Century’s Buck Showalter Named American League Manager Of The Year
November 12, 2014
Former Century resident Buck Showalter, Baltimore Orioles manager, was named the American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday night, putting Baltimore’s skipper in a special category following a spectacular 2014 season.
Showalter, who beat out finalists Mike Scioscia and Ned Yost, is the sixth manager to win the award three or more times and just the second — joining Tony La Russa — to do it with three different organizations. Showalter won with the Yankees in 1994 and the Rangers in 2004 and quipped he would definitely not be around in 2024 to see if the trend continues.
“I’m pretty speechless,” said Showalter on MLB Network, which unveiled the award live. “It’s such a great reflection on our organization, our ownership that has been so rock solid.”
Showalter, who took over in Baltimore in August 2010, has posted winning seasons in each of the past three years and finished runner-up to Bob Melvin for the AL Manager of the Year Award in 2012.
Showalter has 1,259 career victories in 16 seasons as a Major League manager, the third-most wins among active managers. He is 377-328 in Baltimore and the third O’s manager to be named Manager of the Year, joining Davey Johnson (1997) and Frank Robinson (1989).
Showalter’s family moved to Century in the late 1950’s. His father served as a teacher, coach and principal at Century High School for 23 year. Buck Showalter played Little League ball in a thriving program in Century, and he graduated from Century High School. Century’s modern day Showalter Park is named after him.
Courtesy Baltimore Orioles.
Pictured: A congratulatory message image tweeted Tuesday night by the Baltimore Orioles for AL Manager of the Year Buck Showalter, a former resident of Century.
Register Now For Saturday’s In Hot Pursuit 5K
November 12, 2014
The 7th Annual In Hot Pursuit 5K run and walk is coming up at 8:00 Saturday morning on Pensacola Beach.
Register now at active.com http://bit.ly/1qufntU or download a printable form at escambiaso.com. Registration and packet pick up will take place Thursday and Friday 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Running Wild, 312 East Cervantes Street in Pensacola.
The top finishers in each age division will win a specially designed souvenir mug. The top male and female runners overall will win one-of-a-kind trophies handmade by artist Ben Boggan.
All proceeds from the race will go to support the Florida Sheriff’s Association Youth Ranches. The In Hot Pursuit 5K is sponsored in part by NorthEscambia.com.
Milwaukee Brewers’ Gindl Inspires Young Baseball Players
November 10, 2014
Northview High School held a baseball clinic Saturday with major leaguer Caleb Gindl of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Participants in the second annual clinic went through hands on training on various aspects of the game and received instruction from Gindl.
Gindl grew up around Molino and went on to play high school ball for the Pace Patriots.
In 2007, Milwaukee selected Gindl in the fifth round of the Major League Baseball draft. He paid his dues year after year in the minors, until he was called up to the Brewers. A week later, he made history for the Milwaukee Brewers as he became the first in franchise history to hit a walk-off for his first MLB homer. It was his very first major league home run.
Pictured top: Jax Fillmore and Jace Gifford each received an autographed baseball bat from Caleb Gindl of the Milwaukee Brewers during a baseball clinic Saturday at Northview High School. Pictured below: Clinic participants. Photo by Ramona Preston for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Tate Beats Escambia
November 8, 2014
In a battle of local powerhouses, the Tate High School Aggies beat the Escambia Gators 27-24 Friday night in Cantonment.
The Aggies took a sizable 20-0 lead, beginning with 70-yard touchdown run with 7:53 on the clock in the first quarter.
The Aggies hit the road next Friday night for the first round of the state playoffs against Lincoln High School in Tallahassee.
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Chiefs Drop Non-District Game To Blountstown (With Photo Gallery)
November 8, 2014
The Northview Chiefs finished out their regular season with a non-district 28-27 loss to the Blountstown Tigers Friday night at Tommy Weaver Memorial Stadium in Bratt.
The loss was, simply, due to too many mistakes, said Northview head coach Sid Wheatley
“We just had too many mistakes down the stretch. Two different times, we had a two possession lead. That’s when you’ve got to go finish things off, and we didn’t do it,” said Wheatley. “And that absolutely killed it.”
The Chiefs took an early 7-0 lead with 9:31 to go in the first quarter on an eight-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Gavin Grant to Cameron Newsome in the end zone. Blountstown tied it up early in the second with the Chiefs making it 13-7 with 8:19 to go in the second with a 25-yard Nick Lambert touchdown.
Lambert scored again for the Chiefs with 7:57 to go in the third. And the final score of the cold night in Bratt come from Grant with a 60-yard quarterback keeper.
The Chiefs are looking to move on quickly, putting the loss behind them and looking forward to next week and round one of the 1A state playoffs.
“We’ve got to get better and our minds have to get better, because our second season begins now,” Wheatley said. “This game tonight has no bearing on what’s going to take place in the future.”
Next up in the future of the Chiefs are the Vernon Yellowjackets next Friday night on the road.
Wheatley said the team was looking toward a really good week of practice, “we are going to prepare them hard”, and we are going to on the road and get things done at Vernon.”
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Senior Night, band and cheerleaders photos will be published in upcoming stories.
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High School Football Scoreboard
November 8, 2014
Here are scores from the final week of the regular season in Florida and the first round of the playoffs in Alabama
FLORIDA
- Blountstown
- Tate 27, Escambia 24
- West Florida 28, Washington 6
- OPEN: Pace, Milton, Pine Forest, Jay
ALABAMA – PLAYOFF GAMES
- T.R. Miller 35, Greensboro 6
- W.S. Neal 51, Northside (Tuscaloosa) 34
- Flomaton 35, Pickens County 20
- Escambia Academy 54, Glenwood 0
Student Athletes Honored At FCA Banquet
November 4, 2014
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes “Go the Distance” Awards Banquet was held Monday night at the First Baptist Church in Pensacola.
Athletes from Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Washington counties were honored for their participation in cross country, golf, swimming and volleyball.
Honored from Northview High School were:
- Brandon Korinchak and Mary Sullivan, cross county
- Kyndall Hall, volleyball
- Lakelynn Parker and Trevor Levins, golf
Pictured top: Northview FCA award winners (L-R) Lakelynn Parker and Trevor Levins, golf; Brandon Korinchak and Mary Sullivan, cross county; and Kyndall Hall, volleyball. Pictured below: Northview banquet attendees. Photos by Barbara Korinchak for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Register Now For ‘In Hot Pursuit 5K’ On Pensacola Beach
November 4, 2014
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Seventh Annual In Hot Pursuit 5K is scheduled for November 15 on Pensacola Beach. There will be a fun beach course, great door prizes, and souvenir mugs for the winners. All proceeds from the race will go to support the Florida Sheriff’s Association Youth Ranches.
The mission of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches is to prevent delinquency and develop strong, lawful, resilient, and productive citizens who will make a positive contribution to our communities for years to come. This charitable, non-profit agency was founded by the Florida Sheriffs Association and operates four residential campuses and two camping facilities. Additionally, it provides community-based services and family counselling to as many of Florida’s neglected, troubled children as funds will permit. This year,the Youth Ranches will serve more than 5,000 needy boys and girls.The organization is funded primarily through charitable donations from generous donors.
The race will start at 8:00 a.m. near the Pavilion on Pensacola Beach. Registration is $25 for adults. Register online at active.com or download a printable race form at escambiaso.com.
The In Hot Pursuit 5K is sponsored by Cox Cable, The Grand Marlin, Gulf Power, Edward Jones, John Peacock CFP, CRPC, Gulf Power, The Fraternal Order of Police, The Andrews Institute, Berney Office Solutions, Navy Federal Credit Union, Boost Mobile, May’s Construction, Gulf Winds Credit Union, Marianna Airmotive, The Sandshaker, NorthEscambia.com, The Independent News and News Talk WCOA Radio.
ERC Youth Football Champions: Excel, Flomaton And Jay
November 2, 2014
It was Championship Saturday for the Escambia River Conference youth football league at Northview High School with Flomaton, a couple of Excel teams and Jay handing losses to NWE, Neal and two Poarch teams.
The Escambia River Conference includes teams from Flomaton, Poarch, Uriah, Excel and East Brewton in Alabama; and Walnut Hill, Jay and Baker in Flomaton.
Results are posted under each photograph below:
Flomaton finished a perfect season with a 34-20 win over NWE for the senior championship.
Excel won the junior championship over Poarch 13-0.
The Excel sophomores ended a perfect season with a 37-27 championship win over Neal.
The Jay Royals defeated the Poarch Warriors 33-28 for the freshmen championship.
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Baker Beats Northview For 1-1A Championship (With Gallery)
November 1, 2014
The Baker Gators beat the Northview Chiefs 35-27 for the District 1-1A championship Friday night in Baker. As district runner-ups, the Chiefs will still advance to the state playoffs.
It was a disappointment for the Chiefs as they looked to avenge a loss to Baker last year, and a game that left Head Coach Sid Wheatley disappointed.
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“We didn’t play well enough to win a football game tonight. We have a good football team, but we didn’t play like we had a good football team tonight. We didn’t play well enough on offense, we didn’t play well enough on defense, special teams we turned the ball over a couple of times, and they capitalized on it,” Wheatley said. “That’s basically the story.”
The loss means the Chiefs (6-2) will be on the road in the first round of the playoffs against the Vernon Yellowjackets (8-1) on November 14, while Baker will host Graceville.
“We are going to have to be tough and win a game on the road and try to advance that way as opposed to getting a runner-up and home, now we’ve got to go play a district champ on the road,” Wheatley said.
Baker took an early lead in the first quarter, with the Chiefs tying it up 7-7 with a Tydre Bradley touchdown with 2:19 to go in the first. The Chiefs next score came from Austin Whitehead from one yard out
Before the playoffs begin, the Chiefs still have one regular season game, their Senior Night, at home next Friday night against Blountstown.
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