Tate Aggies Celebrate Senior Night (With Gallery)
April 26, 2017
The Tate Aggies lost a tough Senior Night game to Milton 9-0 Tuesday.
The Aggies honored seniors Josh Barnes, Hunter NeSmith, Ian Ruiz, Tanner Helton, Corey Young, Logan Blackmon and Logan McGuffey before the game.
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Northview Runners Shine At Regionals; Advance To State Finals
April 26, 2017
Several Northview High School athletes placed at the regional track meet Tuesday and will advance to state. They are:
Boys 800 meter — Brandon Korinchak — placed 2nd
Girls 4 x 100 meter dash — Audriene Odom, Crystal Douglas, Nene Findley, Celeste North — placed 4th
Boys 4 x 100 meter dash — Brandon Spencer, Tim Bush, Keaton Solmonson, Joseph Wright — placed second
Boys 200 meter dash — Brandon Spencer — placed second
Pictured: Brandon Korinchak. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Northview, Jay Out In 2-1A; Tate Advances To 1-7A Final
April 26, 2017
DISTRICT 2-1A Tournament
South Walton 3, Northview 0
Chipley 11, Jay 0
The Northview Chiefs finished third in district play with a 3-0 loss to South Walton Tuesday afternoon at Baker. The Chiefs finished the season at 12-6. Also Tuesday, Chipley beat Jay 11-0, setting up a Chipley-South Walton district championship game on Thursday.
DISTRICT 1-7A Tournament
Tate 10, Washington 0
Escambia 8, Pace 2
The Tate Lady Aggies knocked off Washington 10-0 and Escambia beat Pace 8-2 Tuesday in District 1-7A.
Hanna Brown earned the win for the Lady Aggies. She tossed five innings, allowing no runs, no hits, no walks and striking out six.
Tate hitters – Hannah Brown 3-3, RBI, 3B; Katie Snyder 1-1, 2 RBI; Belle Wolfenden 2-3, 2 R, 3B; Shelby Ullrich 2-3, RBI; Leslee Scruggs RBI; Madison Nelson 1-3, R, RBI, 2B; Shelby McLean R, RBI; Sydni Solliday 1-2, 2R, 2 RBI; Deazia Nickerson 1-3, 2 R.
Tate will face Escambia at 7 p.m. Thursday at Tate for the District 1-7A championship.
Pictured top: Northview’s Tori Herrington. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Flomaton’s Philyaw Signs With Gulf Coast Prep Sports Academy
April 26, 2017
Joe Philyaw of Flomaton High School signed Tuesday to play football at Gulf Coast Prep Sports Academy in Moble. Pictured with Philyaw at the signing are his parents, Wendell and Esther Carnley and Andy and Pamela Philyaw, Flomaton Head Coach Doug Vickery, Principal Scott Hammond, and Gulf Coast Prep Coach Willie Gaston. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Wahoos Drop Third In A Row To Mobile
April 26, 2017
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos lost its first five-game Southern League series of the year when the Mobile BayBears won, 3-0, Tuesday at Hank Aaron Stadium.
Mobile leads the series, 3-1, with the final game scheduled for 11:05 a.m. Wednesday.
Pensacola and Mobile have played an interesting series, to put it mildly, with each of the first three games decided by one run.
Tyler Mahle won the first game, 1-0, Saturday with a nine-inning perfect game — the first in 47 years in the Southern League. Mobile took the second game, 3-2, Sunday when it pushed across a run in the eighth inning. Pensacola and Mobile then battled in a 17-inning duel that the BayBears captured, 2-1, on a walk-off single by Zach Houchins.
In the fourth game Tuesday, the BayBears shutout Pensacola, which was the first time they failed to score this season.
It was also their third straight loss after winning a franchise record eight in a row. Pensacola fell to 13-6 on the season and Mobile is 10-9. The Blue Wahoos remain in first place in the Southern Division trailed by the BayBears, which is three games back.
Mobile scored one run in the second, third and fourth innings. In the second inning, Wade Wass double on a fly ball to center field that scored Andrew Daniel for a 1-0 lead. Alberto Triunfel then smashed his second homer of the year to left field to put the BayBears up, 2-0, in the third. It tacked on another run in the fourth to go ahead, 3-0, when Francisco Arcia scored on a wild pitch by Pensacola starter Deck McGuire.
The right-handed McGuire is now 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA. He worked six innings, allowed three runs on four hits, walked three and struck out four. Jake Ehret, who gave up the winning run in the 17th inning the night before, pitched two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out one.
Mobile starter Jordan Kipper pitched seven scoreless innings to improve to 2-1 with a 1.80 ERA. He allowed five hits, walked two and struck out six. BayBears reliever Alex Klonowski earned his first save, despite walking two and striking out one in one inning of work.
Northview, Jay Advance In District Tournament
April 25, 2017
SOFTBALL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
Northview 2, Freeport 1
Tuesday: Northview vs. South Walton, 5 p.m. at Baker HS
Jay 11, Baker 1
Tuesday: Jay vs. Chipley, 7 p.m. at Baker HS
BASEBALL
Central 3, Northview 2
Baybears Beat Wahoos 2-1 In 17 Innings
April 25, 2017
Playing in its longest game in team history, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos fell, 2-1, Monday when Mobile BayBears third baseman Zach Houchins hit a walk-off single with the bases loaded and no outs.
Mobile loaded the bases with no outs in the 17th inning at Hank Aaron Stadium when center fielder Zach Welz singled, right fielder Michael Hermosillo was hit by a pitch and DH Andrew Daniel reached first on a sacrifice bunt.
The BayBears have now won two straight games against Pensacola and leads the series between the arch-rivals, 2-1.
Pensacola reliever Jake Ehert took the loss and is 0-1 this season. It was a rare blown save for the Blue Wahoos bullpen, which leads the Southern League with 11 saves.
The Blue Wahoos had scored its first run in the 16th inning against Mobile BayBears to take a, 1-0, lead when right fielder Gabriel Guerrero lined a two-out single to left field to drive in shortstop Blake Trahan.
Guerrero was 0-6 Monday against his former team before driving in Trahan.
But Mobile came right back in the bottom of the inning to tie the game again, 1-1, when second baseman Hutton Moyer slapped a two-out grounder to right field to score Houchins. The 24-year-old Houchins was 3-8 in the game with a run scored and game-winning RBI.
The 17-inning game is the longest Pensacola has played in after going 16 innings in the 2016 and 2013 seasons.
The game went into extra innings with the score tied, 0-0. Pensacola had runners on first and third with two outs when Guerrero stepped to the plate and struck out on three pitches.
Both teams had plenty of chances to score. Pensacola was 3-12 with runners in scoring position and left 11 players on base. Meanwhile, Mobile was 2-17 with runners in scoring position and left 16 runners on base.
The loss wasted a second good start by Pensacola right-hander Keury Mella, who threw seven scoreless innings, allowed four hits, one walk and struck out four. He now has an 11-inning scoreless streak and lowered his ERA to 4.12 from a high of 10.80.
Mobile starter Grayson Long worked six scoreless innings and gave up just one hit, one walk and struck out four.
Pensacola still has the best record in the Southern League at 13-5 and leads second place Mobile, which is 9-9, by four games in the Southern Division.
Wahoos Fall To Mobile Ending Winning Streak
April 24, 2017
Pensacola Blue Wahoos eight-game win streak — the longest in franchise history — came to an end Sunday when the Mobile BayBears pulled out a, 3-2, victory at Hank Aaron Stadium.
Mobile scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning when third baseman Andrew Daniel singled to center field to score center fielder Zach Welz.
Pensacola starter Luis Castillo had left the game in the sixth inning with a 2-2 tie. He allowed five hits and struck out four and didn’t walk any batters.
However, the Blue Wahoos usually reliable bullpen gave up the final run of the game. Pensacola reliever Ismael Guillon gave up a line drive single to centerfield to Welz in the eighth and balked to move him to second.
After a groundout, Blue Wahoos reliever Geoff Broussard replaced Guillon and promptly gave up the game-winning hit to Daniel. The loss was Guillon’s first of the season and evened his record at 1-1. It was also the first run Guillon has given up in five relief appearances for Pensacola giving him a 1.42 ERA.
Pensacola did get runners on first and third with two outs in the top of the ninth but Blue Wahoos right fielder Aristides Aquino, who is tied for the team lead with second baseman Josh VanMeter and center fielder Brian O’Grady with seven RBIs, struck out to end the game.
For the game, Pensacola had plenty of chances to score. It put runners in scoring position in eight of the nine innings against Mobile. But it was 1-15 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.
Pensacola did score two runs in the third inning to take a 2-1 lead. VanMeter singled to right field to drive in DH Devin Mesoraco, who had doubled to center field to start the inning. Blue Wahoos first baseman Angelo Gumbs then doubled to center to score VanMeter.
Mobile catcher Jose Briceno doubled on a line drive to Pensacola left fielder Leon Landry to score Daniel in the first inning. He then tied the game 2-2, with a line drive single to Landry that scored Mobile first baseman Zach Houchins in the fourth inning. He was 2-4 with two RBIs to lead Mobile at the plate.
BayBears reliever Eric Karch gave up two hits and two walks and struck out one in the final two innings but earned the victory and is 1-1 with a save and a 0.84 ERA.
Pensacola still has the best record in the Southern League at 13-4 and leads second place Mississippi Braves, who are 8-9, in the Southern Division by five games.
Earlier in the day, RHP Ariel Hernandez was recalled to Cincinnati and looks to become the 42nd former Blue Wahoos player to make their Major League Debut.
UWF Holds Spring Game
April 23, 2017
For the second-consecutive year, the UWF football team gave the sizeable crowd on campus at Pen Air Field nearly 400 yards of offense and numerous big plays on both sides of the ball in the annual Spring Game.
Playing offense against defense throughout due to limited depth at various positions, the offense managed 398 yards of total offense in approximately 90 plays, including 347 through the air. The Argonauts also had eight plays of 10 yards or more.
Redshirt sophomores Grey Jackson and Mike Beaudry saw the majority of time at quarterback with each amassing at least 90 yards of offense. Jackson was 10-for-15 for 82 yards and rushed for eight more including a 5-yard touchdown score. Beaudry was 11-for-17 for 106 yards and one scoring strike.
Sophomore Kevin Grant had five receptions for 53 yards and a 32-yard touchdown catch. Sophomore Caleb Robinson hauled in three balls for 61 yards, while classmates Ka’Ron Ashley and J.J. Lewis each collected more than 20 yards receiving.
The defense collected seven 3-and-out performances and registered a pair of turnovers. Junior Anthony Ryals forced a fumble on the game’s second play and sophomore Jerel Ricketts had a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown. Junior John Williamson had one-and-a-half sacks and was one of five players with three tackles each.
After the game, UWF strength & conditioning coach Kent Morgan recognized a number of Argos for their improvement in the weight room over the spring workout period. He also presented the Iron Argo Award for exceptional improvement to sophomores Chris Schwarz, Martes Wheeler and Stephen Mathews (pictured bottom).
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Blue Wahoos Pitcher Throws First Southern League Perfect Game Since 1970
April 23, 2017
Pensacola Blue Wahoos starter Tyler Mahle flirted with perfect games in his first two starts. On Saturday against the Mobile BayBears lineup he pitched a perfect nine innings — the first time that has happened in the Southern League since 1970.
Behind Mahle’s perfect game the Blue Wahoos won, 1-0, over Mobile at Hank Aaron Stadium and its eighth game in a row. Pensacola is off to its best start in franchise history and has the best record in the Southern League at 13-3.
Mahle said he was able to mow down the Mobile batters by relying on mixing the speeds and location of his fastball and said his “off-speed stuff was OK.”
“There’s no way to really do it,” the 22-year-old Mahle said. “You got to go out there and it just happens by chance. I feel good. You know it doesn’t happen often. It’s unreal.”
The Blue Wahoos opening day starter, who struck out eight in Saturday’s game, improved to 4-0 with a 0.67 ERA. He is the first Southern League pitcher to reach four wins this season and his ERA is third in the Southern League behind two pitchers with 0.00 earned-run averages.
In his first two starts, Mahle threw 4.1 perfect innings against Tennessee and 5.0 perfect innings against Biloxi. Baseball America ranked him the Cincinnati Reds 12th best prospect to start the 2017 season.
He did throw a no-hitter last season in a game June 13 against Jupiter Hammerheads in High-A with the Daytona Tortugas.
The Reds’ moved him up in June to its Double-A affiliate in Pensacola and he participated in his first Major League spring training camp this year.
Mahle was named the Reds’ Sheldon Chief Bender Award as the club’s Minor League Player of the Year in 2015 when he was with Low-A Dayton Dragons and posted a 13-8 record and 2.43 ERA.
He was 14-6 last year with Daytona and Pensacola but said he felt his performance for the Blue Wahoos was the “worst” in his professional career. He was 1-2 with a 6.90 ERA in his last eight starts and lasted 3.2 innings or less three times.
Mahle thanked his defense for their stingy defense behind him throughout the game. Blue Wahoos shortstop Blake Trahan has made only two errors in 16 games this season. In addition, Gabriel Guerrero caught some fly balls on the run in left field.
“They were in the perfect spots and they ran some balls down,” said the humble Mahle. “They made some amazing plays.”
All Mahle needed was a single to left field by catcher Joe Hudson in the second inning that drove in right fielder Aristides Aquino to put the Blue Wahoos up 1-0. Aquino ripped a double to center field to start the second inning.
They were the only two hits that Mobile starter Tyler Carpenter gave up to Pensacola in his eight inning start
Mahle’s perfect game gave the Blue Wahoos pitching staff a ridiculous team ERA of 2.17, which leads the league. It was also the team’s fourth shutout in its 16 games played this season, the most in the league.