Just when it looked as if the Crestview boys basketball team had a fighting chance against Pope John Paul II on Wednesday things fell apart.
The Bulldogs had closed a Knight lead that had once been 15 points to a point at 41-40 after Makhi Jones hit a pair of free throws with 7:20 left in the fourth quarter. John Paul, out of Hendersonville, Tenn., exploded for a 30-11 run after the free throws by Jones.
Biblical King Solomon is said to be the wisest man that ever lived. In chapter three of the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon reminded us that there is an appointed season for everything under the heavens. The appointed seasons of local sports are part of the cycle of life. At this time every year we take time to look at the top sports stories for the year that has been.
The new classifications are out for high school football in Florida. And there are some changes.
Navarre, Pace, Tate and Crestview will be together in District 1-6A starting in 2024. Milton is headed to 5A and Baker will remain rural.
It has been two months since Baker offensive lineman Kurt Armstrong announced his commitment to play football at Mercer University in Macon, Ga.
The 6-foot-4, 320-pound Armstrong made the commitment official on Wednesday as he signed with the Bears surrounded by family and friends in a celebration ceremony at the Crooked Tale Gastropub in Crestview.
Baker School’s Haley Westberry still has her senior season in basketball season to finish. But she has already taken a big step in her educational and athletic future.
Westberry, an outside hitter for the Lady Gator Class 1A state champion volleyball team, has signed a scholarship to play at Coastal Alabama Community College in Brewton, Ala.
The Crestview Lady Bulldogs traveled to Niceville on Monday for a District 1-6A basketball game.
For all practical purposes the game was over at the end of the first period with the Lady Eagles up 17-2. In a twist of fate, Crestview outscored Niceville 17-2 in the fourth quarter.
Isaiah Brooks wasn’t even on the varsity football team at Crestview until late in the 2022 season.
And while this year was only his first as a full-time varsity player, the senior standout offensive lineman earned a spot in Friday’s Pensacola Sports Association All-Star Game at Booker T Washington’s Sherman L. Robinson Stadium.
Anybody hoping for what has become a typical nail biter when the boys basketball teams from Crestview and Choctaw square off would have been disappointed on Friday night. Those hoping for a win at home by the Bulldogs will be overjoyed.
The game was close in the first quarter as the Indians led 14-12 at the end of the period. The rest of the night belonged to Crestview as the Bulldogs ran away with a 69-48 win.
It would have seemed appropriate if the theme song from the classic TV show M*A*S*H had been playing as the Baker boys basketball team took the court against West Florida Baptist on Thursday evening.
A large part of the Gator starting lineup was out with injuries. To make matters worse, starting post player Levi Hunter went down with an ankle injury early in the game after scoring one basket.
The last 10 or 12 minutes of Thursday’s girls basketball game between the Baker Lady Gators and Paxton looked as much like a game of keep away or hot potato as it did basketball.
Baker’s attempt to keep the ball out of the hands of the potent Lady Cat offense didn’t change the outcome of the game, a 53-21 win.
