Sports Archive

After almost three-and-a-half decades of coaching football at the high school and junior college level, Crestview High School head football coach Tim Hatten is hanging up the whistle. He will remain on staff as the school’s athletic director. Hatten, 58, won a National Championship at Pear River Junior College in Mississippi. He also coached at […]

The formula for winning baseball is as old as the game itself.

When good pitching is mixed with solid fielding and timely hitting there’s a good chance for a win.

It would have been easy for players on the Crestview High School baseball team to be distracted in Thursday’s game against visiting Walton. The host Bulldogs have Spring Break next week. And thanks to the National Weather Service predicting strong storms throughout Okaloosa County on Friday, school was canceled in the county giving the players […]

Baker has won five state championships in football.

One man, Matt Brunson, has been a part of them all.

The old saying, “When the going gets tough the tough get going,” proved to be true for the Baker baseball team Monday night in their game with Pleasant Home, Ala.

The Tate High School baseball team entered Thursday’s game at Crestview riding high. The Aggies were undefeated and the top ranked 6A team in Florida by MaxPreps. In five wins Tate had outscored its opponents 61-6. Included in those wins was a 10-0 victory over Crestview earlier in the season. As any coach will tell […]

Trailing 12-2 halfway through Monday’s softball game with Catholic the Crestview softball team was down, but not ready to be counted out. Over the second half the game the Bulldogs showed their character and outscored the Crusaders 11-4. In the end Crestview lost 16-13 on a rainy night and in a game that lasted three […]

There was little to cheer about for the Laurel Hill softball team after the second inning Tuesday evening as the Hoboes hosted rival Paxton. For two innings the Hoboes held their own in the field as starting pitcher Hannah Twitty held the Bobcats scoreless. Things fell apart for the Hoboes in the third as Paxton […]

Unique Redmond and Jamarian Speights were among the Crestview athletes that had a strong showing at Saturday’s Wildcat Invitational in Pensacola.

It was a great evening at the ballpark for the Laurel Hill baseball team on Thursday. The Hoboes scored four runs in each of the first three innings to roll to a 12-1 win over Altheia Christian Academy. It was obvious from the outset that Laurel Hill was too strong for the visitors from Pensacola […]