Byron, Michigan–For 16-year-old Erik Jones, the 2012 racing season has been a year full of developing his skills on the race track. Now that the year is winding to a close, Jones has put all his knowledge to use while pulling double duty for the first time during the 45th an-nual Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. “This season I have had a lot of fun learning what it is like to jump in and out of different cars,” stated Jones. “From the heavy ARCA car to the light weight late models, I have had to learn how to quickly adjust. I’m really enjoyed to doing double duty

during the Derby. Five Flags Speed-way is a hard track to pass on and can be really rough on tires, so getting to race the Pro Late Model the night before in the Snowflake was a great advantage for the Derby on Sunday.” Last year, Jones competed in the Allen Turner Snowflake 100. Af-ter coming off a huge win during the Governor’s Cup 200 and a Se-ries Championship, all eyes were fixed on the young man from Byron, Michigan. Drawing pill number one for qualifying, Jones was forced to watch 60 drivers race against his time. For the 100 lap race he would start in the 12th position. Taking his

time he worked his way to the front of the pack but with only five laps remaining tragedy struck and sent

Jones loading up a broken race car. One year later, Jones now has 10 ARCA Racing Series events along

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Nearly 800 cheering parents, friends and fans basked in Florida sunshine December 1 as Navarre Raiders defeated the Ensley Chiefs 38-26 in the Ju-nior Division of the Gulf Coast Youth Sports Al-liance Semi-Finals. Led by #7 (Carter) dominating the line of scrimmage, Raiders started out the game with a quick score. Chiefs, however, did rapidly respond in the first half keeping the game to within one score by the time half-time came around.

Led by #8 (Henry), the Chiefs had scored near-ly 18 points by the con-clusion of the first half. Penalties, though, came to alter the game in a big way stop-ping the Chiefs and extending opportu-nities for the Raid-ers to capitalize upon throughout most of the second half of play. When asked about what one parent thought about their child being involved in youth and community sports, Julie Philpot exclaimed her plea-sure, “I think this is

great what these kids are building together. The relationships they make on the team re-ally mean a great deal.” Philpot’s son is Wes-ley Philpot, #24 of the Ensley Chiefs. On this day he led and assisted on a number of tackles and stops throughout the game. Please stay tuned to the Family Sport-ing Network as next week we bring you coverage of the Final Championships for all four age divisions for the Gulf Coast Youth Sports Alliance.

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(Above) Erik Jones celebrates Snowball Derby victory with supporters and fans

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(Above) #7 (Carter) takes the ball for a touchdown securing the winning drive for the Raiders

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Blue Wahoos, Ice Flyers Team Up for Hockey Clinic - On

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For Immediate Release: In another first for Pensacola, the Cincinnati Reds Double-A Affiliate Blue Wa-hoos are teaming up with the Pensa-cola Ice Flyers hockey team to host a two-hour hockey camp at the Blue Wahoos’ Winter Wonderland ice rink at the Maritime Park stadium. On Sunday, December 16, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm, members of the Ice Flyers professional hockey team will hold a clinic for children ages 8

to 13 years old. The camp will cover the basics of ice hockey, and will in-clude time for autographs and ques-tions with the Ice Flyer players. Jonathan Griffith, Executive Vice President for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, said that the team had been looking for ways to partner with the Ice Flyers, and the Winter Wonder-land provided the perfect opportunity. “As a ball club and a community or-ganization, we are always looking for new ways to offer the community - in-cluding other sports fans - an oppor-tunity to use this fantastic stadium. Whether it is the Soul Bowl, movie nights, the Winter Wonderland, or a hockey clinic on an ice rink in the in-field, we want to make this truly be the community’s stadium,” said Griffith. “The Ice Flyers are a great group

to partner with, and we hope that this hockey camp will be an excit-ing opportunity for young people in the area to learn from their profes-sional players, learn about the game of hockey, and hopefully provide an-other opportunity for the community to enjoy this fantastic stadium,” Grif-fith continued. “Besides, where else can you play ice hockey on a base-ball field in Florida?” joked Griffith. Tickets for the Hockey Camp cost $50, and include skate rental, a ticket

to an Ice Flyers game, a ticket to the Blue Wahoos’ Winter Wonderland, food and drink, instruction from the Ice Flyers players, and time for au-tographs and Q&A with the players. For more information, or to pur-chase tickets, please contact the Blue Wahoos at (850) 934-8444 or visit www.BlueWahoos.com.

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Pictures of the Week

(Top) #99 Dominick Nicholson takes the ball 70 yards for one of his several touchdowns of the day for NEP Wildcats -- (Left) #7 Carter scores for the Navarre Raiders -- (Above) #8 Henry heads for the endzone for the Ensley Chiefs

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“Elite Show Jumping” VisitingEscambia County Just over 300 individuals are partici-pating as Elite Show Jumping is cur-rently holding continuous jumping competitions at the Escambia County Equestrian Center until December 16. On December 8, ESJ will hold compe-titions for high jumping with a prize set for at or about $10,000 for the victor. “We have a great deal of good response from this community as the competi-tors are all from the surrounding region”, says Victor Russell, President of ESJ. According to their website, Elite Show Jumping was founded by Charles Victor Russell in 2005. Elite Show Jumping is committed to providing trainers, riders, and spectators the best of services. ESJ provide a laid back atmosphere to ensure a pleasurable horseshow experience. ESJ try to find the most qualified judges, announc-ers, starters, course designers, and crew. ESJ is here for the people of the horse community and want to accommodate them to the best of our ability. All those involved have a voice, and we want to know what we can do to better everyone’s experience. ESJ is always looking for new ways to improve the horseshow series. For more information about Elite Show Jumping and their continu-al activities, please visit www.Elite-

ShowJumping.com or stay tuned to us at www.FamilySportingNetwork.com.

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Ready on the left! Ready on the right! All ready on the firing line! Fire! While this might not seem like the sort of thing you would hear shouted at a “family friendly” event. It’s exactly what several lo-cal families, groups of friends and individuals who made new friends experienced in early December at the Escambia River Gun Club. Of the 40+ participants, about 30% were youths and 25% were female. The Escambia River Gun Club in Cantonment Florida (ERGC) hosts four Project Appleseed rifle marks-manship clinics each year. At this event, participants learn proper ri-fle marksmanship skills. The skills taught are not just basic skills, they are foundational skills. The information provided at an Apple-seed will train new rifle shooters and enhance the accuracy of ex-perienced shooters. Unlike many shooting programs, there is a lot of shooting. It is recommended that you bring 500 rounds for both days. The Appleseed Project is a program provided by the Revolutionary War Veterans Association (RWVA), a 501 (c)(3) organization. Appleseed is na-tionwide with events in all 50 states and over 1000 events this year alone. In addition to the high quality rifle

marksmanship training, Appleseed teaches the history of the events of April 19th, 1775 - the battle of Lexing-ton/Concord, “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World” and the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. The history is provided in a heartfelt and personalized manner, with informa-tion and details probably not covered in public or private schools today. The next Pensacola Appleseed is scheduled for February 2nd and 3rd. It is best to attend both days but you can attend either Saturday or Sunday as well. It is strongly recom-mended that you pre-register for the event. Nearly any type of rifle will work and there is a list of suggested items to bring along on the Apple-seed website. There may also be loaner rifles available but it is best to get with the local contact ahead of the event to arrange for that. Can’t make February? Appleseed will also take place in Pensacola the first weekend in April, October and December. There are also events being held nationally nearly every weekend. For more information or to register, vis-it the Appleseed project on the web at:w w w . a p p l e s e e d i n f o . o r g Or contact Tim Frey, the local Ap-pleseed volunteer at 850 478-5270

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with a handful of big name late model races under his belt. Bring-ing back former crew chief, Rich Lushes, Erik is feeling confi-dent that he will fin-ish the year off strong. “Having Rich back on the team is really great,” proclaimed Jones. “I work well with him and I’m confident he will provide me with two great cars. Fans should be looking for-ward to some great rac-ing and hopefully they

will see the Paragon Corvette Reproductions Chevy in Victory Lane.” To learn more about Erik Jones Racing be sure to check out www.erikjonesracing.com, follow him on twitter @erik_jones, “Like” him on facebook, and download his free App to your smartphone. For more media in-formation please contact Stephanie Bigelow, sbigelow@erikjonesracing.com.

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