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.
Maddox Reeves scored on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth inning to give Crestview a thrilling 6-5 win at Niceville on Wednesday.
There was still work to do after Reeves crossed the plate for the Bulldogs as the Eagles had their chance to tie or win the game in the bottom of the inning.
When it rains, it pours. And that was a good thing for the Baker baseball team on Monday against Santa Rosa Christian.
The Gators sent 18 batters to the plate and scored 13 runs in the first inning on nine hits, three hit batters and two walks. Baker added three more runs in the second inning as the Gators poured it on to take a 16-2 win in five innings.
Trent Peak hit an off-balanced 3-point shot for Gulf Breeze with 2.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter. And just like that the season ended for Crestview’s boys basketball team.
Peak’s basket gave the host Dolphins a 53-52 lead. Two free throws by Hutson Rowe followed as Gulf Breeze won the District 1-6A semifinal game 55-52.
