Beckham named queen, Devils lose 29-6
Published 9:29 pm Friday, October 3, 2014
ECHS senior Dominique Beckham was crowned the 2014 homecoming queen at halftime of Friday night’s game. She is joined by her father, Anthony Beckham, and ECHS principal Dennis Fuqua.
Escambia County High School senior Dominique Beckham was named the 2014 homecoming queen at the halftime of Friday night’s 29-6 loss to Faith Academy.
LaDerrica McKenzie, Ychelle Walker and Christin Simpkins were the other senior maids.
The Blue Devils fell to 0-7 after losing to the Rams, although they kept it close early. After falling behind 8-0 midway through the first quarter, ECHS battled back with a 71-yard scoring drive.
During the drive, the Devils punted on fourth-and-22 from their own 37-yard-line, but the Rams muffed the punt and ECHS recovered on the Faith 32-yard-line. Gaetyn Thames eventually scored with a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 8-6 with 4.4 seconds left in the first quarter.
ECHS trailed 15-6 at halftime and were never able to mount a real offensive threat against the Rams the rest of the way.
“Faith Academy was far more physical than we were,” ECHS coach Royce Young said. “We thought that they might run right at us, and that’s exactly what they did. We weren’t able to make their physical effort.”
For more coverage of this game, see the Wednesday, Oct. 10, edition of The Atmore Advance.
