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Halfway through summer workouts Baker football coach Barry Gardner is pleased with what he has seen from the Gators.

When asked how he would grade his team, Gardner gave it a better than average grade.

It has been a summer of adjustment for the Crestview High School boys basketball team.

Since their home court is being replaced, the Bulldogs efforts to sharpen their skills for next season have been limited in their workouts and a June summer schedule of games at Choctaw High School.

A group of Crestview’s finest baseball players ages 14 and under will be representing the Hub City this week at the Dizzy Dean 14-u World Series in Southaven, Miss.

The Crestview Slammers are managed by Stephen Bortolo, who explained the process that led to the Slammers making it to the Dizzy Dean World Series.

Summer officially arrived last Tuesday, but the heat arrived several weeks earlier.

Like a large portion of the nation, Northwest Florida is in the midst of record-setting or near record-setting temperatures. Add the humidity typical of the area, and being outside can feel like a sauna.

A hot summer morning didn’t keep the Crestview football team off the field last Wednesday for a little extra work.

Well, at least the quarterbacks, running backs, receivers and pass defenders got some work in.

There’s big news coming out of the Crestview High School football camp as the Bulldogs prepare for the 2022 season.

To kick off the season, the Bulldogs will be taking their show to Orlando, playing their season opener against Ridley out of Pennsylvania on Aug. 26. Game time is 5 p.m. local time at Universal Studios.

Thirty years after graduating from Crestview High School in 1992, James Kerrell has landed his dream coaching job with the Bulldogs.

Kerrell was named the Crestview volleyball coach earlier this year.

Coming off a couple of seasons with only two wins, Baker’s girls basketball team is working hard to turn things around this season.

Head coach Chelsea Medley has a long list of where she wants to see team improvement.

As a sophomore in 2020, Kayleb Wagner burst onto the Baker football scene, rushing for more than 1,000 yards.

He led the Gators in rushing in the state championship game as Baker won the title for the first time in 25 years.

The Baker football team was back on the field this week as the Gators started summer drills on June 13 under the direction of first-year head coach Barry Gardner.

The extra time off between the end of the school year has to do with the lofty expectations that go with being at Baker, and that’s to still be in the hunt for a championship deep into the playoffs.