Sports Archive

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…

The Crestview YMCA's fall soccer registration runs through Aug. 30.

BAKER — A scrappy but talented Graceville High School football team hosts Baker on Friday as the Gators open the regular season.

Baker lost to Jay 14-0 in the Kickoff Classic, but Coach Matt Brunson…

BAKER — Powered by a pair of third quarter touchdowns, Jay upended Baker 14-0 in Friday’s Kickoff Classic at Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium. The Royal first team picked up the two scores against the …

BAKER — It’s a question that the Baker School volleyball team hears every year.

CRESTVIEW — Expectations are high for the Crestview High School volleyball team as the Bulldogs open the season Monday at Milton. Crestview hosts Choctaw in the home opener at 3:30 Tuesday.

CRESTVIEW — Staying healthy is Crestview High School football Coach Tim Hatten’s biggest concern when the Bulldogs host Pace in the 2014 Kickoff Classic on Friday.

BAKER — It will be the preseason version of the War on Highway 4 on Friday when Baker hosts Jay in the 2014 Kickoff Classic.

I’ve always had mixed feelings about Title IX, which mandates female student-athletes be given the same opportunities to compete as their male counterparts.

CRESTVIEW — Shoal River Middle School football players will be a little safer this fall when they take the field. Tuesday each Mustang received an EvoShield rib shirt thanks to efforts of the Dugas F…