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The Crestview High School band has been a part of Jody Dunn’s life for almost 40 years.  

He’s now in his 17th year as band director after serving as associate director for 10 years under former director David Cadel.

As a former high school and college offensive lineman, Crestview High School head football coach Thomas Grant knows a good lineman when he sees one.

Time will tell if the Crestview football team makes the playoffs and a deep run towards a state championship. If the Bulldogs make such a run it’s safe to say that Friday night’s season opener was a perfect stepping stone to start the season.
Crestview will be in Orlando on Friday to take on Ridley, Penn., in what should be a major test.

About the only thing that can be said about the defense in last season’s football game between Baker and South Walton is there wasn’t much of it played.
The teams combined for 1,196 yards in total offense and scored 97 points as the Gators pulled off a 49-48 win.

Kasey Campbell knows the expectations for the athletic programs at Laurel Hill School.

A three-sport standout for the Hoboes, Campbell was good enough to play college softball before settling into academics and ending up back home at Laurel Hill.

There’s a favorite saying in sports that some teams rebuild and others reload. It’s safe to say that the Baker volleyball team fits in the category of teams that reload.

The last 19 years, no matter what district or classification, the Gators have won district championships..

First-year Crestview head volleyball coach James Kerrell faces a massive rebuilding effort. After making the playoffs five consecutive years, the Bulldogs won only two matches last season.

The rebuild won’t be easy as Crestview plays in a tough district that includes Niceville, Mosley and Chiles and Leon.

There is no such thing as perfection in any sport. That is especially true for the first regular season contest of a new year.

Baker’s Lady Gator volleyball team wasn’t perfect on Monday as it hosted Walton, but it was pretty good, sweeping the Braves in three sets, 25-10, 25-16, 25-21.

By Kickoff Classic standards Friday night’s battle between Northview and Baker was the norm rather than the exception.

The game was played quickly, in this case with a running clock., and the teams ran their most basic offenses and defenses.

The scoreboard at Jack Foster Stadium remained unlit Thursday night as Crestview hosted Escambia in the 2022 Kickoff Classic.

In what can’t be described as a game and maybe not even a controlled scrimmage, the Bulldogs and Gators battled for 90 minutes without scores being tallied on the scoreboard or the ball going over on downs.