The Baker Gators football team headed north to Troy, Ala., on Friday to face Pike Liberal Arts Academy in what might be the last game of the season.
The Gators took care of Pike winning 32-24.
It as a perfect 10 for the Davidson Middle School football team this year.
The Panthers went undefeated with a 10-0 record to claim their second consecutive Okaloosa County Middle School Football Championship.
Powered by a 20-point second quarter, the Crestview football team rolled to a 39-14 win at Leon on Thursday night.
The Bulldogs, who struggled to score much of the season, have scored 88 points in the last two games.
The Crestview High School football team will board the buses one last time in the 2023 season on Thursday and head east to Tallahassee to face the Leon Lions. Game time is 6:30 locally.
With a 2-6 record, the Bulldogs have been eliminated from playoff contention, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have plenty to play for coming off a 49-22 win over Milton.
Kurt Armstrong towers above most high school football players he faces at Baker. A small school player with big school size, Armstrong, a senior stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 320 pounds.
Baker’s big man will soon be taking his talents to the next level as he recently committed to play for Mercer University in Macon, Ga.
A Herculean effort by Wyatt Straight wasn’t enough for the Baker football team on Thursday as the Gators hosted Freeport at Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium.
Straight rushed for 306 yards on 38 carries and scored five touchdowns. For good measure he caught a pass for 17 yards.
With three games left in the season, there is no room for error for Crestview’s football team if the Bulldogs hope to sneak into the playoffs.
In essence, it could be said that the Bulldogs are in the playoffs to make the playoffs.
The Laurel Hill School cross country team took to the road on Wednesday traveling to Santa Rosa County for a meet at Central High School.
The Hoboes place second behind first place Jay and ahead of host Central that finished in third place.
For what will likely be the last time, eight Baker senior football players will take the field at Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium as the Gators host Freeport on Thursday.
Baker (2-5) has played its best football of the year in recent weeks having won two of the last three games. That doesn’t mean things will be easy against a 1-6 Bulldogs team.
