Northview Chiefs Sting The Yellow Jackets 20-14
November 7, 2009
The Northview Chiefs came from behind beat the Vernon Yellow Jackets 20-14 Friday night. The Chief’s, who were 2-8 last year, are now 7-2.
The Yellow Jackets (4-5, 3-5) led the ballgame 7-0 at the end of the first quarter. They stung again in the second quarter after a long drive after a Northview fumble to increase their lead to 14-0.
“You were down 14-0 and ran off 20 straight points,” first-year Northview Head Coach Sid Wheatley told his jubilant Chiefs. “That is a great, great win.”
On the last play of the half, a 61-yard pass from Brandon Sheets to La’Mikal Kyles gave Northview a touchdown. With a good kick through the uprights for Brandon Lowery, and Chiefs had closed Vernon’s lead to 14-7 headed to the lockers on a cool night in Vernon.
Northview intercepted a Vernon pass on their opening drive of the third. The Chiefs, led by Roderick Woods and Jeremy Jackson, marched the ball down to about the Yellow Jacket four. Freshman Roderick Woods took the ball on a 21-yard touchdown run. After a good kick from Lowery, the game was tied 14-14 with 5:25 to go in the third quarter.
The Chiefs’ Levi Gideons recovered a Vernon fumble early in the fourth to take possession on Yellow Jacket’s 30.
Woods picked up a 5-yard touchdown drive with 6:52 to go in the game. A missed kick, and the Chiefs were on top 20-14.
Vernon’s next drive came to an end when Northview recovered a Yellow Jacket fumble at the Chiefs’ 39.
The Yellow Jacket’s final attempt at the end zone came to an end with 37 seconds on the clock with two incompletions.
The remainder of the fourth was scoreless, giving the Chiefs a District 1-1A win over Vernon, 20-14.
The Chiefs will play their final game of the season Friday night in Pensacola against West Florida Tech.
Despite their winning season, the Chiefs (7-2, 6-2) will not make the District 1-1A playoffs. The Freeport Bulldogs are tops in the district with a perfect 8-0 district record, and South Walton has just one district loss. Freeport and South Walton were the only losses of the season for Northview.
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Battle Of Highway 4: Jay Beats Rival Baker 21-7
November 7, 2009
The Jay Royals won the Battle of Highway 4 Friday night, beating the Baker Gators 21-7.
The Jay Royals were the first to score Friday night at Baker. With 8:34 to go in the second quarter, Steven Brabham was in from three yards out. The point after kick from Todd Laney made it 7-0 Jay.
A one yard touchdown run and a good kick from the Gators tied the ballgame at 7-7 headed into halftime.
A one yard run from Rush Hendricks put the Royals back on top in the third quarter 14-7. In the fourth quarter, the Royals struck again, with a one yard touchdown from Dakota Boughton. A good kick, and the Royals won 21-7 over the Baker Gators.
Offensively, Jay had just over 250 yards Friday night in Baker. Rush Hendricks led the Royals, rushing for 136 yards on 28 carries. Chris Carrigan had 92 yards rushing on 22 carries. Brabham was three of seven passing for 36 yards.
The Gators were held to just 122 total offensive yards by the Royals.
The Royals will host Wewahitchka for the final game of the season next Friday night.
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Tate Gets Solid 31-14 Win On The Road Against Navarre
November 7, 2009
The Raiders took an early 8-0 lead over the Aggies with 5:55 to go in the first quarter. Edwin Richburg put the Aggies on the board with 3:29 remaining in the first quarter with a 9-yard run. Richburg was in on a two point conversion to put Tate up 8-7.
In the second quarter, the Raiders scored on a 17-yard pass to hold a 14-8 lead at the half.
The third quarter belonged to the Aggies, with senior Petey Jones scoring 2-yard touchdown with 7:52 on the clock. Blake Cicheskie’s point after kick was good, putting the Aggies back on top 15-14. The Aggies struck again with 3:38 in the third with a 33-yard pass from Richburg to senior Teven Padgett. Tate missed a two point attempt, and the Aggies held a 21-14 lead headed into the fourth quarter of play in Navarre.
With 8:16 to go in the ballgame, the Aggies were in again on a 10-yard pass from Richburg to Padgett. Cicheskie’s kick was good, and the Aggies expanded their lead to 28-14.
The Aggies solidified a 31-14 win with a 44-yard field goal from Cicheskie with 1:31 remaining in the game.
The Tate Aggies will be on the road next Friday night against Crestview for their final game of the season.
Escambia Academy’s Best Season Ever: Cougars Advance In Playoffs
November 7, 2009
The Escambia Academy Cougars beat Springwood Academy 46-38 Friday night in round one of the 2009 Class AA AISA playoffs.
Friday night’s win marks the first time in Cougar history that Escambia Academy has advanced to the second round of the state playoffs.
Next week, the Cougars will travel to Monroeville to take on number one ranked Monroe Academy in round two of the AISA playoffs. Monroe had strong 42-7 win over Autauga Academy Friday night.
Season Ender: Lady Chiefs Fall To Blountstown In Regional Quarterfinal
November 5, 2009
The Northview High School Lady Chiefs’ volleyball season came to an end on the road Wednesday night in the regional quarterfinals with a straight three set loss to Blountstown.
In the District 1-1A regional quarterfinals, Blountstown defeated the Chiefs, 18-25, 15-25, 22-25.
It was just the third time in Northview’s history that a volleyball team had advanced beyond the district level. The Lady Chiefs made the first round of the quarterfinals in 2007 and back in 1997.
Junior Shawna Montgomery had four kills and an ace for the Chiefs. Senior Caitlin Hall had seven total assists and one block against Blountstown. Angela Rodriguez, a senior, added six kills and two aces, and junior Shaniqua Jones had two kills and two blocks.
The Chiefs ended their season at 9-19, 5-5 in district play.
NWE Midgets Upset Undefeated Myrtle Grove To Advance In Playoffs
November 1, 2009
The Northwest Escambia Midgets beat undefeated powerhouse Myrtle Grove 12-6 Saturday afternoon in Milton to advance to the second round of the Gulf Coast Youth Football Alliance playoffs.
NWE used a strong running game behind Dalton Daniel and Brannon Freeman to grind out a hard fought victory over a Myrtle Grove team that was 8-0 and had lost only one other game in the last three years.
After falling behind 6-0 just 3 minutes into the game, the NWE Eagles scored just before the half to even the score 6-6 at the half.
The second half was a back and forth battle with each team unable to move the ball. NWE’S defense stopped Myrtle Grove on fourth down at the NWE’s 30 yard line with only 2:33 to go in the game.
Northwest Escambia then drove the ball 70 yards for a touchdown with just 18 seconds to go. Myrtle Grove fought to even the score with only18 seconds on the clock, using just eight seconds to drive to the NWE 12-yard line. But Myrtle Grove’s efforts were for nothing when the Eagle’s Chasen Freeman picked off a pass to secure the NWE win.
Northwest Escambia will play Ensley Gold in next week’s round two of the Gulf Coast Youth Football Alliance playoffs. The time has not yet been announced.
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Online Audio: Listen To Northview Vs. Sneads
November 1, 2009
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A Winning Season: Northview Beats Sneads
October 31, 2009
Led by a strong defense in the second half, the Northview Chiefs beat the Sneads Pirates 10-7 on Senior Night in Bratt.
The Chiefs defense allowed Sneads just 13 offensive plays for 55 yards, while the Northview offense had 224 yards, all but four on the ground.
For a complete NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the game, click here.
“It was a great win for the seniors. We’ve got 21 seniors and it was a special tribute to them tonight,” first-year Head Coach Sid Wheatley said.
“Offensively, I thought we ran the ball well; we controlled the line of scrimmage,” he said. “We need to put more points on the board when we have the opportunity. I know we got inside the red zone a couple of times, and we turned the ball over on downs.”
One of those plays inside the red zone came in the first half with a Brandon Sheets pass to Brad Lowery at the three. The officials ruled the pass incomplete, but photographs from four different photographers showed he had firm grip on the ball. (One photo is at left; other photos showed Lowery with a complete hold on the ball.)
“Defensively, I thought we did tremendous, especially in the second half,” Wheatley said. “We knew they had great, skilled people with tremendous speed, and they kind of hurt us the way the way they were reversing it.”
The final home game of the season for the Chiefs started out with a fumble right away as they received the opening kickoff. Sneads eventually took the lead 7-0 with 3:31 to go in the first quarter.
Then once again, the Chiefs fumbled the kickoff, but recovered at the Snead’s 30. Ka’Daris Grice picked up 18 yards to the Pirates’ 48. Dustin Yuhasz then gained six to the 42. Yuhasz followed that with a 42-yard touchdown run with 2:17 to go in the quarter. A good kick, and the game was tied 7-7.
With 4:26 in the first half, the Chiefs punted on a fourth down situation, with Brad Lowery sending the pigskin 35 yards through the uprights. The Chiefs led 10-7. With a scoreless second half, the Chiefs added another one to the win column, 10-7 over the Sneads Pirates.
“It was a great team win,” Wheatley said.
Yuhasz lead the Chiefs on the ground, with 68 yards on eight carries. Ka’Daris Grice had 55 yards on 13 carries. La’Mikal Kyles had 58 yards on 13 runs; and freshman Roderick Woods had 43 yards on 10 carries.
On the defensive side, the Chiefs were led by seniors Austin Reid and Steven Long with seven tackles each. Anthony Pierce had half a dozen tackles for Northview.
Northview (6-2, 5-2) will be on the road next Friday night against Vernon.
For a complete NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the game, click here.
Pictured above: Action as Northview beat Sneads Friday night in Bratt. Pictured below: Senior John Sellars receives the ceremonial game ball from the U.S. Army Silver Wings parachute team. The Silver Wings were unable to parachute into the stadium due to weather that grounded their plane in Alabama. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Flomaton Beats Coffeeville; Jay Falls To Bozeman; Escambia County Wins
October 31, 2009
Flomaton 42 Coffeeville 36
Flomaton beat Coffeeville Friday night, 42-36.
The Hurricanes stormed for 423 rushing yards in their win over visiting Coffeeville. Flomaton took a 14-0 lead with a 35-yard touchdown from Michael Knight and a 8-yard run from Ryheem Dixon. Coffeeville answered with three touchdowns, including an interception returned 82 yards.
Tate Ellis had a couple of touchdowns — 55 and 2 yards — for the ‘Canes. Shae Gipson had a 20-yard Flomaton touchdown, and James Jackson had a TD from 20 yards out.
With there 42-36 homecoming win over Coffeeville (1-9), the Flomaton Hurricanes finished their 2009 season at 4-6.
Bozeman 28 Jay 7
Jay lost number six in a row Friday night, with Bozeman beating the Royals 28-7. The Bozeman Bucks were up 21-7 at the half, and they added another six in the second half for a strong District 1-1A win. The Royals (1-6, 1-6) will be on the road in Baker next week.
Escambia County 21 Robertsdale 14
In a game that saw over 350 penalty yards, the Escambia County Blue Devils beat Robertsdale in Balewin County Fridya night, 21-14.
The Blue Devils had a total of 235 penalty yards, while Robertsdale was sent backwards 122 yards. There were 17 personal-foul and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties against both teams combined.
The Blue Devils’ most interesting touchdown of the night by far came in the third. Nieko Williams was falling down in the backfield as he tossed a 20-yarder to Ricco Stallworth.
The Escambia County Blue Devils finished their 2009 season at 3-7.
Escambia Academy’s Game Called After Kicker Knocks Out Power
October 31, 2009
Friday night was the night the lights went out on the 2009 football season for the Escambia Academy Cougars.
The Cougars were trailing Bessemer Academy 14-0 with 8:16 to go in the first quarter. On an extra point attempt, Bessemer’s kicker — a 255 pounder — sent his kick into a power transformer, plunging the stadium and some of the surrounding neighborhood into darkness.
The game was called and will not be rescheduled because of the mileage between Canoe and Bessemer. With the 14-0 loss to Bessemer, the Cougars finished their regular season at 6-5.