We are officially heading toward summertime.
The sun is out until nearly 7:30 p.m. every night which means long gone are the days of cool mornings and afternoons as those have been replaced by humidity for the entirety of the day.
A magical run for the Crestview baseball program came to an end on April 16, as the Bulldogs fell in the district championship to Pace by a final of 10-0.
While the loss put a damper on the end of the season, Bulldogs head coach Tim Gillis was proud of the way his team fought through adversity to get to that point.
The Baker school hosted the district 1-1A track meet on April 16.
In the boys short distance sprinting events, Calvin Wilks and Tyler Gordon of Baker finished in the top six competitors in the 100 with times of 11.51 and 11.63.
Laurel Hill’s baseball season came to an end on April 14, as the Hoboes lost in the district tournament opener to Northview, 15-0.
Despite the tough ending to the season, the Hoboes generated momentum for the next few seasons.
It is crunch time for the Baker softball team.
The Gators headed into the final week of the regular season with a record of 9-6, after they dispatched Laurel Hill by a score of 16-0 on April 14.
The Baker baseball team used a 10-run sixth inning to beat Paxton 16-6, in the opening round of the rural district 1 tournament on Monday night.
After trailing 6-2 in the second inning, the Gators rallied for four runs of their own in the third to tie the game at 6.
After a tenure that lasted 11 years and included four 20-win seasons plus a state championship in 2019, Greg Watson stepped down as the head coach of the Crestview boys basketball program on April 11.
Watson will leave the Bulldogs to take a job at BSN Sports, selling sporting goods apparel to local high schools and colleges.
Crestview’s Braxton Ratcliff couldn’t hide his happiness as he waited to hear his name called as a state champion Saturday afternoon at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
Baker’s boys weightlifting team elevated its program to new heights Saturday at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
The Gators finished as a state runner-up at the FHSAA 1A meet, something that’s never happened before.
On a sun-filled night in Baker on April 11, the Gator baseball team used a strong pitching performance from a trio of hurlers to beat Santa Rosa Christian by a final of 1-0.
For Baker head coach, Preston Nixon, the strong performance on the mound was hopefully a sign of things to come for the district tournament.
