SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: It's only a game
From youth league games to professional games, the sports we are supposed to enjoy have all too often led to deadly games. And that, my friends, is a sad indictment on American society.
Bulldogs too strong for Braves
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Powered by a big first quarter, Crestview High School's boys basketball team cruised to a 65-48 win over Walton on Monday. Walton’s Alex Campbell hit a free throw 31 seconds into t…
Bulldog wrestling team to host Dolphins
CRESTVIEW — It's been more than four years since Crestview High School's wrestling team hosted a home match. That all changes Wednesday when the Bulldogs host Gulf Breeze in the Bulldog Brawl. The ma…
McTear leads Crestview past Walton
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Crestview High School freshman girls basketball player KK McTear played well beyond her youth Monday as the Bulldogs traveled to Walton. McTear scored a game-high 29 points, eight …
Reese comes up big in Hobo loss
LAUREL HILL — A 16-point, 17 rebound effort from Laurel Hill School freshman girls basketball player Grace Reese wasn’t enough Thursday night as the Hoboes lost a District 1-1A game to Poplar Springs…
Day shines as Eagles down Bulldogs
NICEVILLE — Jessie Day's last-second heroics weren't needed this time around. Less than a week after the 6-foot sophomore delivered the game-winning jumper with two seconds left to give Niceville a c…
SIDELINE OBSERVATIONS: Big bucks not to coach
Whenever I read about a Division I college football coach being fired, I question my career choices. What would have happened if I pursued coaching instead of writing sports? Would I have had what it…
Expectations high for Laurel Hill boys
LAUREL HILL — Kent Zessin, the longtime boys basketball coach at Laurel Hill School, doesn't shy away from style of plays the Hoboes will employ this year. Zessin's plan is to make the opposition dre…
Coach: Crestview girls are young, but athletic
CRESTVIEW — Saying that Crestview High School girls basketball Coach Kathy Combest has a varsity team of Diaper Dandies is no exaggeration. Arianna Simms is the lone Bulldog senior. Jensis Coleman an…
Big fourth lifts Bobcats past Gators
BAKER — The Baker School boys basketball team stood toe-to-toe with a talented Paxton squad taking everything the Bobcats could throw at them for three quarters Monday night. The Gators trailed the B…













