NWE Downs Tri-County In 9-10 Year Old All-Star Tourney
June 27, 2010
The 9-10 year old Little League All-Star Tournament is taking place in DeFuniak Springs. In Saturday’s action, Northwest Escambia got past Tri-County 9-8.
NWE plays DeFuniak Springs on Monday at 5:30, and Tri-County will play again Tuesday at 7:30.
Members of the NWE 9-10 year old All-Stars include:
Dawson Brown, Jason Fischer, Chase Gifford, Trey Holder, Adrian King, Daniel Mascaro, Preston Milstead, Teddy Nelson, Hunter Spence and Samuel Stott. The team is coached by PJ Gifford and Cameron Horning.
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Submitted photos by Ramona Fischer for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Tri-County 11-12 Year Olds Fall To Defuniak
June 27, 2010
The 11-12 year old Tri-County All-Stars fell to Defuniak Springs Saturday in Panama City.
Tri-County will be in action again Tuesday at 5:30 against Niceville. With a win, they will play again Wednesday at 7:30.
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Pictured: The 11-12 year old Tri-County All-Stars. Submitted photo by Neisa Terrell for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Defuniak Beats Tri-County In 11-12 Softball
June 27, 2010
The Florida District 1 All Star Tournament for 11-12 year old girls is underway this week at Bradberry Park in Walnut Hill.
In Saturday’s action, DeFuniak Springs beat Tri-County 26-8. DeFuniak advances to a 7:30 p.m. Monday games against Northwest Escambia. Tri-County will play Destin Monday at 5:30 p.m.
In another game Saturday at NWE, Niceville beat Destin 16-0. Niceville will face the winner of Monday’s DeFuniak Springs versus Northwest Escambia game.
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Brackets Released For Northwest Escambia Softball Tournament
June 25, 2010
The Florida District 1 All Star Tournament for 11-12 year old girls will get underway Saturday at Bradberry Park in Walnut Hill with teams from Northwest Escambia, Tri-County, DeFuniak Springs and Niceville.
The tournament begins at 10 a.m. Saturday with DeFuniak Springs and Tri-County. The winner of that game will face Northwest Escambia at 7:30 Monday night.
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AirHogs Beat Pelicans 9-5
June 25, 2010
The Grand Prairie AirHogs (20-19) struck in the latter half of the game in a big way and held off the Pelicans (16-23) 9-5 Thursday night.
The AirHogs got on the board first in the top of the third inning with an RBI single to left from Chad Gabriel to bring in Ben Petralli to give Grand Prairie a 1-0 lead.
In the top of the fifth inning, Greg Porter hit a three run homerun with two outs and he drove the ball the other way to left center and over the wall to give the AirHogs a 4-0 lead.
Grand Prairie added five runs in the sixth inning off reliever Tyler Wilson to extend the lead to 9-0. It was a whacky inning that consisted of RBI hits from Joe Spiers, Aaron Garza, and Robert Perry. It was Spiers stealing home in the inning that really shocked the Pelicans and crowd.
Pensacola got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth inning with John Alonso hitting a sacrifice fly for an RBI and getting back to back RBI hits from Marcos Rodriguez and Chase Porch to cut the deficit to six at 9-3.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, John Alonso ripped a two out two run double down the right field line scoring Antoin Gray and Javier Brito to cut the deficit to four at 9-5.
Luke Prihoda (3-3) gets the win as he goes six solid innings giving up three runs off seven hits.
Austin Quinn (1-1) takes the loss as he gives up four runs off seven hits.
Cost Of Some Hunting, Fishing Permits Headed Up; New Deer Permit Required
June 24, 2010
There will be an increase in the cost of some of Florida’s hunting and saltwater fishing permits, beginning July 1. If sportsmen act now, however, they can beat the price increase.
On July 1, 2010, the cost of a turkey permit will go up from $5 to $10 for Florida residents and from $100 to $125 for nonresidents. In addition, Florida waterfowl permits will increase as well, from $3 to $5.
The cost of two saltwater fishing permits also will go up July 1. The snook permit will increase from $2 to $10, and lobster permits will increase from $2 to $5.
Until July 1, though, sportsmen can buy all of these permits at the current prices, and all permits are valid for one year after the date of purchase.
There also is a new deer permit that will be required whenever hunting deer in Florida, beginning during the upcoming 2010-2011 hunting season. The permit will cost $5 and will not be available for purchase until July 1.
Those with a Sportsman’s License, Gold Sportsman’s License, 64 or Older Sportsman’s License, Military Gold Sportsman’s License, Lifetime Hunting License or Lifetime Sportsman’s License will not need to purchase the new deer permit because it has already been included in each of these licenses, even if they were purchased before July 1.
However, the deer permit is not included with a hunting license, combination hunting/freshwater fishing license, combination hunting/freshwater/saltwater license or a five-year hunting license. Anyone hunting deer with either of these licenses must also buy the $5 deer permit to hunt deer legally.
All permits and related licenses can be purchased at county tax collectors’ offices, retail outlets that sell fishing and hunting supplies, online at www.fl.wildlifelicense.com or by calling toll-free 888-HUNT-FLORIDA (486-8356).
Four Homers Power Pelicans To 12-3 Win
June 24, 2010
The Pensacola Pelicans offense was on fire all night long Wednesday with four home runs to top the Captains 12-3. Javier Brito homered twice and Francisco Leandro and John Alonso each went yard as well.
Shreveport-Bossier scored three times with two outs in the top of the third inning with RBI hits from Jovanny Rosario, Christopher Garcia, and Palmer Karr Jr. to give the Captains a 3-0 lead.
Pensacola (16-22) answered back in the bottom of the third inning when Francisco Leandro ripped a double down the 1st base line bringing in Kyle Brown and Chris Chiarappa to make it a 3-2 contest. With Leandro on second with two men out, John Alonso drove a ball to deep center and over the fence for his fourth home run of the season which gave the Pels a 4-3 lead.
WIth one out and nobody on in the bottom of the fifth inning, Javier Brito belted a middle in fastball to deep left center for his sixth home run of the season extending the lead for the Pelicans to 5-3.
The Pelicans scored three times in the bottom of the sixth inning with RBI’s from Chiarappa, Leandro, and Antoin Gray to extend the lead to 8-3.
Pensacola added to their lead in the bottom of the eighth inning when Francisco Leandro hit a two run home run to right field for his third home run of the year and finished the night with five RBI’s on the night. Pelicans led 10-3 when Gray singled and Javier Brito then followed with a bomb to left field that left the ballpark for his second home run of the game to give the Pels a 12-3.
David Nathanson (2-3) was briliant through seven innings as he gave up three runs off ten hits.
Justin Young (3-3) takes the loss as he gave up eight runs off eleven hits through five and third innings pitched.
NWE To Host Two Tournaments At Bradberry Park
June 23, 2010
Bradberry Park in Walnut Hill will be home to two Little League tournaments in the coming weeks.
Officials with Northwest Little League have announced that they will host the Florida District 1 All Star Tournament for 11-12 year old girls softball beginning this Saturday, June 26 and the District 1 All Star Tournament for 13-14 year old boys baseball beginning Saturday, July 10.
The public is invited to attend the games, and concessions will be available. We will publish the brackets and game times when they become available here on NorthEscambia.com.
Captains Clip Pelicans 8-5
June 23, 2010
The Shreveport-Bossier Captains (24-13) won their ninth straight contest Tuesday night as they top the Pelicans (15-22) 8-5.
Shreveport-Bossier Captains struck for four runs in the top of the first inning with RBI’s from Andres Rodriguez, Brian Frichter, and Uriak Marquez. Dane Devalk threw a wild pitch in the inning which resulted in a run as well. Captains led 4-0 after a half inning played.
Pensacola cut that lead in half by scoring a run on a throwing error from pitcher Codey Kelley resulting in the first run for the Pelicans and making it 4-1. Kyle Brown then singled to left field to bring in Chase Porch and make it a 4-2 contest.
With the score 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth, Chase Porch lit up the bench and crowd with a towering three run homerun well over the left field fence to tie the game all of a suddenly at 5. It was the second homerun in as many games for Porch.
Shreveport-Bossier didn’t waste any time regaining the lead in the top of the seventh inning when Uriak hit a two-run double deep into right center to bring in Andres Rodriguez and Brian Frichter to make it a 7-5 lead for the Captains.
The Captains added an insurance run in the ninth inning by getting a fourth RBI from Uriak Marquez to make it an 8-5 ballgame.
Marcus Salmon (1-0) gets the win as he pitched the sixth inning.
Hector Carrasco pitches a perfect ninth inning for his fifth save in as many chances.
Seth Overbey (0-1) takes the loss as he tossed two innings and gave up two earned runs off three hits in his Pelicans debut.
Former Century Resident Buck Showalter Could Manage The Orioles
June 22, 2010
Former Century resident Buck Showalter may be in the running for the manager’s job for the Baltimore Orioles.
Showalter, who is currently an analyst for ESPN, will meet with Orioles about the job on Wednesday, according to The Baltimore Sun. The Orioles dismissed Dave Trebley as their manager back on June 4; they are expected to announce their new manager by the All-Star break.
Showalter, who now lives in Dallas, had three different managerial stints in the majors with the New York Yankees, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Texas Rangers. Showalter first managed the Yankees from 1992-1995 for 581 games posting a 313-268 record finishing 45 games over .500 with a .539 win/loss percentage. He was voted 1994 AL Manager of the Year after the Yankees finished first in the AL East going 70-43. Unfortunately, there would be no post-season in 1994 due to the strike. He made it to his first post-season appearance in 1995, losing the divisional series 3-2 to the Seattle Mariners.
He moved on to the Arizona Diamondbacks where he managed 486 games from 1998-2000 with a 250-236 record. His best season with the Diamondbacks came in 1999 when they finished first in the NL West going 100-62 and eventually losing in the divisional series 3-1 to the NY Mets. Showalter took over as Texas Rangers skipper in 2003-2006 posting a 319-329 record in 648 games. He was selected 2004 AL Manager of the Year with the Texas Rangers going 89-73 with a .549 win/loss percentage.
His father was a high school coach and principal, moving to Century in the late 1950’s. Showalter played Little League ball in Century in a thriving program. Century’s modern day Showalter Park is named after him.