Baker middle school team young, but good defense
Baker Middle School's football team often plays a jamboree format, facing off against two teams in the same night, playing each opponent for a half.
Gators win district opener (photo gallery)
BAKER — It wasn’t always pretty, but the Baker School volleyball team opened District 2-1A play with a four-set win over rival Jay on Tuesday. The Gators (3-0, 1-0) dropped the first set to the Royal…
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: 'When the Game Stands Tall' is a must see movie
When it comes to sports movies, I can be a tough critic, especially if the movie is based on a player or team with which I’m somewhat familiar. Everyone loves the old classic “The Pride of the Yankee…
Coach: Freshman Bulldog team shows more promise than last year's ninth-graders
CRESTVIEW — Crestview High School's freshman football players are learning to stay cool under pressure.
Milton runs over Crestview (photo gallery)
CRESTVIEW — Time will tell how well the Crestview High School football team’s defense does. Based on Friday’s season opener against Milton at Jack Foster Stadium the Bulldogs still have a long way to…
Gators open season with win
Junior fullback Montae Barto scored two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion to lead the Baker School football team to a 30-27 win over Graceville on Friday. Barto finished the night with 46 yards rus…
Walton upends Crestview in volleyball
CRESTVIEW — Better day will likely come for the Crestview High School volleyball team. But a week into the 2014 the Bulldogs are struggling. Crestview fell to 1-2 on the season Thursday night with a …
Bulldog volleyball team drops heartbreaker
CRESTVIEW — Volleyball, as Choctawhatchee High School coach Scott Allen explained, is a game of runs, a point compounded when more than half of the players on the floor are underclassmen. Allen had j…
Gators, Hoboes have work to do
LAUREL HILL — One match into the 2014 volleyball season Baker School Coach Tommiko Parks and Laurel Hill Coach Kent Zessin agree their teams have some work to do. The Gators won Tuesday’s contest in …
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: Football season calls
Friday night, I embark on my 14th season of covering high school football in Okaloosa County. Twenty-nine years ago, I began as a sports writer, stringing for the old Gulf Breeze Sentinel. Thirty-nin…












