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Laurel Hill and Baker squared off in boys basketball for the third time in the 2022-23 season on Monday. The first two games were regular season meetings won by the Gators.
Monday’s game was the opening round of the District 1-1A tournament. The results were the same in the game played at Baker, the Gators won. The final score was 63-34.

In years past the Queen song, “We are the Champions,” might have been playing over the public address system in the Crestview High gym as the clock ticked off the final seconds of Friday’s District 1-6A girls championship game between the host Lady Bulldogs and Pace.

Coming off a big win over Gulf Breeze on Thursday, the Crestview boys basketball team hosts Milton on Tuesday in the first round of the District 1-6A tournament. Game time is 6 p.m.
Bulldog coach Greg Watson knows anything can happen in the tournament. And while Crestview is probably considered the favorite against the Panthers, he has better sense than to overlook anybody.

The Crestview High School boys basketball wrapped up the regular season on Thursday night hosting District 1-6A leader Gulf Breeze.
As things would have it, the Bulldogs saved their best game of the season for the regular season finale taking down the Dolphins 52-45.

It will be a few weeks before Baker School baseball coach Preston Nixon knows what kind of hand he’ll have for the 2023 season. But he got his first look at his potential team on Jan. 23 as the Gators, along with teams from across Florida, took to the field for the first day of practice.

Nixon felt at home on the high school community field at the Baker recreation complex. He should as it was his home diamond during his days as a Gator baseball player.

One has to wonder if football season ever really ends in Northwest Florida.

The calendar might say January, February, April or June and teams might not be on the field practicing. But in some corner of a school or home of a coach or player, football is taking place.

Just when it looked like the Lady Bulldogs were in trouble on Wednesday night, they weren’t.
Crestview hosted Milton in the District 1-6A tournament semifinal and seemed to have the game in hand early in the fourth quarter. With less than 90 seconds gone in the fourth quarter the Lady Panthers cut a 17-point Crestview lead to 10 points at 49-39.

The 2022-23 basketball season came to an end for the Baker Lady Gators on Tuesday as they fell in the District 1-1A quarter finals to Freeport 44-32.
Baker (9-6) led throughout the first half but faded down the stretch.

Central took no prisoners in Tuesday’s District 1-1A girls playoff game against Laurel Hill played at Paxton.
The Jaguars connected on 16 shots from 3-point range on their way to a 61-30 victory that ended the season of the Lady Hoboes.

Crestview’s Madi Muse claimed a championship in the Olympic category of the District 1-3A meet last Wednesday in Niceville.

Muse won the 119-pound weight division with a total lift of 325 pounds. In traditional, Muse placed second with a total lift of 320 pounds.