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Baker volleyball coach Chelsea Medley never gets tired of answering “the question.”

Now in her third year leading the team, Medley, a former Gator volleyball, basketball and softball star, expects the question that only varies slightly from one season to the next.

The Crestview volleyball team probably had more questions than answers entering the 2022 season.

The Bulldogs were coming off a season in which they only won two matches leading to the question of how much they might improve.

Kasey Campbell received her first taste of being a head coach a year ago when she took over a Laurel Hill volleyball team that she played on as a high school athlete.

As is the case with every first-year coach, there was a learning curve as the Hoboes finished with a 3-13 record. Campbell believes things are look up though as she adjust to coaching players in 2023.

The rubber meets the road on Friday when the Baker football team welcomes South Walton to Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium in the 2023 season opener. The Gators look to avenge a 38-0 loss to the Seahawks to open the 2022 season.

It might not have been the way Crestview volleyball coach James Kerrell drew things up prior to Tuesday’s match with Washington, but he had no complaints with the end results. A scrappy Lady Bulldogs team dug deep to take out the Lady Wildcats 3-1. Scores were 27-25. 25-22, 20-25 and 25-20.

The wait is almost over for the official start of the high school football season. The first game of the 2023 season on tap in Okaloosa County takes place Thursday night when Crestview welcomes a talented Rickards squad from Tallahassee to Jack Foster Stadium.

Now a senior, Avery Price is one of the leaders on the Crestview Lady Bulldogs volleyball team. The 5-foot-10 inch outside and middle hitter was on a team that won two matches in 2021 and improved to 13 wins in 2022.

The next time the Baker football team takes the field will be at Doug Griffith Memorial Stadium on Aug. 25 for the season opener as the Gators host South Walton. If Friday’s Kickoff Classic against a talented Northview team is any indication of how Baker will do against the high-flying Seahawks there is reason for optimism for Gator fans.

The Crestview football team traveled to Escambia High School on Thursday for a Kickoff Classic that was more a situational scrimmage than a practice game. Each team had the same number of plays on offense. Each possession started from the same designated spot on the field at the start of the alternating possessions.

Chloe Ates is a senior libero on the Baker School volleyball team with no plans on stepping away from the sport any time soon. The Lady Gator stalwart already has scholarship offers from Gulf Coast State College in Panama City and St. Leo in the Tampa Bay area. St. Leo is a NCAA Division II program that competes in the Sunshine State Conference.