News : NorthEscambia.com (2024)

May 16, 2024

Drivers will encounter shoulder closures on I-10 near the Highway 29 exit beginning Thursday as crews reinforce, and repair shoulder areas impacted by recent storm.

During heavy rain on Monday, mud and debris blocked the outside westbound lane of I-10.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News

May 16, 2024

Wednesday, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office held the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony to honor deputies killed in the line of duty. The families and friends of those who were remembered gathered to place a rose on the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office memorial.

Roll Call of Heroes:

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News

May 16, 2024

Bray Touchstone, a standout player on the Tate High School varsity baseball team for four years, signed a full-ride scholarship with Gulf Coast State College (Panama City) this week.

Touchstone’s achievements at Tate include being named the FACA 6A District 1 Player of the Year, Pensacola Sports Baseball Senior Scholar Athlete, and earning spots on the FACA District 1 All-Academic Team, the West All-Star Team, and the PNJ Player of the Year (2023). He was also an All-Area First Team selection for two consecutive years, a member of the FACA 6A All-State Team for three consecutive years, and was chosen by Professional Baseball Scouts to attend the Florida Diamond Club.

Touchstone excelled academically as well. He was selected a member of the Tate High School Hall of Fame, consistently made the A Honor Roll, ranked in the top 5% of his graduating class, and received multiple FFA honors including the Greenhand FFA Degree, the FFA Chapter Rising Star Award, the Chapter FFA Degree, and the State FFA Degree. He also dedicated over 200 hours to community service, participating in Student Council, National Honor Society, FFA, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

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May 16, 2024

written by Erik Bremmer

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos fell into a tie for first place with a 9-1 loss to the Montgomery Biscuits on Wednesday night.

The Biscuits exploded for a seven-hit, six-run third against Luis Palacios (L, 2-3) to equal Pensacola’s win total and clinch a potential head-to-head tiebreaker by taking the season series.

The six-run frame featured run-scoring singles from Carson Williams and Dominic Keegan, followed by a pair of RBI doubles from Heriberto Hernandez and Tanner Murray. It marked the first time since April 17 a Blue Wahoos starting pitcher allowed more than four runs in a game.

The Blue Wahoos had ample opportunity against Biscuits starter Ben Peoples (W, 2-1) but managed only one run on a Zach Zubia RBI single in the fifth inning. The Montgomery righty gave way to the bullpen after 5.0 strong innings, and the Pensacola offense failed to reach base against a trio of Sean Hunley, Jeff Belge and Haden Erbe in the final four frames.

Angel Macuare allowed two runs in a pair of relief innings for the Blue Wahoos, and Austin Roberts allowed a solo homer to Carson Williams in the ninth to cap the scoring. Pensascola’s pitching bright spot was Zach McCambley, who fanned three over a pair of perfect innings to move into fifth place all-time in strikeouts for the Blue Wahoos franchise.

The Blue Wahoos look to reclaim first place in Montgomery on Thursday night. First pitch from Riverwalk Stadium is scheduled for 6:35.

May 15, 2024

“It’s going to be a great season next year. We’re excited. This is not an end; this was a beginning.”

That’s how Northview High School softball head coach Amy Holland described her optimistic look ahead at next season, her 13th, after the Lady Chiefs fell to Holmes County 7-2 in the Region 1-1A final in Bratt Tuesday night.

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“The good thing about us is we are stacked with ninth and tenth graders that will be back next year. We will be tougher and stronger than ever next year,” she said, adding that the 22-5 team had just seniors on the field.

The Blue Devils held a 2-0 lead after one inning. The second ended at 2-0as Northview turned a double play.

A double by Chloe Ragsdale helped the Chiefs tie it up at 2-2 in the bottom of the third before the Blue Devils pulled ahead in the top of the fifth.

Headed into Tuesday night, Holmes County had won eight straight game. In th last six, they had out scored opponents 60-2, including two wins over the Jay Lady Royals.

Jamison Gilman went six and two-thirds innings for the Lady Chiefs, surrendering five runs on 13 hits while striking out two and walking one. She stepped out of the circle as Makayla McAnally pitched one-third of an inning.

Mary Clayton Dawson led the Chiefs at the plate, going 2-3. Ragsdale and Dawson each drove in one run.

“I think nerves got to our girls a little bit. Other than that, our outfielders played a good game. Our infield played good at time,” Holland said. “Tonight, errors ate us up a little bit. We had a few little errors.”

“We had a great season this year, our record was awesome. This is just the beginning of this team right here.”

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May 15, 2024

The Tri-City Children’s Choir will fill the air with song Thursday evening with a free community concert.

All are welcome to attend the event, which begins at 6:00 pm at the First Methodist Church located on Church Street in Century.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News

May 15, 2024

Every year, Pensacola Sports honors the top senior student-athletes in each sport from Escambia and Santa Rosa County schools for a scholarship recognition program. Schools in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties nominate their senior athletes for each sport.

A selection committee made of educators, community leaders, and Pensacola Sports board members reviews the anonymous applications and selects the best person’s credentials for individual sport winners as well as the overall male and female winners from the individual sport winners.

OVERALL MALE

Christopher Rembert – Catholic

MULTISPORT MALE

Jaquez Moorer – Northview

OVERALL FEMALE

Gabrielle Goyins – Catholic

MULTISPORT FEMALE

Maddie Simmons – Navarre

BASEBALL

Bray Touchstone – Tate

BOYS BASKETBALL

Darius Cunningham – Navarre

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Xander McLaughlin – Catholic

FOOTBALL

Turner McLaughlin – Catholic

BOYS GOLF

Bentley Van Pelt – West Florida

BOYS LACROSSE

Benton Lane – Catholic

BOYS SOCCER

Clayton Nolen – Pensacola

BOYS SWIMMING

Jackson Hebert – West Florida

BOYS TENNIS

(tie) Francis Smith – Gulf Breeze

(tie) Benjamin Ling – Catholic

BOYS TRACK

Zachary Hoyle – Pine Forest

BOYS WEIGHTLIFTING

Caleb Hahr – Milton

WRESTLING

Michael Mancuso – Gulf Breeze

CHEERLEADING

Finlee Jenkins – Washington

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Piper Tieman – Gulf Breeze

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Mozelle Powell – Gulf Breeze

GIRLS GOLF

Islay Benoit – Catholic

GIRLS LACROSSE

Natalie Biggs – Catholic

GIRLS SOCCER

Amelia Jacobs – Gulf Breeze

SOFTBALL

Leila Ammon – Gulf Breeze

GIRLS SWIMMING

Shelby Smith – West Florida

GIRLS TENNIS

Sara McElrath – Gulf Breeze

GIRLS TRACK

Jennifer Mims – West Florida

VOLLEYBALL

Julia Irmen – Navarre

GIRLS WEIGHTLIFTING

Shannon Bryan – Pace

UWF SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Cora Helmig – Tate

Katie Kauth – Navarre

Xander McLaughlin – Catholic

KESSLER SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Kaylee Nguyen – Pensacola

Pictured top: Overall female Gabrielle Goyins – Catholic High. Pictured below: Overall male Christopher Rembert – Catholic High. Pictured below: Baseball winner Bray Touchstone – Tate High School. Boy’s golf winner Bentley Van Pelt – West Florida. Pictured bottom: UWF Scholarship winners Katie Kauth – Navarre, Cora Helmig – Tate, and Xander McLaughlin – Catholic. Photos courtesy Pensacola Sports for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

May 15, 2024

written by Erik Bremmer

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos dropped the opener of their six-game road series against the Montgomery Biscuits on Tuesday evening by a score of 3-2.

Biscuits first baseman Bob Seymour was 4-for-4, tying the game with an RBI single in the sixth and bringing in the go-ahead run with an RBI double in the eighth as Montgomery drew to within a game of Pensacola in the South Division standings.

The game began as a duel between Pensacola’s Jonathan Bermúdez and Montgomery’s Cole Wilcox. The Biscuits jumped ahead early on a second-inning solo homer from Heriberto Hernández, but that would be the only run allowed by Bermúdez in a 5.0-inning start.

The Blue Wahoos answered back in the fifth, as Jakob Marsee hit a game-tying RBI double and quickly scampered home on a steal of third followed by a throwing error. Wilcox remained in the game, completing 7.0 innings to mark the longest appearance for a Biscuits pitcher this season.

Anderson Pilar allowed a sixth-inning triple to Carson Williams, followed by Seymour’s game-tying single to bring the score to 2-2. After Keyshawn Askew (W, 1-2) retired the Blue Wahoos in the top of the eighth, Raffi Vizcaíno (L, 2-1) allowed a single to Dru Baker to set the stage for Seymour’s heroics. The big first baseman doubled off the center field wall, scoring Baker from first base to put the Biscuits ahead 3-2.
Austin Vernon (S, 1) worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to record the save.

The Blue Wahoos look to even up the series in Montgomery on Wednesday night. First pitch from Riverwalk Stadium is scheduled for 6:35.

May 15, 2024

A 22-year-old Escambia County woman has been arrested in Miami in connection with a fatal crash last December in Escambia County.

Jasmine Tashawri West was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service. She will extradited to Escambia County to face charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide,two counts of DUI with injuries, reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, driving with no license causing death, and driving with no license causing serious bodily injury.

The crash occurred about 2 p.m. on December 30, 2023.

The Florida Highway Patrol said West was travelling south on Davis Highway when her pickup truck entered the northbound lanes and collided head-on with a vehicle occupied by four people.

The driver, a 45-year-old Pace man, was killed in the crash, while a 43-year-old Pace woman suffered critical injuries. Two Pace girls, ages 14 and 12, suffered minor injuries.

During the investigation, Traffic Homicide Investigators discovered West was under the influence at the time of the crash,” FHP states in a release Tuesday afternoon. “Following the securement of the warrant for DUI Manslaughter, attempts to locate West in Pensacola were met with negative results. While working with the US Marshals, it was discovered that West absconded to Miami.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News

May 14, 2024

Ernest Ward Middle School recently named their Students of the Month for April. They are (L-R) Walker Maughon, Logan McClung, and Dylan McGlothren. They are pictured with Principal Tyvanna Boulanger. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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