Football Playoff Games Announced
November 6, 2017
The Florida High School Athletic Association announced post season football playoff matchups on Sunday.
Quarterfinal games will be played Friday night as follows:
Region 1- Class 6A
No. 1 St. Augustine (9-0, 3-0 District 4-6A) hosts No. 8 Tate (6-3, 2-1 1-6A), 7:30 p.m.
No. 2 Crestview (7-0, 3-0 3-6A) hosts No. 7 Gulf Breeze (7-2, 2-1 2-6A), 7:30 p.m.
No. 3 Escambia (7-2, 3-0 1-6A) hosts No. 6 Pine Forest (4-5, 1-2 1-6A), 7:30 p .m.
No. 4 Navarre (8-1, 3-0 2-6A) hosts No. 5 Niceville (6-3, 2-1 3-6A), 7:30 p.m.
Region 1-5A
No. 1 West Florida (9-1, 4-0 1-5A) hosts Tallahassee Rickards (5-4, 0-2 2-5A), 7:30 p.m.
No. 2 Tallahassee Godby (9-1, 2-0 2-5A) hosts No. 7 Ponte Vedra (8-3, 4-1 4-5A), 6:30 p.m.
No. 3 Trinity Christian Academy ( 7-3, 4-1 4-5A) hosts No. 6 Bolles (8-2, 4-1 4-5A), 6:30 p.m.
No. 4 Ribault (8-2, 4-0 3-5A) hosts No. 4 Wakulla (8-2, 1-1 2-5A), 6:30 p.m.
Region 1-1A
No. 1 Baker (10-0) hosts No. 4 Jay (6-4), 7:30 p.m.
No. 2 Holmes County (7-3) hosts No. 3 Chipley (7-3), 7:30 p.m.
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Tate High’s Cawthon Commits To Coastal Alabama
November 6, 2017
Tate High School senior Kayleigh Cawthon has committed to play softball at Coastal Alabama Community College. Courtesy photos for NOrthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Photos: Northview Senior Night
November 6, 2017
Northview High School held Senior Night Friday, honoring football players, band members, cheerleaders, and NJROTC members that have been part of the 2017 football season.
For a photo gallery, click here.
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Tate Aggies Head Into The Playoffs
November 5, 2017
SUNDAY UPDATE: The Tate Aggies are headed to the playoffs. They will travel to St. Augustine Friday night at 7:30.
The Tate Aggies ended their regular season with a 57-13 win on the road at Smiths Station, AL. Whether or not the Aggies head into postseason play remains to be seen with a Florida High School Athletic Association announcement on Sunday.
At 6-3 overall, 2-1 in the district it was not clear Friday night if the Aggies will qualify for a playoff berth under a new mathematical points system implemented this year by the FHSAA.
The Aggies were first on the board with 10:20 on the clock in the first quarter, 8-0, before scoring another touchdown at the 6:21 mark, 15-0.
After a Smiths Station touchdown, the Aggie scored on a 48-yard pass from Hunter Riggan., 22-6. The Aggies scored on additional touchdowns from Ladarryl Page from 8 yards out in the second quarter and another run from Riggan with 30 seconds before the half. The Aggies held a commanding 43-6 lead going into halftime.
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Jay Royals Are Playoff Bound
November 5, 2017
The Jay High School Royals are playoff bound according to brackets announced Sunday by the FHSAA.
The Royals (6-4, 2-2) will travel to face No. 1 seed Baker (10-0, 3-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Tate High Cheerleaders Take Top Honors At Cheer For Hope Championship
November 5, 2017
The Tate High School Aggie Cheerleaders took top honors Saturday in the Cheer For Hope Championship in Biloxi.
The Tate JV cheerleaders won first place in their division, while the varsity team won first place in Coed and overall Grand Champion. The Cheer For Hope Championship is a cheerleading and dance competition for school and All Star athletes. It is a benefit event and has raised over $40,000 for charity since its inception in 2008.
The Tate cheerleaders will compete again next week in the Season Salute in Gulf Breeze.
They are preparing on the road toward a state championship with the competition to be held in Gainesville in February 2018.
The Tate junior varsity team is Coached by Annie Wiggins and the varsity team by Morgan White.
Pictured: The Tate High School cheerleaders took top honors Saturday in the Cheer For Hope Championship in Biloxi. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Northview Goes Out On A Win For The Senior Chiefs (With Gallery)
November 4, 2017
The Northview Chiefs ended their season with a 53-38 win over Snook Christian of Foley Friday on Senior Night in Bratt.
“It was a great feeling to finally win,” Northview coach Dereck Marshman said of his Chiefs as they ended an eight-game losing streak. “It was great for these seniors. Wonderful for these seniors to go out like this. It was sloppy at some times, but you know a win is a win right now, so we will take it and run with it.”
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“This was a long year but these seniors kept fighting and fighting, they kept leading us. I told them before the game, what’s that final feeling gonna be for you seniors when you look at that score board? I think they are going to feel pretty good about it. And I told the underclassmen, hey let’s use this as a spring board into the off season and the motivation for this off season. So I think we accomplished both of those. Like I said there were some sloppy things at times, but hey we will take it how we can take it right now.”
Northview freshman Jayden Jackson returned the opening kickoff 78 yards for a 6-0 lead to get the momentum rolling for the Chiefs. The Chiefs scored on their next possession on a short up the middle push from senior Tim Bush. With a good two point conversion, the home field Chiefs were up 14-0.
After Daniel Merit recovered the ensuing onside kick for Northview, the Chiefs advanced their lead to 21-0 on a 4-yard TD dash from Jackson.
Snook scored with 3:55 to go in the half, 21-8. The Chiefs were almost stopped just shy of the goal line in a big standing pileup, but suddenly the arm of Justin Helton and the ball reached out across the line for another Chiefs touchdown, 28-8 with 51.3 seconds. Snook would strike again with 0.0 on the clock in the half to make it 28-14 going into the lockers in Bratt.
The Northview Chiefs added a touchdown from Aunterio Minor in the third and Adam Aliff in the fourth before Bush scored again on a 53-yard run with 9:50 in the fourth, 47-22
Snook returned an interception 100 yards with 9:19 on the clock, 47-30. and scored again with 3:28 on the click, 47-38.
Bush added another touchdown run with 1:41 in the ballgame, 53-38.
The Chiefs are losing seven seniors, two of them that were first year players.
“We were just a young football team but we are going to miss them all. I mean especially the guys that have been with us. It was big night tonight for Justin Helton, Jason Fischer, those guys have been four-year guys. Tim Bush had a huge night tonight. He’s not a four-year guy but he’s been a four-year player, he just transferred to us. Hunter Spence had a big game. He ended up getting hurt and had to sit out the fourth quarter but he had a big game. Andrew Sharpless and Matthew Glover got their first starts of their career tonight so that was big for them.”
The Northview Chiefs finished the year at 2-8.
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Look for Senior Night, band and cheerleader photos by Monday on NorthEscambia.com.
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Escambia Academy Crushes Cornerstone In Round One (With Gallery)
November 4, 2017
The Escambia Academy Cougars crushed Cornerstone Christian 55-0 in the first round of the AISA playoffs Friday night in Canoe, AL.
Junior quarterback Jabe Dawe ran for two touchdowns for the Cougars while getting 150 plus yards in the air. Fred Flavors recorded touchdown runs of 50 and 46 yards, while MJ Jones and Neikel Robinson returned interceptions for Cougar touchdowns. Chase Bell also had a 16-yard touchdown for Escambia Academy in the fourth quarter.
The No. 4 Escambia Academy Cougars (10-1) will be on the road next Friday night at Macon East (10-1) in Cecil, AL, the AISA semi-finals. No. 6 Macon East is coming off a 38-34 win over Clarke Prep.
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Friday Night Football Finals
November 4, 2017
Here are Friday night finals from across the area:
FLORIDA
Northview 53 Snook Christian 38
Tate 57, Smith Station 13
Jay 51, Lighthouse 14
West Florida 42, Washington 0
Escambia 31, Pensacola 0
Pine Forest 38, Milton 7
Navarre 42, Niceville 20
Gulf Breeze 48, Gadsden County 6
Pace 54, Catholic 24
ALABAMA
Escambia Academy 55, Cornerstone Christian 0
Faith Academy 21, Escambia County 20
W.S. Neal 27, T.R. Miller 17
Luverne 22, Flomaton 20
Local Football Playoff Point Standings Released
November 1, 2017
The Florida High School Athletic Association has released current projected football playoff point standings for local schools:
District 1-Class 6A
Escambia 37.88
Pine Forest 34.38
Tate 33.38
Washington 29.22
District 2-Class 6A
Navarre 37.50
Gulf Breeze 33.38
Milton 31.63
Pace 27.50
District 1- Class 5A
West Florida 39.75
Mosley 32.00
Arnold 29.44
Pensacola 28.38
Bay 27.78
Region 1-1A
Baker 40.22
Chipley 37.56
Holmes County 35.89
Vernon 34.38
Jay 33.67
Bozeman 32.13
Freeport 31.30
Graceville 27.75
Northview 26.11
Beginning this season, district play has been eliminated in Classes 1A-4A, with teams making the playoffs based on a points system. Classes 5A-8A retain districts, with the district champion receiving an automatic playoff bid.
For Classes 1A-4A, no region or district play is required, with each school controlling its own schedule. Four teams from each region (16 total statewide) will make the playoffs based on the new points system.
District play for Class 5A-8A remains, with 32 teams qualifying for the playoffs in each class. District champions will receive an automatic bid to the playoff and will receive a 1-4 seed based on the new points system. Four wild cards will be taken from each region based on points following the conclusion of Week 11.
For more information on the points system, click here for a informative pdf.
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