Tri-County All-Stars Win 10-11 Year Softball Championship
July 1, 2009
The Tri-County All-Stars picked up the 10-11 year old tournament crown in Defuniak Springs Tuesday with a strong win.
Tri-County won the 10-11 Year Old Florida District 1 Softball Championship with a 16-0 shutout over Defuniak Springs. Tri-County was led by Michaela Stewart on the mound. Samantha Steadham had an in-park home run, and a triple from Dana Blackmon helped seal the strong win.
Tri-County will advance to the sectional tournament on July 18 at Defuniak Springs.
Pictured above and below: Thee 10-11 Year Old Tri-County All-Stars won the District 1 Championship Tuesday night in Defuniak Springs. Photos by Ricky Tagert for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
NWE Wins In 11-12 Softball, Tri-County Falls To Niceville
July 1, 2009
(Updated With More Photos) In Tuesday night All-Star games, NWE beat Niceville in 11-12 year old play in Destin; and Tri-County lost in Jay.
NWE Advances In 11-12 Softball Tournament
Northwest Escambia shutout Niceville 7-0 Tuesday night in the 11-12 Year Old All-Star District 1 Tournament in Destin to advance to the next round Thursday night.
Mallory Ryan pitched six innings for NWE with seven strikeouts and no walks. Scoring for NWE were Ryan, Kendall Cobb, Kyndall Hall (2), Madison Arrington, Danielle Steadham and Reagan Bell.
Tri-County Falls in 11-12 Baseball Tournament
In the 11-12 year old All-Star Tournament in Jay Tuesday night, Niceville-National downed Tri-County 13-0 and RL Turner beat Defuniak Springs 16-10.
Pictured above: The Northwest Escambia 11-12 Year Old All-Stars Tuesday night in Destin. Submitted photo by Kim Ryan for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Special thanks to Kim Ryan and Tony deGraaf for their assistance with this story.
NWE, Tri-County Baseball And Softball Roundup
June 30, 2009
Tri-County will play for the 10-11 year old Softball district title tonight in Defuniak Springs. Tri-County and Defuniak at 1-1 in their series. Defuniak won the their first game 8-5. Tri-County came back to beat Defuniak Monday night, 12-7.
In 9-10 softball tournament play Monday night in Niceville, Tri-County fell to Shalimar 19-9. Tri-County will take on Destin Tuesday night as the tourney continues.
Northwest Escambia’s 11-12 year old softball district game in Destin was rained out Monday night. The game has been rescheduled for tonight at 7:30 when NWE will take on Niceville. Shalimar and Defuniak Springs will also play in Destin tonight.
In 9-10 year old baseball action Monday night in Panama City, Tri-County advanced to game three of the tournament Thursday night when they will take on Niceville-American. Coming off a 12-2 win over host RL Turner on Saturday, Tri-County dominated Freeport Monday night 13-3.
Tri-County Downs NWE In 11-12 Year Old Tourney
June 30, 2009
Tri-County downed Northwest Escambia Monday night in Little League 11-12 year old All-Stars Tournament action in Jay.
Tri-County won the game in four innings, 14-3 over NWE.
In other tournament play Monday night in Jay, RL Turner beat Destin 11-4; Defuniak Springs was victorious over Shalimar 12-9; and Niceville-National slipped pass Niceville-American 4-3.
Tri-County will advance to take on Niceville-National at 7:30 Tuesday night in Jay Northwest Escambia will play again Wednesday evening.
Tri-County Advances In 9-10 Baseball Tourney
June 29, 2009
The Tri-County All-Stars advanced in 9-10 year old baseball tournament action over the weekend.
Tri-County beat R.L. Turner of Panama City 12-2.
Tri-County, which includes players from Century, Jay, Chumuckla and Fidelis, will play again Monday night against Freeport in Panama City.
If Tri-County wins Monday night, they will advance to play the winner of Destin versus Niceville-American on Thursday night. If they lose, they will play again Wednesday night against the winner of Tuesday night’s Defuniak Springs versus Shalimar game.
Almost Time: NWE Football Registration In July
June 28, 2009
Football is just around the corner, and registration for the 2009 season of Northwest Escambia Football begins in July.
Football registration begins July 11, and continues July 18 and July 25 at the Ernest Ward football field.
Charles Williams, NWE president, said that it is important for all age groups to register before August.
“With all the preparation involved for the upcoming season, we must know how many kids to provide equipment and uniforms for prior to August 6th,” Williams said. “NWE will being playing games earlier this year.”
The first NWE Football practice will be August 3. The Jamboree is August 22, and the first game is August 29.
For more information about NWE Football, call Charles Williams at 327-4603.
Pictured above: Chase Gifford dives for a touchdown for the NWE Mini-Mite Eagles with 1.2 seconds to go in their game against East Milton last season. Pictured below: Andrew Edward scores for the NWE Eagles in Mite action against East Milton last year. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Niceville-National Wins 8-9 Year Old All-Star Tourney
June 21, 2009
Niceville-National has captured the tournament crown in the District 1 Little League 8-9 Year Old All-Stars Tournament.
Niceville-National beat Destin 8-2 Saturday night at Bradberry Park in Walnut Hill. Niceville-National was undefeated in tournament play.
Special thanks to Chris Brown for helping NorthEscambia.com with our coverage of the tournament this week.
Destin Advances To All-Star Finals
June 20, 2009
The Destin All-Stars beat Defuniak Springs Friday night to advance in the District 1 Little League 8-9 Year Old All-Stars Tournament at Bradberry Park in Walnut Hill.
Destin advances to the final round of the tournament to take on Niceville-National at 6:00 Saturday evening. If Destin wins, there will be one more game Monday at 6:00. If undefeated Niceville-National wins Saturday, they are District 1 champs.
Manager: Proud Of Tri-County All-Stars
June 20, 2009
The Tri-County All-Stars were eliminated from the District 1 Little League 8-9 Year Old All Stars Tournament in Walnut Hill Thursday night, and the team’s manager is proud of how his team played.
“These boys and coaches gave it all they had and played their hearts out. Everybody did their part for the team and courageously did all that was asked of them. We kept battling back and never quit. I’m real proud of them and couldn’t have asked for more,” said Manager Gary Killam.
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the game, click here.
Defuniak Springs downed Tri-County 21-20 in seven innings Thursday night. Here are the stats from the game:
Triples: Niekel Robinson, Reid Kelly
Doubles: Seth Killam, Logan (2)
Singles: Neikel(1), Seth (2), Nolin Hawthorne (1), Reid,(1), Zack Wright (1)
Scored Runs: Niekel (2), Seth (5), Logan (2), Brent Groover (2), Dutch Burkhead (2), Reid (2),”MJ”Jones (1), Zach Wright (2)
Pitchers: Seth , MJ, Dutch , Zach Wright, Kevin Arant, Compiled total of 5 K’s
Note: Tri-Co’s team only struck out 3 times and De Funiak only 5 times. Game lasted about 3 1/2 hours.
Pictured above: “MJ”Jones gets a hit Thursday night against Defuniak Springs. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Tri-County Falls To Defuniak
June 19, 2009
It was a heartbreaking loss for the Tri-County All-Stars Thursday night as they fell to Defuniak Springs in seven innings.
Defuniak beat Tri-County 21-20 to advance in the District 1 Little League 8-9 Year Old All Stars Tournament at Bradberry Park in Walnut Hill. Defuniak Springs squeezed out the win on walks in the extra inning.
Defuniak Springs will face Destin Friday evening at 6. The winner of that game will play Niceville-National Saturday evening at 6.
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the game, click here.
Pictured above: In this play, Seth Killam turned to avoid being hit by a bad pitch. He was not hit, but the end of the bat was hit by the ball. The umpire called the play a valid hit since the ball hit the bat. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.