Catholic Shuts Out Northview
April 17, 2009
The Catholic High School Crusaders shut out Northview Thursday night in Pensacola.
Catholic defeated Northview 8-0 in seven innings.
Scooter Hamilton, Austin Lowery and Brad Foster had hits for the Chiefs.
Catholic jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning. The Crusaders add one point per inning in the second, third and fourth. The Chiefs held them scoreless in the fifth, but the Crusaders answered with two in the sixth.
Friday night, the Chiefs will host Walton at 6:00 in a varsity game. Saturday, the varsity Chiefs will travel to Washington for a 3:00 game.
Northview Baseball Schedule Changes For This Week; Final JV Game Of Season
April 14, 2009
Rainouts and cancellations have led to some schedule changes for the Northview Chief’s varsity baseball team.
Northview will travel to Pensacola Catholic Thursday with the varsity playing at 6:30 p.m. The final JV game of the season will be played against Catholic at 4:00.
Friday night, the Chiefs will host Walton at 6:00 in a varsity game.
Saturday, the Chiefs will travel to Washington for a 3:00 varsity game.
Northview Chiefs End Spring Break With A Win And A Loss
April 13, 2009
The Northview Chiefs split a couple of late Spring Break games last week, winning one over Washington and dropping one to St. Paul.
Northview 4 Washington 2
Washington took an early lead in the first inning, putting on on the scoreboard. But Northview answered in the bottom of the second with Austin Reid rounding the bases.
The third was even, with one each for the Chiefs and the Wildcats.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Chiefs secured the win with Dabney Langhorne and Austin Arrington rounding the bases.
The next three innings were scoreless, giving the Chiefs the 4-2 win over Washington.
St. Pauls 8 Northview 3
The end of the Spring Break games against St. Pauls did not go as well for the Northview Chiefs.
St. Pauls took an early 2-1 lead by the bottom of the first, with the Chiefs seeing Dabney Langhorne score.
St. Pauls upped their lead to 5-1 by the end of the second, and they scored again in the third and the fifth.
The Chiefs added one more with a Patrick McPherson run in the bottom of the sixth and Austin Arrington in the bottom of the seventh
But it was not enough for the Chiefs, with St. Pauls spoiling their Spring Break, 8-3.
Lady Chiefs Beat Catholic 2-0
April 9, 2009
The Northview Lady Chiefs picked up another win Wednesday, shutting out Catholic 2-0.
Sophomore Miranda Burkett pitched the shutout, never allowing Catholic on the board. She allowed seven hits and no runs.
The game against Catholic in Pensacola was a make up game for one recently rained out.
Northview Lady Chiefs Scalp Walton Braves
April 7, 2009
The Northview Lady Chiefs beat the Walton Braves 7-1 in Walton, adding one to Northview’s district win column.
Miranda Burkett was the winning pitcher for NHS Friday with five strikeouts. Hitters for the Chiefs were Briana Halterman, Shawna Montgomery, Amy Clark, Hayley Simpson, Emily Vickery, Miranda Burkett and Kolby Cobb. Batters earning RBIs were Candice Greenwell with three, Hayley Simpson with one and Kara Hardin with two RBIs.
The game was a makeup for a game previously rained out.
Even though it is Spring Break, the Lady Chiefs will play Catholic this Wednesday to make up another rained out game. The team will travel to Catholic for a 6 p.m. district game.
The game between the Chiefs and Jay will be made up the following Wednesday, April 15 at Northview. In addition to the Jay game, regular scheduled games next week will be played on Tuesday at 5 p.m. against Washington at NHS, and Friday the 17th with NHS traveling to Pine Forest for a 5 p.m. game.
Sandra Greenwell contributed to this report.
Batter Up: Opening Day At Molino Ballpark (With Photo Gallery)
April 5, 2009
Saturday was the official Opening Day at the Molino Ballpark. The park has 18 teams this year, compared to 14 in 2008.
“On behalf of the Molino Recreation Association Board, we would like to thank all the parents, sponsors, volunteers and the community that came out to
make our opening day a success,” said Arty Kleinatland, president of the Molino Recreation Association. “Good weather, good food and good support made
the day the most enjoyable for all.”
For a complete NorthEscambia.com photo gallery with over 100 photos from Opening Day activities and games at the Molino Ballpark, click here.
Pictured above: Watch the ball! Action on Opening Day at the Molino Ballpark Saturday morning. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
NHS Baseball, Softball, Track Canceled Due To Weather
April 2, 2009
(Updated 3:19 p.m.) Thursday’s weather canceled all high school sports in Escambia County, including a baseball, softball and track for the Northview Chiefs.
The varsity and junior varsity baseball game sscheduled Thursday against Pensacola High School has been canceled. The games will be made up on Monday, April 6. There will be three games at PHS that day beginning with a varsity game at 1:00. One JV game will follow that game at approximately 3:30. The varsity will play the last game around 6.
Thursday’s softball game against Jay has been rescheduled for April 15.
The Northview track team was scheduled to take part in the Pace Invitational Meet Thursday afternoon. The Pace Invitational will not be rescheduled.
Friday’s Northview Baseball And Softball Games Canceled
March 27, 2009
Friday afternoon’s Northview High School baseball and softball games were canceled.
The Chiefs were to have been home against Walton in baseball action. The softball team was to have traveled to Catholic in Pensacola.
Lady Chiefs Drop Road Game
March 25, 2009
The Northview Lady Chiefs lost on the road Tuesday afternoon in high school softball action.
The Lady Chiefs were defeated by Washington High School in a close contest pitched by Miranda Burkett.
Washington won by the final score of 4-3.
The Lady Chiefs will take on Catholic in a district game Friday evening in Pensacola.
Lady Chiefs Beat EA Cougars 13-3
March 24, 2009
Northview High School beat the Escambia Academy Monday afternoon on the softball diamond, coming off a heartbreaking 7-6 Friday.
The Chiefs traveled north to Canoe and beat the Cougars 13-3 in six innings.
EA took an early lead, getting the only point of of the first inning. Northview scored the only point of the second, and neither team scored in the third. But the Chiefs hit a hot streak in the fourth, outscoring the Cougars 6-1 in the inning. By the top of the fifth, Northview was up 7-4, and they never looked back — even scoring another four in the fifth.
Sophomores Emily Vickrey and Shawna Montgomery had three RBIs each for the Chiefs. Winning pitcher was sophomore Miranda Burkett, pitching all six.
On Friday, the Lady Chiefs lost a close district game to South Walton, 7-6 in eight innings.
The game was tied 6-6 in the bottom of the seventh, but South Walton picked up the only run of the eighth.
Colby Cobb had a triple in the fourth with three RBIs.