It was quite the season for Crestview High School quarterback, Jayzion Mcqueen.
The campaign was capped off with the junior being named team MVP at the program’s end of the year banquet.
20 years ago, Gracie Simmons was one of the first athletes at the Baker school to compete in weightlifting under then first-year head coach, David Oglesby.
Now, 20 years later, her daughter Michayla Rose is following in her footsteps as a weightlifter at Baker under Oglesby.
Walk into the Laurel Hill School on gameday, and you will see a towering presence for the Hoboes. At 6’2, Aiyana Dixon is a force on the court. She routinely bullies defenders in the paint and on the boards, getting easy lay-ups as well as making the game for her teammates with the attention she […]
Baker School principal had an easy job Thursday night as he stood on the field at Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium following the football team’s Maroon and White scrimmage introducing Matt Brunson as the next Gator head football coach.
“I have the task of introducing a man that needs no introduction,” he said. “He’s the only person associated with every Baker state championship in football.”
When Crestview’s leadoff hitter Ava Secor scored the only run the Lady Bulldogs would need in the top of the first inning in Tuesday’s District 2-6A semi-final softball game against Mosley on Tuesday.
Secor wasn’t the only Lady Bulldog to score as Crestview crossed the plate nine more times. The final run came in the bottom of the sixth inning when Mayson Feller scored from second on a Julian Forrest hit to close out the 10-0 win.
Crestview High School’s flag football team hosted Tate in the first round of the District 1-2A playoffs Monday.
The game was all Lady Bulldogs as Crestview took no prisoners in a 25-0 win. The Lady Bulldogs were scheduled to take on Navarre in the semifinal at Navarre on Tuesday.
When the Baker softball team hosted Escambia on Tuesday one thing was certain, the Lady Gators would win. The question was, which Lady Gators would win.
In a battle of Lady Gators that was moved up an hour to deal with the stormy weather in the area, it was good news for the home team. Baker avenged its loss to Escambia earlier in the season with an 11-1 win. The game was called in the sixth inning on the run rule.
In what has become as much a signal of the arrival of spring as warm days and blooming azaleas the Baker boys weightlifting team claimed a sixth-consecutive District 1-1A championship on Wednesday.
Led by double wins from Tyson McBride (154), Lane Cato (183), Joseph Blackshear (199) and Leroy Pierce (238) the Gators claimed both the Olympic and Traditional titles at the meet.
Paxton athletic director and track coach Jeff Bradley was in familiar territory on March 7 as he walked around Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium.
Bradley, who has coached just about everything at Paxton from baseball to golf, track and softball, is best known for his successful 26-year run as the Bobcat boys basketball coach.
