Tate Aggies Easily Beat Washington; Northview Falls To Milton
February 14, 2025
The Tate Aggies varsity and junior varsity made quick work of the Washington Wildcats Thursday, while the Northview Chiefs varsity and junior varsity slipped to the Milton Panthers.
Tate 24, Washington 1
After scoring 16 in the first inning, the Tate Aggies beat the Washington Wildcats 24-1 Thursday night.
Nathan Ozuna had a second inning solo homer to left field as he went 3-3 for the night. Griffen Cook was also 3-3. Cal Foxworth was 2-3 with five RBIs. Hunter Clayton had four RBIs, while most of the team had at least one RBI in the big win.
Taite Davis earned the win for Tate, giving up four hits and one unearned run in four innings, walking one and striking out three.
Tate 18, Washington 0 (JV)
The junior varsity Tate Aggies shut out Washington 18-0 Thursday.
Lance Brady, Aydan Nigam, and Chandler St.Amant had three RBIs each for Tate. Brady had four hits in five at bats.
Milton 11, Northview 5
The Northview Chiefs fell to the Milton Panthers 11-5 Thursday in Bratt.
Braynt Mason surrendered two hits and three runs in four innings on the mound for the Chiefs while striking out six and walking three. Jase Portwood pitched two, allowing five hits and six runs while walking two and striking out three.
Jayden White went 2-3 to lead Northview at the plate. Cole Davis, Kelan Jury, and Jayden White each had one RBI for the Chiefs.
Northview will host Walton at 6:30 on Friday.
Milton 11, Northview 8 (JV)
Milton’s junior varsity defeated Northview 11-8 Thursday.
Kobi Fiorenti had three RBIs for the JV Chiefs, while Caleb Levins had two. Will Strawbridge was 2-2 at bat.
Christian Roberts went three and a third innings for Northview, allowing six hits and nine runs while striking out six and walking five. Tyler McAnally was on the mound for one and two-third innings, allowing eight hits and 11 runs while striking out eight.
NorthEscambia.com file photo.
Former Northview Coach Wes Summerford Named WFHS Jags Head Coach
February 13, 2025
Wes Summerford has been named the new head football coach for the West Florida High School Jaguars.
Summerford spent the last five seasons as head coach for Northview, where the Chiefs were state runner-up in 2022. At Northview he was 2022 FHSAA Class 1R Coach of the Year and the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Coach of the Year.
“West Florida is where I fell in love with coaching football and this is a homecoming for me,” Summerford said Thursday morning has he was introduced to the Jaguars team. He previously worked as the outside linebackers coach and defensive coordinator for West Florida.
“Wes Summerford knows West Florida. He understands our students. He knows what it’s going to take to build a winner,” WFHS Athletic Director Todd Leonard said. “Coach Summerford demonstrates great leadership, he has a great understanding of our school, and he has the right temperament to fit our program.”
A timetable for announcing his replacement at Northview has not been announced.
Summerford was 32-23 overall during his tenure with the Chiefs. Northview recorded winning seasons from 2020-2022, including 13-1 in their run to the state championship game in 2022. The Chiefs went 4-7 in 2023 and 2-8 last season.
Pictured: As Northview High head football coach, Wes Summerford led the Chiefs to the state runners-up spot during a game against Hawthorne in Tallahassee. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Got this2025 Tate Baseball Rosters, Diamond Girls Announced
February 13, 2025
Tate High School Baseball has named their 2025 teams and Diamond Grils. They are:
VARSITY
- Brayden Beck
- Aiden Bramblett
- Nathan Connors
- Griffin Cook
- Taite Davis
- Connor Dethlefs
- Shepphard Edgar
- Cal Foxworth
- Logan Kimmons
- Bryton McClellan
- Nathan Ozuna
- Jackson Peterson
- Kaleb Posta
- Kaden Posta
- Cohen Rush
- Landon Stoos
- Evan Taylor
- Zane Warrington
JUNIOR VARSITY
- Lance Brady
- Beau Bryant
- Mason Bryant
- Hunter Clayton
- Dylan Dirks
- Jonathan Flynn
- Kannon Ham
- Cooper Halfacre
- Cade McNair
- Aydan Nigam
- Ethan Priest
- Levi Reed
- Chandler St. Amant
- Brody White
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FRESHMAN
- Bryson Adams
- Kash Brown
- Tanner Clark
- Jordan Edmond
- Trenton Godwin
- Carter Petero
- Camden Siefert
- Falcon Sidner
- Hunter Taylor
- Cayden Thompson
- Parker White
- Elijah Wilbanks
- Mason Williams
DIAMOND GIRLS
- Brooke Alvare
- Kadyn Austin
- Callen Beaty
- Mya Beane
- Abigail Blackburn
- Rieslin Colvin
- T’Niyah Denson
- Jocelyn Hawkins
- Kyra Hawk
- Ashton Helton
- Shelby Holden
- McKenna Hughes
- Olivia Johnson
- Maddie Jarman
- Savana Lowery
- Addy Lynn
- Adrianna Middleton
- Olivia Noble
- Laila O’Neal
- Caidance Peterson
- Courtney Reichard
- KayLee Ramey
- Cherish Simpkins
- Falcon Sidner
- Jasmine Stanger
- Kacie Tolbert
- Marcia Tolbert
- Beatrice Tosi
- Lillian Vige
- Savanna Wadsworth
- Kylie Williams
- A’Miyah Williams
- Madison Wise
- Lauren Womack
Northview Chiefs Fall To South Walton In Season Opener (With Gallery)
February 12, 2025
The 1A Northview Chiefs fell 17-0 in their season opener Tuesday night, to South Walton, last year’s 4A state runner-up.
The Seahawks, with roster that boosts several major league prospects that drew a small crowd of scouts to Bratt Tuesday night, took an early 5-0 lead in the first and never looked back.
Grayden Sheffield led the Chiefs with one hit in two at bats.
Jayden White opened on the mound for Northview, giving up three hits and 10 runs, four of which were earned, in two innings, striking out none while walking five. Dane King pitched one and a third innings, including through a moderate rain shower, giving up two hits and seven runs while waking four and striking out one. Brayt Mason closed two-thirds of an inning, surrendering one hit and striking out two.
Pictured: The Northview Chiefs played through moderate rain showers as they host the South Walton Seahawks Tuesday night in Bratt. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Tate Lady Aggies Beat Escambia (With Gallery)
February 11, 2025
The Tate Lady Aggies defeated the Escambia Gators 15-0 in their preseason opener Monday night at Tate.
Kara Win went 3-3 for the Aggies with a double in the fourth, triple in the third and a single in the second inning. Jordan Smith was 2-2 at the plate. Tate also had one hit each from Peyton Womack, Aubree Jordan, Lacy Wilson, Amburleigh Laird, Madison Smilie, Kylie Mitchell, and MyKamia Padgett.
For a photo gallery, click here.
Jordan Smith earned the win in the circle for the Lady Aggies, allowing one hit and no runs in two innings while striking out six and walking none. Mykamia Padgett threw two innings of shutout ball for Tate in relief. She gave up no hits, striking out four and walking none.
The Lady Aggies will host West Florida at 6:30 Thursday in another preseason game.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Tate Aggie JV Cheerleaders Place Eighth In The Nation
February 10, 2025
The Tate High School junior varsity cheerleaders placed eighth in the nation over the weekend.
The JV Aggie cheerleaders were the first Tate Aggies JV squad to earn a sport in the finals at the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship. They placed eighth in the JV Tradicional division in the Orlando competition.
The Tate varsity cheerleaders, who won the runner up spot in the state a week before, also competed in nationals.
“It’s been a tough one but we will come back stronger and use this season as a learning experience,” the varsity squad said on social media.
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2025 Northview Lady Chiefs Softball Rosters Announced
February 10, 2025
The Northview Lady Chiefs have named their 2025 varsity and junior varsity teams.
The rosteras are as follows:
VARSITY
- Addysen Bolen
- Riley Brooks
- Bailey Burkette
- Mary Clayton Dawson
- Jamison Gilman
- Aubrey Hadley
- Kylie Langham
- Mikayla McAnally
- Daviona Randolph
- Avery Stuckey
JUNIOR VARSITY
- Auna Arredond
- Amanda Frenandez
- Brielle Garcia
- Zoey Grice
- Aviya Labue
- Allison Nafel
- Bella Sanspree
- Chloe Satterwhite
- Julianna Tidwell
- Abigail Williams
NorthEscambia.com file photo.
2025 Tate Lady Aggies Softball Rosters Announced
February 9, 2025
The Tate Lady Aggies have named their 2025 varsity and junior varsity teams.
The rosteras are as follows:
VARSITY
- Jordyn Banks
- Kinzlee Biggs
- Blakely Campbell
- Carlyn Ham
- Aubree Jordan
- Amburleigh Laird
- Kaylie Mitchell
- Mykamia Padgett
- Taylor Robinson
- Tristen Showalter
- Madison Smillie
- Jordan Smith
- Lacy Wilson
- Kara Wine
- Peyton Womack
JUNIOR VARSITY
- Gracyn Campbell
- Aubree Gorum
- Sarah Mitchell
- Brelynn Morris
- Carmen Morris
- Emorie Nelson
- Bailey Parden
- Kierstyn Phillips
- Kaylyn Relstab
- Ke’Anna Smith
- Tatianna Yahle
NorthEscambia.com file photo.
Ice Flyers Rough Start Again Decisive In Series-Ending Loss To Macon Mayhem
February 9, 2025
by Bill Vilona, Ice Flyers correspondent
The Ice Flyers faced another three-goal hole early into Saturday’s series finale against the Macon Mayhem.
This time, they could not produce any late-game suspense.
For a photo gallery, click here.
The Mayhem twice answered the Ice Flyers brief points of momentum with insurance goals, then played tight defense in the final minutes to produce a 5-3 victory at the Pensacola Bay Center and claim both final meetings this season between the teams.
Saturday’s game attracted a crowd (5,619) that nearly filled every seat in the lower bowl for Toy Story Night with the Ice Flyers wearing custom designed purple jerseys to match the theme. There was also a live auction for game-worn jerseys following the game.
The back-to-back losses pushed the Ice Flyers four points behind Evansville and Birmingham for the last two playoff qualifying spots. The Ice Flyers (13-22, 5 OT losses) have 16 games remaining, eight apiece home and away.
With their wins, Macon (17-20, 3 OT losses) climbed from ninth to seventh place in the league standings.
After trailing 3-0 Friday night, closing to within a goal and failing to get an equalizer in the final minutes of 3-2 loss to Macon, the game Saturday began even rougher for the Ice Flyers.
They gave up three goals in the first nine minutes, forcing Ice Flyers coach Gary Graham to remove starting goaltender Brody Claeys for Cody Karpinski.
Only 28 seconds later, a jolt of good vibe occurred when Matt Wiesner poked in the puck through traffic to trim the deficit.
Macon then got the first goal of the second period to extend the lead, then a goal less than seven minutes into the third period to again answer an Ice Flyers lead-trimming score.
With more than three minutes left in the game, following a timeout, Graham pulled Karpinski for the extra attacker, but the Ice Flyers struggled with puck control in those closing minutes and were thwarted from getting numerous chances.
Pensacola played without team captain Jake Hamilton, suspended for his role in a fight Friday night. Also following last night’s game, winger Michael Herrera was placed on a 14-day injured list.
Once again the Ice Flyers managed more shots on goal (35-29), including an overwhelming edge in the second period (12-3), but could not generate more goals.
With the Bay Center transformed as the center venue for the ultra-popular Pensacon week, the Ice Flyers will travel to face the Birmingham Bulls next Friday and Saturday with an opportunity to close ground if they can win those back-to-back games.
They will then play Evansville at the Bay Center for three consecutive games the following week (Feb 21-23), so there are opportunities for this team to gain ground in a quest for a playoff spot.
Here’s a quick recap from Saturday.
FIRST PERIOD
The Ice Flyers struggled to gain puck possession following the opening faceoff and got pinned in their zone. That turned into Macon’s first goal just 2-minutes, 52 seconds into the game by Justin Kelly.
The Ice Flyers didn’t get their first shot on goal until nearly four minutes into the period.
The Mayhem then answered with two goals just 39 seconds apart to expand the lead and force the goaltender change.
Matt Wiesner’s goal put some energy back for the remainder of the period, following assists by teammates Greg Susinski and Jonathan Bartuccio-Pereira.
SECOND PERIOD
Sam Dabrowski converted a pass from Ivan Bondarenko with 5:13 left in the period to provide another lift. Bondarenko had massed on a backhand attempt as he swooped on net, but regained control of the puck on after circling the cage and found slid the puck to Dabrowski for ninth goal of the season.
Bondarenko and Wiesner then just missed converting on a two-on-one during a penalty kill situation, after the Ice Flyers were whistled for too many men on the ice.
Macon got called for the same penalty with 1:21 left, but the Ice Flyers couldn’t capitalize and Macon took intermission with a 4-2 lead.
THIRD PERIOD
Blake Tosto poked in puck amid traffic in front of the crease to cut the deficit to 4-3 with 17:57 left in the game and suddenly thoughts of comeback were returned.
But following a game timeout and a faceoff in the Macon zone, the Mayhem gained possession and Jake Goldowski scored the game’s biggest goal on a rush by flipping the puck past Karpinski with 13:10 left. It gave the Mayhem a two-goal edge they kept.
GAME NOTABLES
Following the game, many of the Ice Flyers players participated in a post-game skate with fans.
The jersey auctions and uniform design were popular with proceeds going to Covenant Care.
WHAT’S NEXT?
WHO: Ice Flyers vs. Birmingham Bulls
WHEN: Friday-Saturday (Feb. 14-15)
WHERE: Pelham Civic Complex, Pelham, Alabama.
Tate Aggies Slip To Milton, Finishing Season At District Runners-Up
February 8, 2025
The Tate Aggies are 6A District 1 runners-up after falling on the road to the Milton Panthers.
The Panthers dominated scoring in the first half, leading Tate 39-10 at the half. Despite a slow start, the Aggies found their rhythm in the third quarter, outscoring Milton 18-16.
But Tate just could not keep pace with Milton in the final period.
The Aggies finished their season at 17-10.
Pictured: The Tate Aggie home opener with a 71-68 win over the Atmore Blue Devils. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
