Trailing Laurel Hill 50-48 with 3.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Baker’s Lady Gators might not have needed a miracle, but they needed something close.
A Lady Hobo turnover on a 5-second call gave Baker the ball near mid-court. Lady Gator coach Chelsea Medley called a timeout and drew up a play that worked to perfection. McKenzie McGraw, who at that point had a team-leading 22 points, would get one more shot.
Baker’s boys basketball season started 2024 the same way it ended 2023, with a win.
Powered by Andrae Jackson and Joshua Prows, the Gators slipped past Pensacola Christian Academy on Thursday night 56-54.
It’s fair to say the Baker boys basketball team didn’t play a perfect game on Tuesday against Northview. But the host Gators did play a very good game.
The result was a 66-44 win over the Chiefs.
A good coach is often most unhappy when it seems their team pulled off an easy win.
Crestview boys basketball coach Greg Watson is a good coach. And he saw many things that needed to be fixed after the Bulldogs beat Pace 52-38 on Tuesday night.
Just when all hope looked lost for the Crestview boys basketball team in Friday’s game at Niceville, it wasn’t.
The Eagles led the Bulldogs 55-48 with 1:32 left in the fourth quarter after a pair of free throws by Anwar Conley. Conley’s points would be the last for Niceville.
What do you call it when the Baker Gators or Lady Gators hold a celebration for a state championship?
Baker athletic director said tradition, which is true as the Lady Gator volleyball team’s state championship is the seventh team title in school history. It might also be called a “Gatorbration.”
The Crestview football team traveled to Escambia High School on Thursday for a Kickoff Classic that was more a situational scrimmage than a practice game.
Each team had the same number of plays on offense. Each possession started from the same designated spot on the field at the start of the alternating possessions.
There is winning. There is winning big. And then there is what the Crestview Lady Bulldog softball team did to Washington on Wednesday.
To say Crestview made short work of the Lady Wildcats would be an understatement. It took the Lady Bulldogs just two-and-a-half innings to dispose of Washington.
In all likelihood, none of the Baker Gator baseball players will ever have an offer to play professional baseball. Their childhood dreams of playing for a favorite Major League team will end with graduation.
When swimming with the sharks it’s probably wise to use shark repellent.
The Crestview High School Lady Bulldogs hosted the Ponte Vedra Lady Sharks in the Region 1 Class 6A quarterfinals on Thursday. The Lady Bulldogs brought their normal repellent against the Lady Sharks that worked so well against Eagles, Panthers and Tigers, a relentless defense.
