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There’s a changing of the guard for Laurel Hill volleyball.  

Longtime Hobo coach Kent Zessin is stepping down and former multi-sport star Kasey Harrison Campbell is stepping up for the job. 

For close to 25 years, Crestview’s baseball camp has been teaching players the fundamentals of the game to boys and girls ages 4 to 13.

This year’s camp is scheduled for May 31 and June 1 at the Crestview High School baseball complex.

Baker wrapped up its first spring under new head coach Barry Gardner last Monday with a scrimmage.

The scrimmage had been scheduled for May 13, but lightning in the area forced it to be postponed.
Gardner was, for the most part, happy with what he saw from the team.

Crestview traveled south to Fort Walton Beach High School’s Steve Riggs Stadium for a spring football jamboree Friday night.

The Bulldogs faced off against Pine Forest, Catholic and Fort Walton Beach as Thomas Grant was at the helm of the program for the first time against live competition.

The Baker School football team will wrap up spring practice on Friday, May 13, with the annual Maroon and Gold game at Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium. The game is scheduled for 6 p.m.

With the interim now off his title, Thomas Grant is in full charge as head coach of the Crestview High School football team.

Grant was pleased with what he has seen as the Bulldogs neared the end of the second week of spring practice.

It’s uncertain if members of the Crestview High School baseball team are familiar with Murphy’s Law, which states, “If it can go wrong, it will, and at the worst possible time.”

Even if they aren’t they experienced Tuesday afternoon in Tuesday’s District 1-6A semifinal game at Pace High School.

Former Crestview High School principal, and before that a CHS student-athlete, coined the phrase, “Once a Bulldog, always a Bulldog.” Thomas Grant embodies that phrase having played football while a student at Crestview in the late 1990s and served as an assistant football coach, basketball coach and head boys weightlifting coach for more than a […]

Crestview High School’s baseball team opened the District 1-6A tournament with a hard-fought 9-6 win over Okaloosa County rival Fort Walton Beach on Monday. The Bulldogs will play Tate at 4 p.m. today (May 3) at Pace in the tournament semifinals. A Bulldog win in the Aggies coupled with a Niceville upset of the host […]

In the spirit of the recent National Football League draft, Baker’s pick for a new head coach is in and the Gators select Barry Gardner to head the program. The selection of the 38-year old Gardner should come as no surprise. Gardner has been on the Baker staff for two years and helped lead Baker […]