SPORTS

TRACK AND FIELD: Saint Jo, Forestburg excel

Published

8 years ago

04/21/2016

The Saint Jo High School girls’ track and field team garnered the Area 21-22 championship with 142 points on Saturday at Yellowjacket Stadium in Boyd.
The Lady Panthers finished with 28 points more than Slidell, another noted regional track and field power. Forestburg’s girls placed sixth.
On the boys’ side, it came down to sheer numbers and Tioga earned the title with 142 points, 52 better than Forestburg.
Still, Forestburg had an outstanding day on the track, and Prairie Valley also excelled with a fifth-place finish and 62 points.
“I am really proud of the girls’ performances on Saturday,” Saint Jo head coach Chad Tallon said. “We felt like we had a chance to win the team title, and they worked hard for that.”
Tallon noted Marysol Avila’s performance in the 200-meter dash as an unexpected finish for the Lady Panthers.
The top-four performers from the area meet will advance to the Conference 1A Region III meet set for April 29-30 at Tarleton State University in Stephenville.
Forestburg head coach Steve Sandusky gave his boys’ and girls’ squads plenty of plaudits.
“We are very pleased with all of our results,” Sandusky said. “We were pretty confident the boys had the capability to score some points, and that the girls could do well in their events, which they did. Forestburg athletes really earned everything they got.”

Boys

Forestburg’s Bear Osteen and Skyler Sandusky gave fans a thrilling duel in the 100-meter dash with Osteen winning in a time of 11.75, just five one-hundredths ahead of Sandusky.
Osteen also had the top area finish in the 200 (24.61, third) while Sandusky was golden in the 400 dash, clocking in at 56.59.

Girls

Like Prairie Valley’s boys, Saint Jo dominated the pole vault with Sarah Patrick taking gold with a mark of 9-6.
Caitlyn Holley (7-0) was second and Destiny Diaz fourth for the Lady Panthers. Bellevue’s Ally Corwin also qualified, marking at 6-6 for third.
Haley Nolan gave Forestburg points with a third-place finish in the triple jump, marking at 32-1¼.
Two-time state qualifier Cheyenne Banks, from Forestburg, earned gold in the discus at 106-9, with Gold-Burg’s Horton second. Banks also claimed a silver medal in the shot put (31-11¼). Read more in the April 20 Bowie News.

Forestburg’s Bear Osteen (left), Prairie Valley’s Alec Ducharme and Forestburg’s Skyler Sandusky race toward the line during Saturday’s running of the 100-meter dash at the Conference 1A-21-22 Area championship at Boyd. See more photos on Pages 5B-6B of today’s sports section. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)

SPORTS

Bowie Baseball Interview

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1 day ago

04/18/2024

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Seth Mann (left) and Tucker Jones following their win against Vernon on April 12, 2024.

SPORTS

Bowie Softball Interview

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1 day ago

04/18/2024

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Interview with Bowie softball players Kaylie Kinney (left) and Victoria Cox following their win against Vernon on senior night April 12, 2024.

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Softball Roundup

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2 days ago

04/17/2024

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The Nocona Lady Indians beat Saint Jo at home on Saturday morning.
The Lady Indians won 16-1 after four innings due to run-rule against the smaller school.
Nocona was coming off a competitive loss at Collinsville earlier in the week while the Lady Panthers were hoping to compete after a busy week of their athletes doing everything else besides just softball.
The Lady Indians easily won the first matchup between the teams in March, 19-2 and it was more of the same on Saturday.
Saint Jo struck first to start the game off well. Jordyn O’Neal hit a one out single. Krista Reeves followed with a walk after O’Neal had stolen second base and had advanced to third thanks to an error trying to throw her out. A wild pitch then allowed her to score to put the Lady Panthers up 1-0.
The lead did not last long. Nocona’s first two batters drew walks which set up Abby Hill to drive them both in with a single to right field.
Despite giving up a single and a walk later in the inning, Saint Jo’s defense did not allow another run. A line out and groundout to the shortstop while picking off a runner attempting to steal got the Lady Panthers out of the inning unscarred.
The Lady Indians led 2-1.
That was about as competitive as it got. In the second inning, Nocona’s bats got going. Two singles and a hit batter loaded the bases up with no outs.
Reagan Phipps drew a walk that drove in a run. Hill hit another two RBI single. Skye Kirby followed with a two RBI double.
After the first out, Allie Sutton drove in one run with a single. There was a fly out for out two, before a runner came in to score after a passed ball. Finally, an error allowed two more runs to score on the base paths.
Nocona had scored nine runs and led 11-1 to break the game open heading into the third inning.
Taylor Patrick hit a double, with O’Neal and Reeves following with singles. Unfortunately for Saint Jo, Patrick was thrown out before the hits attempting to steal a base so the Lady Panthers scored no runs from this.
The Lady Indians kept pouring on the runs. Two singles and a walk loaded the bases up with no outs. Tinley Cable then hit an RBI single. Shelby Swell was hit by a pitch that drove in another run.
After two strikeouts, Evelyn Marquez drove in two more runs on a double to put Nocona up 15-1, coming up one run short of ending the game early.
The Lady Indians scored that one run in the fourth inning. After Phipps drew a leadoff walk, Hill hit a triple that drove her in to end the game.
Nocona won 16-1.

To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.