Sports Archive

Lady Gator softball pitcher Alaynah Smith is finishing her high school softball career where she first played middle school ball, at Baker School.

Smith attended Baker through her seventh grade year before transferring to Davidson Middle School for her seventh grade year and attended Crestview High School as a freshman and sophomore. But the road would eventually lead back down Highway 4 to her hometown.

Baseball can be the cruelest of masters and the greatest of games. Often it can be both in the same game.
The Crestview baseball team will attest to that after beating Pine Forest 5-4 on Friday night.

A local fishing club is casting its lines out for more members to join in on the fun and monthly tournament adventures.
“We want to grow the club and have more members,” said Colin Martin, club president. “More members mean more fun.”

You have to be a catcher, or maybe an old defensive lineman or rugby player, to understand why Javin Shoemake loves being behind the plate for the Crestview baseball team.

“Honestly, the pain,” said Shoemake, Crestview’s senior catcher. “Pain feels nice. There’s nothing like blocking the ball and it hurts.”

After spotting host Walton two runs in the first inning, the Baker Lady Gators softball team found itself playing catchup all night.

Unfortunately for the Lady Gators, they never could catch up in a 7-3 loss.

Athletic tradition and excellence is a way of life at Baker School.

From 20 consecutive district championships in volleyball to an Okaloosa County best five state championships in football, winning is the norm at Baker.

Ask any track and field coach and they will tell you the season is a work in progress.

Since most high school coaches often coach both girls and boys, it might be said it’s a double work in progress.

There was nothing unexpected about what happened on Tuesday night when the Crestview softball team temporarily took a break from spring break and traveled to Pensacola to play Washington.
In their game played at Crestview on March 1, the Lady Bulldogs beat Washington 19-0.

As the old saying goes, “When it rains it pours.” And while the skies were clear at the Crestview High School softball complex on Tuesday, the Lady Bulldogs were probably hoping the skies had opened up on them as the hosted Fort Walton Beach.
The visiting Lady Vikings had poured it on Crestview as they beat the Lady Bulldogs 13-1.

The Crestview Bass Association held its monthly fishing tournament March 4 at Gantt Lake in Alabama.

“The storm passed, the skies cleared, and Crestview Bass Association had a fine tournament,” said club president Colin Martin.