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With a quick step and jump, Gabby Sheffield makes playing volleyball almost look easy. And while her athleticism makes her a leader on the court for the Crestview team, her attitude makes her a player others want to follow.
“Gabby is one of the most dependable players that you could ever coach,” Crestview volleyball coach James Kerrell said. “She has one of the best attitudes you could ever wish for in a player. When you’re coaching a kid, you want a kid that’s going to work hard.

If the early bird catches the worm, there’s a good chance it will be a member of the Crestview High School swimming team eating well.

The Bulldogs, who practice and will swim their home meets at the ROC at Central Baptist Church, will host meets at 7 a.m. The actual swimming will start at 8 a.m. The first home meet of the season is Saturday, Sept. 10 against Fort Walton Beach.

Weather in Kissimmee played havoc with the scheduled kickoff time between Crestview and Ridley, Penn., on Friday.
When the game was played it was the Bulldogs wreaking havoc on the Raiders at the Austin-Tindall Sports Complex. Crestview scored early and often on the way to a 50-28 win.

Heavy rains through the month of August left the football field at South Walton somewhere between a playing surface and a mud bog more suitable for monster trucks. One might conclude the tackiness of the field, through no fault of the people at South Walton, was more of a Mudville than football field.

A year after Baker and South Walton combined for more than 1,200 yards and almost 100 combined points as Kayleb Wagner set a single-game state record for rushing, only one team, the host Seahawks would soar.

It has been a year of transition for the Crestview High School volleyball team.
Coming off a disappointing 2021 season in which the Bulldogs only won two matches, James Kerrell was named the new coach. While getting to know their new coach, the team spent the summer as nomads seeking a place to practice as a new floor was being placed in the CHS gym.

It’s football time in Florida and the Crestview Bulldogs should pose some problems for people playing in a tough Suburban Class 4A Region 1, District 2.

Crestview is joined in the district by county rival, Niceville, Lynn Haven Mosely and Tallahassee schools Chiles and Leon.

For the first time in more than a decade Matt Brunson won’t be call the shots as the Baker football team takes the field for the 2022 season.

The Barry Gardner era officially gets started Friday night when the Gators travel to Santa Rosa Beach to play South Walton.

Jody Dunn’s face lights up when he talks about Crestview High School’s Big Red Machine Marching Band.

The Big Red Machine is a fixture at Crestview football games, and Dunn, the longtime band director, has made sure to work closely throughout the years with the Bulldog football coaches to coordinate when the band plays during the game and how he and the band can help the team and fire up the spectators.

The smells of new varnish fill the air in the Crestview gym. And where an old faded floor was just a few months ago, a sparkling new surface is now in place.

When the Crestview volleyball team play its home opener in a few weeks the new court will be officially christened. And, if the new floor last the 52 years the old floor did, the athletes competing on the court will be drawing their pensions before another court is put down in the Dog Pound.

At Baker School, it’s rare to find an athlete that specializes in one sport.