Prep roundup (12/2)

Staff Reports

In a matchup between two District 1-5A foes, Niceville's Molly Everitt scored three goals to help the Eagles (8-1, 4-0) remain unbeaten in district play.

Lindsay Foy and Grace Sager each tallied one goal while Everitt, Ali Demonbrun and Katie Wills each recorded one assist.

Krystel Taylor was cited by coach Michael Denton for her defensive effort in the win.

Niceville will next take part in the Timberwolf Classic in Tallahassee, where the Eagles play Gainesville Eastside on Friday.

l South Walton 6, Chipley 2: The Seahawks got contributions from five different goal scorers, including two from the leg of Claudia Gordillo, in their four-goal triumph over Chipley on the road.

Paula Swiercz, Sarah Logan, Caroline Peterson and Allie Wright also added goals for the Seahawks (4-0-1, 3-0), who play host to Chipley on Friday.

Girls basketball

l Pine Forest 66, Niceville 22: Niceville found itself trailing Pine Forest 18-3 after the first quarter and was never able to come back, falling to the Pine Forest to drop its record in District 1-5A play to 2-1.

Niceville (4-2) was led by Cassandra Brown's six points and returns to action Friday night when it plays host to Choctawhatchee.

N   3  6    9 6 - 22

P 18 24 15 9 - 66

Niceville (22)

Emily Dutton 1, Natalya Owens 5, Sherome Strutchen 4, Cassandra Brown 6, Arianna Roper 3, Michelle Smith 3. Totals: 4 2 5-11 22.

Pine Forest (66)

Nixon 14, Rush 5, Spencer 4, Durant 2, Jones 13, Burgess 6, Butler 3, Beasley 4, Johnson 3, Adams 10. Totals: 25 2 9-13 66.

l Baker 59, Pensacola Christian 20: Courtney Fountain scored a team-high 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help lead Baker over Pensacola Christian in a game the Gators led from start to finish.

Alyssa Horn added 11 points and 10 rebounds for Baker (3-2, 1-0), which next plays at Jay today.

PC   5   7   5   3 -  20

B    16 14 15 14 - 66

Baker (66)

Dani Marelli 2, Carly Barton 6, Ariel Adkinson 6, Courtney Fountain 16, Shanna Cobb 4, Bethany Meisch 1, Alyssa Horn 11, Hannah McGraw 4, Dani Mayhair 6. Totals: 27 0 5-19 59.

l Freeport 49, Laurel Hill 33: Freeport outscored Laurel Hill 17-4 in the first quarter en route to a 16-point win. The Bulldogs (2-3, 0-1) were led by Danica Mosier with 17 points and Curstin Buford, who added 15.

Freeport will take on Ponce de Leon today.

LH  4 12 10  7 - 33

F   17  9  14  9 - 49

Laurel Hill (33)

Brown 10, Hansen 6, Castleberry 4, Morris 2, Harrison 2, Underwind 9. Totals: 9 2 9-15.

Freeport  (49)

Jessie Molton 7, Danica Mosier 17, Curstin Buford 15, Joselyn King 4, Nikki Blaylock 5, Catherine Troutman 1. Totals: 16 3 8-14.

l Choctawhatchee 64, Escambia 28: Choctaw's frontcourt tandem of Branita Malone and Francheska Bowman proved too much for Escambia, as the two combined for 38 points to help power the Indians (4-3, 3-1 District 1-5A) to the win.

Choctaw, which got 24 points from Malone, returns to action Friday when it travels to Niceville.

C 18 17 15 14 - 64

E    7 10   8   3 - 28

Choctaw (64)

Rah McCorvey 2, Francheska Bowman 14, Kanisha Austin 4, Akhema Streeter 3, Valerie Dixon 6, Kiersten Denny 2, Christine Reading 4, Latasha Darden 2, Branita Malone 24, Brittany West 3. Totals: 22 2 14-17 64.

Escambia (28)

Lacey 7, Alexus 5, Dominique 4, Reed 2, Summer 3, Alexus R. 7. Totals: 10 1 5-13 28.

Boys basketball

l Escambia 65, Fort Walton Beach 52: Escambia used a decisive first quarter in which it outscored the Vikings 21-7 to ride to the 65-52 win despite a 13-point effort from Darin Webster and 10 from AJ Shepherd.

The Vikings fell to 1-1 overall and will return home to take on Milton on Saturday.

FWB  7  18   8  19 - 52

E       21 11 14 19 - 65

Fort Walton Beach (52)

Mike Shepherd 3, Matt Lamar 2, Darin Webster 13, Clay Willis 9, Cedric Rudolph 5, Dimitri Bell 7, AJ Shepherd 10, Reece Drake 3. Totals: 14 3 15-20 52.

Escambia (65)

Dukes 12, Mossenburg 16, Porterfield 3, Watts 27, Cisco 4, King 3. Totals: 16 8 9-18 65.

l Paxton 93, Gainer 41: Demetrius Moore scored 18 points and Colby Forehand finished with 17 as five Bobcats finished in double figures scoring as Paxton cruised to a win in their District 1-A opener.

Zach Vickers (16), Michael Smith (15) and Shaq Jackson (11), rounded out the scoring.

Paxton returns to the court Thursday when the Bobcats travel to Escambia Charter.

P 19 29 27 18 - 93

G 14 15  3  9  - 41

Paxton (93)

Demetrius Moore 18, Shaq Jackson 11, Colby Forehand 17, Zach Vickers 16, Michael Smith 15, Tyler Honish 6, Don Geoghagan 5, Kyle Beck 2. Totals: 25 11 10-15 93.

Gainer (41)

Inman 12, Harris 11, Lewis 6, Gauner 5, Smith 5, Prim 2. Totals: 12 4 5-16 41.

l Tate 80, Choctawhatchee 76: Choctawhatchee's Tommy Brassell led all scorers with 25 points but the Indians (1-1, 0-1 District 1-5A) dropped their district opener at Tate.

Phillip Roebuck, Devonte Lawson and Kadeem White each added 11points for Choctaw, which returns to action Thursday at Crestview.

C 13 25 19 18 - 76

T 19 23 17 21 - 80

Choctaw (76)

Kadeem White 11, Sam Haars 6, Phillip Roebuck 11, Devonte Lawson 11, Agustin Gavenda 3, Jonathan Bowman 7, Ross Carpenter 2, Tommy Bassell 25. Totals: 12 12 16-29 76.

Tate (80)

Richburg 4, Jones 8, Banks 2, Tufty 24, Waldon 4, Brown 2, Aubrey 22, Creighton 14. Totals: 32 0 16-31 80.

JV: Choctaw def Tate 87-74.

l Pine Forest 56, Niceville 51: Steve Dyson scored a team-high 11 points as Niceville (0-1, 0-1 District 1-5A) lost its season opener with Pine Forest.

Zeus King and Billy Billings each added nine points while Travis Beals added eight and AJ Tillman chipped in with seven.

P 19 10 11 17 - 56

N 13 11 13 14 - 51

Niceville (51)

AJ Tillman 7, Kody Williams 3, Zeus King 9, Gabriel Strutchen 2, Jevon Tinker 21, Steve Dyson 11, Travis Beals 8, Billy Billings 9. Totals: 13 5 10-13 51.

PF (56)

Randolph 1, Alexander 17, McCants 4, Malben 3, Page 2, Smith 7, Jones 13, English 10.

l Baker 39, Pensacola Christian 36: No Baker player finished in double figures scoring but Josh Yost (nine), Chad Donley (eight) and Stephen Shelley (eight) helped lead the Gators to an upset win over 2A's 12th ranked team.

The win marked the first by the Gators over Pensacola Christian in four years.

B  7 12  12   8 - 39

P   9   6   7 14 - 36

Baker (39)

Colton Henry 6, Josh Rose 2, Josh Yost 9, Chad Donley 8, Cameron Davis 3, Stephen Shelley 8, Jared Batson 3. 8 6 5-10 39.

PC (36)

Heinold 9, Kuloba 2, Goetsch 15, Andrews 10. Totals: 13 2 4-11 36.

l Walton 69, Northview 44: James Towery scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Braves to a one-sided win in their District 1-3A opener against Northview.

Walton (3-1, 1-0 District 1-3A) outscored Northview 14-5 in the first quarter and built a 34- 21 advantage by halftime.

Terrell Bramlet scored 12 points to give the Braves a pair of players in double figures scoring while Heath Morgan finished with eight points.

Walton returns to action Saturday when the Braves host Holmes County.

W 14 20  14   21 - 69

N    5 16  10   13 - 44

Walton (69)

Terrell Bramlet 12, James Towery 23, Jon Querisma 4, Paul McClure 2, Van Thomas 5, StevenMcKenzie 1, Williams 2, Issac Jackson 6, Devon Campbell 3, Heath Morgan 8, Keevis Jackson 3. Totals: 16 8 10-14 69.

Northview (44)

Bush 8, Bellany 9, Levins 4, White 6, Marshall 4, Sims 13. Totals; 10 8 0-2 44.

l South Walton 67, Rocky Bayou Christian 32: South Walton received a game-high 15 points from Dylan Smith as the Seahawks dropped Rocky Bayou Christian in the season opener for both teams.

SW 15 23 25 4 - 67

RB   5 12  11 4 - 32

SW (67)

Sam Petty 4, David Key 9, Dylan Smith 15, Wells BUzzett 3, Shane Seegar 9, Dezmond Sinnott 4, Jordan Colson 9, Natdhan Terry 2, Jake Wright 9, Dennis Smith 1, Quinston Morris 2. Totals: 24 3 10-27 67.

Rocky (32)

Wright 6, Lewis 5, Duffey 8, Burns 7, Cain 2, Peacock 4. Totals: 5 0 18-36 32.

Boys soccer

l Rocky Bayou Christian 5, Freeport 2: The Knights got a three-goal performance from James Kaim and Amani Beliveau netted two more to help Rocky Bayou race pass Freeport in the District 1-2A opener for both teams. Bryce Sefo scored both of the Bulldogs' (1-2) goals but it wasn't enough to overcome a five-goal effort by Rocky Bayou.

Goalie Jeremiah Williams recorded seven saves and Scott Listak added an assist for Rocky Bayou (1-3, 1-0), which travels to take on Bozeman tonight in another district battle.

l Chipley 2, South Walton 1: Wade Howard tallied the lone goal for the Seahawks, but Chipley carried the win off two South Walton own-goals.

South Walton (2-2, 1-1) gets a shot at revenge when it plays host to Chipley on Friday night.

l Niceville 5, Pace 0: Niceville used two goals from the foot of Pedro Alba and a perfect night from goalies Ryan Riggs and Shane Balkcom to cruise past Pace.

Spencer Van Decar, Reed White and Jake Pratt also scored for the undefeated Eagles (6-0-2, 6-0), who play host to Pine Forest on Thursday.

l Navarre 2, Fort Walton Beach 0: Navarre goalie Alex Grigsby posted six saves to shut out Fort Walton Beach en route to a two-goal Raider victory. Eddie Arroyo and Andres Garcia each tallied goals for Navarre (3-2-1, 2-1-1), which travels to play Niceville on Friday.

l Choctawhatchee 8, Pine Forest 0: JR Rynearson tallied three goals and John Johnson had three assists and one goal as Choctaw cruised by Pine Forest in a District 1-5A matchup.

Choctaw (4-1-1, 2-1-1 District 1-5A) received a pair of goals from Ricky Hoegg and one each from Robert Shelton and Charlie Wiliford in the win.