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There was plenty to smile about for the Crestview Lady Bulldogs softball team after Friday night’s game with Northview. Crestview continued its late-season surge with a 5-1 win over the Chiefs to close out the regular season with an 11-11 record.

It was once said that the Atlantic Ocean covered the east coast, the Pacific Ocean the west coast and longtime Major League Baseball centerfielder Garry Maddox covered everything in between.

Baker softball coach John Carlisle probably feels the same way about his centerfielder, Carlie Hopps.

When you have the same last name as one of the most heroic military figures in the history of the United States Army, the expectations can be high.

Baker junior softball player Blakely York is one such player. She’s a distant cousin of World War I Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Alvin York.

Crestview Bulldogs softball traveled to Choctawhatchee High School Thursday, April 20, for an important pre-playoff matchup. After a tough first inning, where they gave up three runs, the Bulldogs began a methodical comeback, scoring a single run each inning until the top of the 7th inning, when they blew the game wide open with a Cambell Toolan home run that brought in three runners.

A gutsy comeback attempt by the Crestview softball against Tate on Thursday fell just short leaving those in attendance wondering what might have been. The Lady Bulldogs spotted the Aggies a 5-1 but in the end, the four runs were too much to overcome, as Tate took a 7-5 win.

The thought of Lady Bulldog freshman softball player Cambell Toolan puts a smile on the face of Crestview coach Michelle Howard.

Toolan is the right-handed half of Crestview’s dynamic freshmen duo teaming with lefty Julian Forrest.

Addie St. John is not your typical freshman softball player. But then again, that could be said of many Baker Lady Gator softball players through the years.

In her first year of high school, St. John is in her third year as a starter on the varsity softball team. That’s one of the perks of attending a pre-K through 12 school, athletes can play varsity sports while still in middle school.

There was no magic formula as the Baker Lady Gator softball team hosted Walton last Monday. Baker made the Braves play catch up the entire game.

When the final out was made in the top of the seventh inning, Baker had a 6-4 win.

Elvis Presley would have been proud of the Baker softball team on Tuesday night. Simply put, the Lady Gators were taking care of business in a 7-6 extra inning win over Northview.

Sometimes the breaks don’t go your way in sports. That was the case for the Crestview softball team on Thursday night as the Lady Bulldogs hosted rival Niceville. Despite not having anybody strike out, Crestview fell to the Eagles 13-4.