Post by Trojan Warrior on Mar 25, 2014 3:44:07 GMT -6
PENSACOLA, Fla. – It is unsure which team will bat first when Alabama takes on Troy tonight, but there is little doubt there will be a feel of a Trojans’ home game.
Fewer than 150 mile separate Troy from Pensacola and it has always had a large contingent of Trojans.
On the diamond, Keith Bragg and Chuck Stanhope were standouts for Chase Riddle, with Stanhope spending a few seasons in the minor leagues and Bragg now a baseball coach at Pensacola High School.
In football, Steven Campbell, Demontray Carter, Lance Sasser, Antjuan Marsh and Lawrence Tynes each had success on the gridiron in Troy after finishing their prep careers in the area.
Even the Troy basketball team had pair of players on the roster last season from Pensacola State College. It is not limited to simply men either. Barbara Sherwood, Tammy Lowery, Jinni
Frisbey and Tara Blackwell are all Pensacola natives. Lady Trojan basketball coach Chandra Rigby was hired from PSC.
There is even a satellite Troy campus near Pensacola Naval Air Station.
“We have always had a lot of support for Troy athletics in Pensacola,” former Trojan kicker, Greg Whibbs, said. “Pensacola is a great sports town with native Don Sutton in the baseball hall of fame, Emmitt Smith in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Derrick Brooks will be inducted into the hall this fall.”
Whibbs, who is a Pensacola native and now is an assistant in the Florida State’s Attorney’s Office, will have a special sense of pride tonight. His alma mater will be playing at the complex named for his grandfather, former mayor Vince Whibbs.
“It is going to be exciting, I am sure,” Whibbs said. “There will be a lot of people yelling “Roll Tide!” but there will be more Trojans there who have ties to the University. It will be cool to hear the fans getting after one another. (Full Article)
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Fewer than 150 mile separate Troy from Pensacola and it has always had a large contingent of Trojans.
On the diamond, Keith Bragg and Chuck Stanhope were standouts for Chase Riddle, with Stanhope spending a few seasons in the minor leagues and Bragg now a baseball coach at Pensacola High School.
In football, Steven Campbell, Demontray Carter, Lance Sasser, Antjuan Marsh and Lawrence Tynes each had success on the gridiron in Troy after finishing their prep careers in the area.
Even the Troy basketball team had pair of players on the roster last season from Pensacola State College. It is not limited to simply men either. Barbara Sherwood, Tammy Lowery, Jinni
Frisbey and Tara Blackwell are all Pensacola natives. Lady Trojan basketball coach Chandra Rigby was hired from PSC.
There is even a satellite Troy campus near Pensacola Naval Air Station.
“We have always had a lot of support for Troy athletics in Pensacola,” former Trojan kicker, Greg Whibbs, said. “Pensacola is a great sports town with native Don Sutton in the baseball hall of fame, Emmitt Smith in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Derrick Brooks will be inducted into the hall this fall.”
Whibbs, who is a Pensacola native and now is an assistant in the Florida State’s Attorney’s Office, will have a special sense of pride tonight. His alma mater will be playing at the complex named for his grandfather, former mayor Vince Whibbs.
“It is going to be exciting, I am sure,” Whibbs said. “There will be a lot of people yelling “Roll Tide!” but there will be more Trojans there who have ties to the University. It will be cool to hear the fans getting after one another. (Full Article)
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