The FHSAA released their latest rankings on March 31 for spring sports that included baseball, softball, flag football and beach volleyball.
In the rural classification in baseball, Baker was ranked sixth in the region as they came into the release with a record of 9-5.
Boys weightlifters from both Crestview High School and Baker will participate in the region 1-3A and region 1-1A meet that will take place on April 2 in DeLand and April 5 in Baker.
Six competitors will represent the Bulldogs in Olympic lifting as Nathaniel Yeaman, Andrew Wahowski, Jun Kawasumi, Eli Anglin, Carson Swotek and Braxton Ratcliff qualified for the regional meet.
Crestview’s beach volleyball went 2-0 this week, beating Arnold and Pace on the road.
Crestview swept all five matches against Arnold before hanging on for a 3-2 victory over the Patriots to boost its record to 8-1.
All three North Okaloosa County schools were well represented at the Baker track meet on March 27.
Starting off in the girls sprinting events, Amelia Knight of Baker once again showed her speed with wins in the 100 and 200 as she had times of 13.06 and 26. 69.
Weightlifting is Joseph Blackshear’s favorite sport. And the Baker senior is pretty good at it as well after sweeping the Olympic and traditional titles in the 199-lbs. weight class at the District 1-1A meet last Wednesday at Baker.
“It means a lot to me to be able to win this in my final year,” Blackshear said. “I started lifting when I was a freshman, and my coach told me that the sky was the limit for me. I tried as hard as I could to get to this point by practicing whenever I got the opportunity to do so.”
With only a few weeks left in the regular season, it is crunch time for area schools as they look to move up in the region rankings.
In the rural classification, Baker sits in the sixth spot in the region as they trail district foes, Central, Jay and Northview.
The Crestview tennis team had their most dominant win of the season against Pace on March 25, as the Bulldogs defeated the Patriots by a score of 6-1 on both the boys and girls side.
On the boys side, the dominance started from the very beginning of the match, as the Bulldogs swept both doubles matches as the pairings of Tristan Cooley and Caleb Wayer along with Roman Prien and Lliam Cooley each won by a final of 4-0, 4-0.
For the seventh consecutive year, the Baker boys weightlifting team is the district champion as they captured the title on March 26 at home.
Baker won the Olympic scoring with 72 points while they tied Walton in first place with 66 points in the traditional category.
