Sports Archive

There’s plenty of work to do for the Baker football team as it opens spring practice on May 1. The Gators will conclude spring drills on May 16 with the Maroon and White game.

Barry Gardner, now in his second year as the Gator head coach, can look at this spring as being one of obstacles or opportunities.

Crestview head football coach Thomas Grant isn’t getting around very well these days after having surgery to repair a broken ankle and some ligament damage.

But even slowed by injuries, the second-year Bulldog boss is ready for things to get started on Monday when teams across the state open spring football practice. Crestview concludes spring practice with a spring game against Pensacola High School at 6 p.m. on May 19.

A magical season for the Baker School baseball team continued on Tuesday.
There was nothing fancy or dramatic about the performance of the Gators against Rocky Bayou Christian. What there was though was good pitching, solid defense and a team swinging the bats very well.

One was the loneliest number for the Crestview High School baseball team on Monday as the Bulldogs hosted West Florida in the last home game of the regular season.
Bulldog leadoff hitter Bryson Martin reached base and scored in the first inning. For a while it looked like the run would be enough, but it wasn’t.

Crestview Bulldogs softball traveled to Choctawhatchee High School Thursday, April 20, for an important pre-playoff matchup.

After a tough first inning, where they gave up three runs, the Bulldogs began a methodical comeback, scoring a single run each inning until the top of the 7th inning, when they blew the game wide open with a Cambell Toolan home run that brought in three runners.

The Crestview baseball team played a clean game against Pace, the number one 6A team in the state on Thursday. But clean wasn’t good enough.
“We needed to be squeaky clean,” Bulldog coach Tim Gillis said following a 3-0 loss to the Patriots.

A new sport is taking Crestview High School by storm.

You’ve probably seen it during the Summer Olympics. And being less than an hour from some of the best beaches in the world, you might have even played a pickup game or two of the increasingly popular sport.

The Old Spanish Trail Rodeo has become as much a part of springtime in Baker as warm evenings and folks picking strawberries at their favorite local strawberry farm.

The rodeo is now in its 33rd year and the future remains bright for the popular event based on this weekend’s crowds.

Lexee Jo Barvian is as much at home on a horse as a bird is in the sky.

With an easy grace, Barvian makes gymnastic moves while riding a horse most people wouldn’t think about attempting on solid ground.

The Baker School track team finished out the regular season in winning style on April 11 and now prepares for the District 1-1A meet at Jay.

Gator coach Wilder Kersey likes where his team is heading going into the district meet. He believes the boys will do well, but sees Pensacola Christian Academy as the team to beat in the district.