the Milwaukee Brewers Double-A affiliate; however, the Shuckers will enter play 11 games above .500. Daniel Wright (2-1, 6.42) will take the hill for the Blue Wahoos in search of his first win since April 16th. He will be opposed by Thomas Jankins (5-1, 3.63), who suffered his first loss of the year in his last outing.
Top High School Athletes Recognized At Senior Scholar Banquet
May 11, 2018
The top senior student-athletes in each sport from Escambia and Santa Rosa County schools were honored at Pensacola Sport’s 2018 Annual Senior Scholar Athlete Banquet.
Stanley Dorion, Pensacola High School and Ellen Floyd from Catholic, won the overall male and female scholarships, respectively. The Pensacola Sports Foundation awarded each of them a $4,000 scholarship. Other awardees were Luke Racine from Tate High School (University of West Florida Scholarship), Jordan Mann from Milton High School (Gary McAdams Memorial Scholarship), Heidi Vega from Pensacola High School and Matthew Blalock from Tate High School (Whataburger Books Scholarship), Mary Middleton from Pensacola Catholic (Dr. Alec Kessler Memorial Scholarship) and Jacob Adler from Pensacola High ( Papa Jay Memorial Scholarship).
Additionally, Pensacola State College awarded 24 individual sport winners with a scholarship:
- Baseball — Bennett Shell – Pace
- Girls Basketball — Sadie Nix – Gulf Breeze
- Boys Basketball — Luke Stringfellow – Catholic
- Cheerleading — Jescie Roberts – Jay
- Boys Cross Country — Ryan Von Brock – Gulf Breeze
- Girls Cross Country — Ana Rodriguez – Gulf Breeze.
- Football — Darrell Hixon – Navarre
- Girls Golf — Frances McKernan – Catholic
- Boys Golf — Ty Aulger – West Florida High
- Boys Lacrosse — Jake Molina – Gulf Breeze
- Girls Lacrosse — Sara White – Pensacola High
- Boys Soccer — Justin Schubeck – West Florida High
- Girls Soccer — Carleigh Baerresen – Milton
- Softball — Megan Robertson – Milton.
- Boys Swimming — Coulson Barfield – Booker T. Washington
- Girls Swimming — Meghan Doyle – Booker T. Washington
- Boys Tennis — Michael Ennis – Pace
- Girls Tennis — Elizabeth Nowak – Catholic
- Boys Track — Keyshawn Helton – West Florida High
- Girls Track — Gabrielle Fountain – Pine Forest
- Volleyball — Dina Razek – Pensacola High
- Boys Weightlifting — Patrick Richardson – Catholic
- Girls Weightlifting — Haylee Watson – Jay
- Wrestling — Mathew Blalock – Tate
Schools in both Escambia and Santa Rosa nominate their senior athletes for each sport and submit the paperwork to Pensacola Sports. A selection committee made of educators, community leaders, and Pensacola Sports board members reviews the anonymous applications and select the best person’s credentials for each sport. Those are the individual sport winners. Then they select the overall male and female winners from the individual sport winners.
Tate’s Taylor Rouchon Signs Full Cheerleading Scholarship With Coastal Alabama
May 10, 2018
Tate High School’s Taylor Rouchon signed a full cheerleading scholarship to Coastal Alabama Community College on Wednesday. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Northview’s Flag Football Team Celebrates Inaugural Season
May 10, 2018
Northview High School recently recognized their flag football team, the first in school history.
“Thanks to this group of young ladies for accepting the challenge to be the first members of the team. This season was full of excitement and a lot of fun. We are looking forward to bigger and better things to come in the future,” Coach Obreonne Smith said.
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Tate And Jay Fall In Softball Regionals
May 9, 2018
Both the Tate Aggies and the Jay Royals lost Tuesday night in regional softball play.
Niceville downed Tate 9-1 in the 7A regional seminfinals in Cantonment, and Wewahitchka beat Jay 2-0 in Jay.
Pictured: Action from the Tate game above, Jay below. Images courtesy WEAR 3 for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Tate Beats Niceville In Regional Quarterfinals
May 9, 2018
The Tate Aggies beat Niceville 16-11 in the 7A regional quarterfinals Tuesday night in Niceville.
Blake Anderson and Raymond Lafleur homered in the sixth inning for the Aggies.
Lafleur earned the win for the Tate Aggies, allowing seven hits and eight runs while striking out three in three and a third innings. Reid Halfacre and Cole Fryman pitched relief.
Reid Halfacre went 4-4 for Tate with three doubles and a triple. Also for the Aggies: Jesse Sherrill 1-4, 2R; Mason Land 3-5, 2B, 3R, 3 RBI; Blake Anderson 3-4, 3R, 4 RBI; Raymond Lafleur 3-4, R, 2RBI; Darrien McDowell 1-2, 2RBI; Ethan Bloodworth 1-2, 2B, R, 2RBI; Ryan Green, R; Michael Potts, R.
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Molino 8U Earns Tournament Win
May 9, 2018
Molino’s 8U team recently earned their third tournament win of the season. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Wahoos Drop Second Straight To The Birmingham Barons
May 9, 2018
The Birmingham Barons came out of the gate slugging on Tuesday night at Regions Field. They got back-to-back home runs from Eloy Jimenez and Seby Zavala and they never looked back on their way to a 5-2 win.
The Barons went up 3-0 before Pensacola first got on the board with a home run from Aristides Aquino. It was a solo shot to left field and his second hit of the game.
The Blue Wahoos cut the deficit to one after C.J. McElroy’s leadoff triple in the sixth inning. He scored a batter later on a Shed Long ground out. Birmingham was quick to answer with a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the inning. Zavala and Trey Michalczewski both scored on a bases-loaded single from Ryan Brett.
That was it for the scoring and Blue Wahoos starter Keury Mella (L, 3-1). He took the loss after allowing a season-high five runs over six innings. He struck out and walked two in his first loss of the season.
On the other side, Spencer Adams (W, 2-3) turned in his best start of the year. He surrendered just two runs over six innings on just four hits to earn the win. Ian Hamilton (S, 6) struck out three over the final five outs of the game to earn the save.
Pensacola looks to get back in the win column with Wednesday morning game.
Photo Gallery: Northview Garnet And Gold Football Game
May 8, 2018
The Northview Chiefs played an intrasquad Garnet and Gold game Monday afternoon. The Gold team won.
For a photo gallery, click here. Gallery includes football action, cheerleaders and band.
The Chiefs will host Escambia County High School of Atmore in spring game on May 18.
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