Pelicans Win Home Opener Over AirHogs
May 22, 2010
The Pensacola Pelicans bear the AirHogs 2-1 in the Pels’ home opener Friday night.
Jared Gothreaux (1-1) was the player of the game as he dodged in and out of trouble on numerous occasions to get his first win of the season. Gothreaux only gave up one run off 12 hits against the AirHogs.
The AirHogs scored the game’s first run though in the 5th inning of the game. Jaun Camacho hit a blooping RBI single over Adolfo Gonzalez’s head into shallow left field to bring home David Espinosa to give the AirHogs a 1-0 lead.
The Pelicans had their chances to score early, but had trouble finding that RBI hit through the first 5 innings.
However in the 6th inning, Javier Brito popped a ball up in the air to shallow right and Jose Duran dropped it putting Brito at second base. One out later, John Alonso hit a liner to left which sailed over the head of Chad Gabriel who mis-managed the ball which brought home Brito to tie the game up at 1-1. Alonso raced into third on the play just being the cut off throw from shortstop David Espinosa. Joey Side followed Alonso by getting hit in the stomach by a fastball thrown from AirHogs reliever Jeff Williams. The Pelicans had baserunners at first and third with one out and Lou Palmisano hit a very week grounder in the hole at short which Espinosa threw to second to get the force on Side, but that was it. The grounder was hit too softly to double up Palmisano allowing Alonso to score to give Pelicans a 2-1 lead.
In the 7th inning, Gothreaux flirted out of his last stressful inning of the game as Flint Wipke was at second with two outs and Greg Porter was at the plate. Gothreaux struck out Porter for his 8th and biggest strikeout of the game.
Tyler Wilson replaced Gothreaux in the 8th inning and struck out 3 batters in a scoreless inning. Tommy Baumgardner pitched a scoreless 9th for his 3rd save in as many chances this season.
Jarod Plummer (1-1) took the loss in a tough luck game for him as he gave up 2 runs-1 earned through 5 1/3 innings pitched.
The Pelicans and AirHogs will continue their 4 game series tomorrow night at 6:45pm. Aaron Jackson will take the mound against Matt Green with the pregame show at 6:30pm. Chetan Chaudhari will be on the call on pensacolapelicans.com.
Jay Tee Ball Angels Named Champs With Perfect Record
May 19, 2010
The Angels are Jay Recreation Tee Ball champions with a perfect 14-0 record. Pictured are: (front, L-R) Allie Odom, Makenleigh Bledsoe, Trent Roberson, Carson Walters, Kaden Roberson, (second row) Leslie McCall, Bryson McCullough, Devin Sauls, Grant Barrow, Tylen Sorrells, Payton Jackson, Bailey Odom, (third row) coaches Reggie Odom, Phillipp Sorrells, Stephen Jackson and Jason Roberson. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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NWE Football Meets Sunday
May 19, 2010
There will be a Northwest Escambia Football meeting this Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Ernest Ward Middle School gym.
The public is welcome to attend and learn how the football league works. NWE is also looking for a coach for their Midget team.
Several Area Baseball, Softball Players In High School All-Star Games
May 18, 2010
Several North Escambia area seniors were scheduled to hit the field Tuesday night in the Fourth Annual High School All-Star Baseball and Softball Game at the University of West Florida.
The first pitch for baseball was thrown out by former Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers player and MLB scout Kevin Saucier. For softball, the first pitch was thrown out by Charity Bulter.
North Escambia area players invited to participate included:
BASEBALL
- Rush Hendricks C/1B Jay
- Brandon Blackwelder C/3B Tate
- Heath Burkett P Northview
- Lee Hunter DH/1B Tate
- Brad Lowery P/SS/CF Northview
- Zach McCulley LHP Tate
- Tyler Moore P Tate
- Tevin Padgett OF Tate
- Austen Reid P/SS/CF Northview
- Cole Vickery P Tate
SOFTBALL
- Amber Steadham CF/Utility Jay
- Aimee Clark 1B Northview
- Avery Cobb LF Tate
- Kolbi Cobb OF Northview
- Candice Greenwell 3B Northview
- Amber McMillan 2B Northview
- Crysta Paulson RF Tate
- Amy Siefert 2B Tate
Pictured: Northview’s Aimee Clark is one of the many North Escambia are players taking part in tonight’s Fourth Annual High School All-Star Baseball and Softball Game at the University of West Florida. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
Jay Playoff Schedule, Map, Driving Directions
May 17, 2010
The Jay Royals will face Shorecrest of St. Petersberg next Monday morning in the the Class 2a baseball semifinals.
The game will be played at 9 a.m. local time (10 a.m. EDT) Monday, May 24 at Digital Domain Park (pictured above, click to enlarge) in St. Lucie, Fla. Admission will be $8. The winner of the Jay versus Shorecrest game will play the winner of the 4 p.m. Westminster Christian of Miami versus Orlando Christian game for the state championship. The state championship game will be played at 3 p.m. local time (4 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, May 25.
Digital Domain park is the spring training home of the New York Mets. The facility seats 7,347 people.
For recommended hotel accommodations from the Florida High School Athletic Association web site, click here. The Hilton Garden Inn at PGA Village/Port St. Lucie offers a special rate of $79 per night through the link.
The park is 555 miles from Jay, an estimated nine hour road trip. Driving directions, according to Google Maps, are below. Click here to see a map with these directions.
- Head east on 1st Ave W/FL-4 E toward S Alabama St Continue to follow FL-4 E 31.8 mi
- Turn right to stay on FL-4 E 4.6 mi
- Turn left at FL-10 E/US-90 E 17.8 mi
- Turn right at FL-285 S 0.4 mi
- Turn left to merge onto I-10 E 226 mi
- Take exit 296A to merge onto I-75 S toward Tampa 108 mi
- Slight left at Florida’s Turnpike/Ronald Reagan Turnpike (signs for Orlando/Florida Turnpike S) Partial toll road 156 mi
- Take exit 152 to merge onto FL-70 E/Okeechobee Rd Partial toll road 1.2 mi
- Merge onto I-95 S via the ramp to W Palm Beach 7.4 mi
- Take exit 121 for St Lucie W Blvd 0.4 mi
- Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Port St Lucie 269 ft
- Turn left at St Lucie W Blvd 0.7 mi
- Turn left at NW Peacock Blvd Destination will be on the right
Sports Association Awards Scholarships To Area Seniors
May 17, 2010
Several North Escambia area seniors were honored at the recent 2010 PSA Senior Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet.
Rush Hendricks of Jay (pictured) was named an overall winner and will receive a cash scholarship to the school of his choice from the Pensacola Sports Association Foundation. Drew Kennedy from Jay was awarded a scholarship from the University of West Florida.
A total of 26 students from were offered scholarships totaling $110,000 by PSA and Pensacola Junior College.
PSA Scholar Athlete winners from the North Escambia area awarded PJC scholarships included:
- Jordan Bray, Jay, cheerleading
- Zach McMulley,, Tate, baseball
- Justin Galagher, Tate, tennis
- Travis Thrash, Tate, weightlifting
- Chelsea Hall, Tate, basketball
AirHogs Beat The Pelicans
May 17, 2010
The AirHogs (3-0) came from behind Sunday for the second time in three games to deal another gut-wrenching loss for the Pelicans (0-3) by a final of 4-3.
One big positive for the Pels was the pitching performance turned in by Aaron Jackson. Jackson was in trouble with men on base in each of the first four innings of the contest. He ended up battling through six innings, giving up only two runs off 2 hits and walking just 4 batters.
Aaron Jackson’s roommate Antoin Gray was a hot rod with the bat as he went 4 for 4 with 4 solid singles on the night.
The Pelicans scored two runs in the first on a pair of Grand Prairie errors, but RBI ground outs by Ben Petralli in the second and Camacho in the third tied the game at 2-2.
It was a pitching duel from both clubs starters and relievers until Francisco Leandro’s RBI single in the top half of the ninth brought home John Alonso to give the Pelicans a 3-2 lead.
However in the bottom of the ninth, it was another nightmare for Ron Hill A.K.A. “The Bear” and the Pelicans. Hogs 3rd baseman Jaun Camacho singled sharply to left which then skipped away from Joey Side and resulted in Camacho hustling all the way to third base on the play. Aaron Garza then roped an RBI double down the left field line tying the game at 3. Robert Perry then would knock home the game-winning RBI with a deep shot off the right field wall and win the game for the AirHogs 4-3.
The Pelicans will be off on Monday and be back at it with Day/Night Double-Header starting Tuesday morning at 10:05am against the Shreveport Bossier Captains. The 2nd game will be at 7:05pm. Chetan Chaudhari will be on the call for both of the games with the pregame starting approximately 10 minutes before each of the scheduled first pitches.
Pelicans Fall To Air Hogs
May 16, 2010
The Pensacola Pelicans fell to the Grand Prairie Air Hogs Saturday 7-6 in 13 innings.
Pelicans (0-1) starter Jason Jones was solid all night long as he scattered 9 hits and only gave up 1 run in 6 2/3 innings pitched. Grand Prairie (0-1) starter James Paxton lasted only 3 innings, giving up three runs on six hits. The Pelicans tallied their first run of the night off Paxton in the top of the second off an RBI single to right by John Alonso.
The AirHogs tied it back up in the bottom of the third on a wild pitch from Pensacola starter Jason Jones skipped away from catcher Lou Palmisano scoring Ben Petralli.
Paxton would get the hook after giving up three singles in a row leading to the Pelicans second run. A sacrifice fly would bring in the remainder of Paxton’s property, giving the Pelicans a 3-1 lead.
Pensacola would tack on one more in the sixth on a base hit, but would be held scoreless for the rest of the regulation nine innings.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, AirHogs third baseman Juan Camacho hit a towering pop fly that was dropped by Pensacola third baseman John Alonso, allowing two runs to score and tying the game at four.
Pensacola took the runs back in the top of the 12th inning. The first run came across on a wild pitch from AirHogs pitcher Mike Bille, moving a runner to third. A base hit would drive in the sixth run.
A triple by AirHogs catcher Flint Wipke scored two runs in the bottom of the 12th tying the game and sending it to be continued Saturday night.
The game would come to an end in the bottom of the 13th innings with Higs runners on first and second with 2 outs as Robert Perry drove in Greg Porter with a blooping single to center. Air Hogs beat the Pelicans 7-6.
Jay Royals Win Regionals; Headed To State Final Four
May 15, 2010
The Jay Royals beat the Port St. Joe Sharks 15-7 Friday night for the Region 1-2A championship and a trip to the state final four.
Hunter Boutwell, Hunter Brown, Sawyer Gandy and Rush Hendricks all scored in the first four, with the Royals and the Sharks 4-4 in the bottom of the fourth. Port St. Joe managed to take a 6-4 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth. But the Royals rallied with a big three run, in-the-park homer from Kevin Stanton for a 7-6 Jay lead.
The Sharks managed a run in the top of the sixth to tie the ballgame 7-7. But the bottom of the sixth was all Jay as the Royals added eight runs for their 15-7 win. Overall, the Royals scored 15 runs on nine hits and committed just six errors.
Hunter Brown (8-4) took the win on the mound for the Royals. He pitched seven innings, allowing four hits, walking seven and striking out five.
Hitters for Jay included: Hunter Boutwell 2-5, two doubles and one RBI; Hunter Brown 2-4, two doubles and two RBI’s; Rush Hendricks 2-4 with one RBI; Kevin Stanton 2-3, with three RBI’s; and Sawyer Gandy 1-2.
Friday night’s win sends the Royals to their second final four game in the last three years. The Florida High School Athletic Association State 2A Semifinals begin Monday, May 24 at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie with the Jay Royals taking on Shorecrest Prep.
Port St. Joe had a dismal start to their season at 0-5, but then won 18 of their last 22 for a 18-9 record headed into Friday night’s game. The Royals were 17-7, coming off a 1-0 Regional win over the Northview Chiefs.
Pictured top: Hunter Boutwell steps up the plate for the Royals. Pictured inset: Hunter Brown up to bat. Photos courtesy WEAR TV for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Northview Names 2010-2011 Volleyball Teams
May 13, 2010
Northview High School has named their Lady Chiefs volleyball teams for next year.
Last year’s Lady Chiefs varsity team advanced to the regional quarterfinals, just the third time in Northview’s history that a volleyball team had advanced beyond the district level. The Lady Chiefs also made the first round of the quarterfinals in 2007 and back in 1997.
Members of the 2010-2011 Northview Lady Chiefs volleyball teams are:
VARSITY
- Trestine Dean
- Ashley Digmon
- Misty Doran
- Josie Doucette
- Ashton Gibbs
- Kara Hardin
- Sarah Killam
- Shawna Montgomery
- Morgan Payne
- Peyton Sandoval
- Raylin Spence
- Katie Wieborg
JUNIOR VARSITY
- Madison Arrington
- Alison Bardin
- Lana Clayton
- Hannah Fiellin
- Rebecca Grim
- Paeton Hadley
- TeAndreia Knight
- Ally Martin
- Rebecca Masaitis
- Shelby Nielson
- Tiffany Pritchett
- Taylor Roberson
- Danielle Steadham
- Lily Townson
- Mallory Wiggins