Sports Archive

David Hernandez brings a wealth of experience to his new job as the head coach of the Crestview swim team.

Hernandez, a Navy veteran, was a Navy diver for two decades, having swam open ocean courses on top of the swimming he did on the job.

Record-setting Baker running back Kayleb Wagner has made the decision of where he will play college football.

And the winner is Southern Illinois University of the Missouri Valley Conference.

July 16 of this year marked 15 years since Marge Langley lost her daughter, Whitney Megan Langley.

And while the pain has eased with the passing of time it never goes away as Marge struggles to hold her emotions intact when talking about Whitney and her love for life, especially her love for softball.

Runners for the Crestview cross-country team have started their summer workouts.

With just 10 days from the start of official preseason practice, efforts the team made in June and July could be the difference in making it to state or staying home after the district meet.

For almost a decade, Crestview football fans have been entertained and bedazzled by the high-octane Bulldog offense of former head coach Tim Hatten.

First-year Bulldog boss Thomas Grant was Hatten’s prized pupil, but don’t expect him to follow the exact script of his mentor.

It was hit or miss with the weather last week as the Baker football team entered the last couple of weeks of summer workouts in preparation for the 2022 season.

Gator coach Barry Gardner said his team was fortunate to dodge the rain and have more misses than hits.

It’s hard to think about Baker athletics without thinking of the name Combest.

Chase Combest was a three-sport star for the Gators, playing football, basketball and baseball.

Crestview coach Greg Watson is still unsure how many seniors he will have on his 2022-23 team.
He said he could have as many as four seniors or as few as one. That one senior he knows will be there for him is Tyrell Stewart.

Crestview girls basketball coach Steve Williams has just about seen it all during his long coaching career. Maybe that’s why he just hit the reset button when the high school gym was unavailable this summer while workers replaced the 50-year-old maple plank floor.

It has been a busy two months since Thomas Grant was named the head football coach at Crestview.
Throughout much of the spring he wore the title of “interim,” before principal Jay Sanders made it official in the middle of May.