Freshmen Football: Tate Aggies Shut Out The Pine Forest Eagles
September 28, 2012
In freshmen football action Thursday night, the Tate High School freshmen shut out the Pine Forest Eagles 12-0.
The freshmen Aggies cross the Bay to take on the Milton High Panthers next Thursday at 5:00 before their last home ame on October 18 against the Pace Patriots.
Photos by Hope Bonucchi for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Cross Country Results
September 28, 2012
Here are team results from a recent cross county meet at Sims Middle School in Pace:
Girls
- Gulf Breeze 51
- Pace 52
- Navarre 63
- Pensacola Christian 141
- Pensacola 197
- T.R. Miller 202
- Milton 220
- Tate 237
- Northview 335
- Ernest Ward Middle 543
Boys
- Washington 48
- Navarre 53
- Pace 83
- Pensacola Christian 91
- Tate 155
- Gulf Breeze 168
- T.R. Miller 200
- Pensacola 222
- Milton 435
- Northview 586
- Ernest Ward 590
NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Friday Is Last Chance To Save On Registration For Chief Challenge 5K
September 27, 2012
Friday is the last day to save on registration for the Third Annual Chief Challenge 5K Run/Walk at Northview High School.
The event will be held Saturday, October 6 at 8:30 a.m. at the school campus in Bratt. “The course is not your typical 5K race. It includes a variety of terrains and challenging hills around the campus,” according to event organizers.
For a registration form and more details, click here. The registration fee and a t-shirt are discounted to only $15 though September 28.
Awards will be presented to the top six male and female runners in the elementary, middle and high school categories, and to the top three male and female runners in two adult categories plus master and grand master.
About 120 runners and walkers took part in last year’s Chief Challenge. The Chief Challenge 5K Run/Walk is sponsored in part by NorthEscambia.com.
Pictured: The 2011 Chief Challenge. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
This Week: Last Chance To Save On Registration For Chief Challenge 5K
September 24, 2012
This week is the last chance to save on registration for the Third Annual Chief Challenge 5K Run/Walk at Northview High School.
The event will be held Saturday, October 6 at 8:30 a.m. at the school campus in Bratt. “The course is not your typical 5K race. It includes a variety of terrains and challenging hills around the campus,” according to event organizers.
For a registration form and more details, click here. The registration fee and a t-shirt are discounted to only $15 though September 28.
Awards will be presented to the top six male and female runners in the elementary, middle and high school categories, and to the top three male and female runners in two adult categories plus master and grand master.
About 120 runners and walkers took part in last year’s Chief Challenge. The Chief Challenge 5K Run/Walk is sponsored in part by NorthEscambia.com.
Pictured: The 2011 Chief Challenge. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Week Four: Prep Football Standings
September 24, 2012
Last Friday night marked the first night of district games in the North Escambia area, except for Class 1A.
In 6A, early district leaders emerged with wins for Pace, Pensacola and Escambia, while Milton, Pine Forest and Tate record district losses. In Class 5A, Gulf Breeze and West Florida put one in the district win column.
The first district games in Class 1A won’t come until the first week of October.
Here’s a look at last week’s results and this Friday night’s schedule:
Northview Chiefs Sink South Walton’s Seahawks 34-7 (With Photo Gallery)
September 22, 2012
The Northview Chiefs beat the South Walton Seahawks 34-7 Friday night in Bratt.
Northview took the lead with 8:21 on the clock in the first with a 67-yard punt return for a touchdown from junior Neino Robinson, 6-0 Chiefs. Northview struck again in the second with a touchdown and a good two point conversion from Brannon Freeman, 14-0.
In the third, quarterback Kevin Vaughan completed a 20-yard touchdown pass in the end zone to Cameron Newsome, 21-0. Vaughan was back at the QB spot for the first time Friday night since breaking his wrist on his throwing arm.
Vaughan, a senior, threw for 184 yards and two touchdowns for NHS.
With 1:07 to go in the third quarter of play, Robinson scored again on a 10 yard pass from Vaughan. A missed kick, and Northview increase their advantage to 27-0.
South Walton scored their lone touchdown with 5:11 to go in the game, 27-7. Northview answered with a 40-yard run Freeman TD with 2:59 to play, 34-7.
Robinson totaled 86 yards on eight carries on the night. Defensively, Chad Smith had a couple of interceptions for the Chiefs.
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery, click here.
Even with the win, Northview Head Coach Sid Wheatley said there is room for improvement from his Chiefs, currently ranked No. 4 in the state in Class 1A.
“It’s always good to get wins, and we are proud of that win,” he said. “But I think we are smart enough to know that we have to play at a higher level, and we’ve got to get a lot better during the course of practice next week.”
“It just looked like we never had any cohesiveness offensively,” Wheatley said. “We were not executing like we needed to…just little things that add up during the course of a game that kind of take you off what you are trying to do, what you are trying to establish.”
“I think our defense overall played better. We gave up a couple of passes…but I thought we played a little harder on that side,” he said.
The Northview Chiefs will travel to Gulf Breeze next Friday night to take on the 5A Gulf Breeze Dolphins.
It will be the first regular season game of the year for Penn State recruit Neiko Robinson after the Florida High School Sports Association reduced his suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct from six games to four. [Read more...]
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery, click here. (Band, cheerleader, dance team and NJROTC photos will be published Sunday.)
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Escambia Downs Tate (With Photo Gallery)
September 22, 2012
The Escambia Gators defeated the Tate Aggies Friday night in Cantonment, 45-0.
The Aggies held the Gators to just one touchdown in the first quarter, a two-yard run, and a 3-yard touchdown run in the second.
Tate drove to second and goal with about six minutes left in the half, but the Aggies fumbled it away on fourth down at the one.
For more photos, click here. (Homecoming, band and additional photos will be published on Sunday.)
NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
Neiko Robinson Suspension Cut By Two Games; Officials Take Issue With FHSAA Policy
September 21, 2012
The Florida High School Athletic Association has cut Northview Chiefs senior Neiko Robinson’s suspension from six games to four.
Robinson was suspended after being ejected in the fourth quarter of a preseason kickoff game. Robinson, a transfer from the Flomaton Hurricanes and a verbal commitment to Penn State, was tossed out of the game for throwing a punch. His younger brother, Neino Robinson, was flagged for pass interference, and a brief scuffle followed.
In appealing the six game suspension, Northview did not deny that Robinson was guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct. Instead, school officials took issue with the severity of the penalty. A new FHSAA sportsmanship policy went into effect a year ago calling for an automatic six-game suspension for a player ejected for being involved in a fight.
“A six game penalty in a sport like football is excessive,” Escambia Superintendent Malcolm Thomas said. “Six games in football is most of a season; six games in basketball can be what, a couple of weeks? We are hoping that the FHSAA will take a look at that policy.”
Thomas made it very clear that Robinson was guilty of the unsportsmanlike conduct, as did Northview High School Principal Gayle Weaver.
“He did commit unsportsmanlike conduct,” Weaver said. “But we felt that the number of games was too severe in relation to the number of games in the sport.”
In reducing the suspension by two games, the FHSAA said Robinson will face school discipline.
Northview will require that Robinson make an apology to his team, a public apology to the school, visit Ernest Ward Middle School and “speak to their athletes advising them of the importance of good sportsmanship”, and participate in other Northview sports by mentoring younger players, according to Weaver’s appeal letter to the FHSAA.
“It is most important that he learn not only from his mistakes but also that, as a senior, he has the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of others, while providing him with the opportunity to make a life beyond his small community,” Weaver wrote to the FHSAA. “He made a mistake. Please help us to help him to turn it into a redemptive opportunity.”
“He has a future ahead of him in football, having received offers from Penn State and Purdue, among others,” Northview Head Coach Sid Wheatley said in his letter to the FHSAA. “He loves the game and has learned a valuable lesson.”
Robinson will sit out Friday night’s game against South Walton as the fourth game of his suspension. With the reduced suspension, he will be eligible to play September 28 against Gulf Breeze and in Northview’s first district game October 5 against the Jay Royals.
Pictured top: Senior Neiko Robinson picks up yardage for the Northview Chiefs before being ejected from an August 24 preseason game against Panama City Bay. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
JV Football: Baker Over Northview; Tate Beats Escambia (With Gallery)
September 21, 2012
Tate picked up a win while Northview took a loss in junior varsity football action Thursday afternoon.
The JV Tate Aggies defeated the JV Escambia Gators 34-14 in Pensacola. The JV Aggies will host Pine Forest next Thursday night at 6:30.
In Bratt, the Baker Gators defeated Northview 14-6. Northview’s lone touchdown came on a 6-yard run from Hunter Sherouse . The Chiefs went for two, with sophomore Keondre Lett coming just short of the end zone. The JV Chiefs will will host Escambia County High School of Atmore Monday night at 6:30.
For a photo gallery from Northview versus Baker, click here.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Volleyball: Northview Lady Chiefs Dominate Laurel Hill (With Gallery)
September 21, 2012
The Northview Lady Chiefs swept Laurel Hill Thursday in varsity and junior varsity volleyball.
In varsity action, Northview beat Laurel Hill in Bratt 25-18, 25-16, 25-22. For the Lady Chiefs, Morgan Payne had on ace, three kills, one assist and three digs; Mistry Doran added one ace, eight kills and two blocks.
In junior varsity action, Northview downed Laurel Hill 25-12. 25-11. Shelby Nielsen had six aces and three kills. Kyndall Hall had five aces and three assists; E’Layzha Bates contributed two aces.
The Lady Chiefs will travel to Pensacola Catholic next Tuesday with the junior varsity playing at 5:00 and the varsity at 6:00.
Pictured: Northview defeated Laurel Hill Thursday afternoon in varsity volleyball. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.