Sports Archive

After claiming the district title, the Baker girls weightlifting team competed at the 1A, region 1 meet on Feb. 1.

Baker finished fifth as a team in Olympic scoring and ninth in traditional scoring.

In every major sport in North America, teams with the best record get to host playoff games.

For teams in the NFL, they even earn a first-round bye at the start of the postseason.

It was another exciting week of basketball at Baker school.

Both the girls and boys teams played at district foe, Central, on Jan. 27 with the boys team winning, 60-40, while the girls team fell, 56-41.

Eight years in a row.

The Baker Gators are once again the district championship in girls weightlifting as they won both the olympic and traditional meet at home on Jan. 29.

For the second week in a row, the Crestview boys basketball team faced a critical late-game situation against a district foe.

Once again, the Bulldogs delivered in that situation.

With district tournament play on the horizon, the FHSAA released their final state rankings on Jan. 28.

On the boys side of the rural classification, Baker held steady as the second ranked team in region 1.

As a rural school in the state of Florida, going up against a 6A program in any sport is tough.

It is especially difficult in the sport of basketball, where the depth of your team is tested in every possession.

It is a crucial week of play for the Crestview girls basketball team.

Coming into the final week of the regular season with a record of 11-8, the Bulldogs were looking to fine tune their play as they head into the post-season which starts next week with the district tournament.

Crestview boys soccer goalkeeper, Sean Stout had just made the biggest save of his season.

Down 9-2 and facing a penalty kick to end the game, Stout went the correct way and stopped the shot.

Crestview’s girls weightlifting team competed at the District 1-3A meet Saturday at Pace.


The Bulldogs finished fourth in Olympic and fifth in traditional.