It seemed like old times at Meet the Gators on Friday.
A nice crowd was on hand at Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium as the youngest Gators football players in the Baker youth league to the oldest Gators, seniors on the Baker School varsity took turns showcasing their talents.
All systems are go as Baker’s football team heads into the final days of fall camp.
“Things are looking good,” head coach Matt Brunson said. “Our kids are working hard. We’ve had a great summer in the weight room.
You know football season has arrived when it’s time to meet the respective teams.
Crestview High School will host Meet the Bulldogs night on Friday, Aug. 9. Festivities start at 5:30 p.m. Following Meet the Bulldogs is Meet the Band starting at approximately 7:30 p.m.
A little more than an hour into Monday’s official practice of the fall season, the Crestview football team was reminded that it is still very much summer in North Okaloosa County, not that the Bulldog coaches and players needed it.
Baker coach Matt Brunson always seems to be a man in a hurry. And he’s never in more of hurry than at the start of the high school football season as he tries to leave no stone that could lead to success unturned.
It will be all things Baker football on Friday, Aug. 9, when the Baker varsity headlines Meet the Gators Night.
The activities begin at 5:30 p.m. and conclude around 8:30. Cost is $5 a person. Barbeque plates will be available for $5.
By the time the Crestview football team took the field shortly after 10 on Monday morning to open preseason camp, the temperature was already 89 degrees with a heat index of 100.
Kase Armstrong has grown up with a football life.
His dad, Rob Armstrong, is a longtime head coach and assistant coach who retired prior to last season. His older brother, Kurt, is a freshman offensive lineman at Mercer University in Macon, Ga.
Davidson is currently going about the business of getting ready for the 2024 season.
“We’re getting excited,” he said. “We’re finally getting in pads and doing a little hitting, and we will see what we’ve got.”
