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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Saint Jo boys roll

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By ERIC VICCARO

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The Saint Jo High School boys’ basketball team gained confidence earlier this month with a win over rival Forestburg at the Chico Tournament.
The Panthers finished as consolation champions, and they’ve been unbeaten ever since – with four consecutive victories, including one over former district foe Tioga.
Preston Lyons dropped in 22 points, and Blake Anderson put in 20 more as the Panthers dominated Gold-Burg from the second quarter in this District 1A-21 opener.
“We had never beaten Forestburg,” said Saint Jo head coach Brian Blank about Saint Jo’s fortunes versus the Longhorns during his tenure. “But, we beat them this time, and that sparked us to these other wins.”
Blank said Saint Jo has played vastly improved defense, and the head coach returned Lyons to his natural point guard position. Freshman Brock Durham also was inserted into the starting line-up as a defensive presence.
Saint Jo (7-4, 0-1) was ahead by only two points after one quarter at 13-11. But, the Panther cushion mushroomed to 28-17 at recess – and the lead expanded even further in the second half with a couple of 30-point bulges.
“They got ahead of us, and they did a good job of keeping on the gas,” Gold-Burg first-year head coach Michael Ball said. “They pushed up and up.”

Saint Jo’s Blake Anderson finishes off layup during Monday’s District 3A-8 game against Gold-Burg at Stoneburg. Anderson dropped in 20 points as the Panthers ran to a 67-48 victory. (News photo by Eric Viccaro) 

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Jackrabbit golfers struggle at Abilene

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By Jordan Neal
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The Bowie boys golf team competed at the Diamondback National Golf Course in Abilene for a big tournament on Monday.
Coach Matthew Miller did not report what place the team got, but indicated the tournament was both big and deep of players and schools from bigger schools than the team usually competes with.
The team’s total was not its best, but it was not far off what it has been shooting, but for this tournament that was not enough to finish as high as it usually does.
Cy Egenbacher led the team shooting 80. Zac Harris was one shot behind shooting 87. Rayder Mann and Andrew Sandhoff rounded off the team’s scoring shooting 87 and 89 for a 337 total.
Hunter Fluitt shot 106 for the team, but it did not count towards it.
Hunter Lea competed as an individual and ended up shooting 85.
Miller thought his players had trouble stringing good holes together.
The bump in the competition has hopefully prepared the team for the district tournament next week. The Bowie Lady Rabbits team spent time at the district course this week instead of competing in a tournament.
It is scheduled for a two-day tournament on March 29-30 at River Creek Golf Course in Burkburnett.

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Bowie boys, girls compete at different track meets

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By Jordan Neal
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The Bowie track teams went to two different meets this week with the boys going to Jacksboro and the girls competing at City View.
The Bowie boy’s team finished fourth overall while the Lady Rabbits team standing was not shared.
The Jackrabbits changed meets to Wednesday to allow any powerlifting boys the chance to compete since five were going to the state meet and it would have conflicted with Thursday’s original meet at City View.
Bowie came away with two first place finishes.
For the Lady Rabbits competing at City View, Neely Price and Amylee Valdez had the best individual finishes.

Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.

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Bowie Jackrabbits’ baseball takes district win against Vernon in final two innings

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By Jordan Neal
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The Bowie Jackrabbit baseball team came on in the fifth and sixth innings to steal the win from Vernon at home on Tuesday night.
The Jackrabbits scored six runs in their final two innings to pull ahead 7-5 against the Lions.
Bowie came into the game following a disappointing loss to Iowa Park the previous week which meant it was at 1-1 in district play so far. Vernon came into the game with two losses against Jacksboro and Holliday, the Lions had only lost to the reigning district champ Eagles 2-1 with Cross Durham on the mound.
Vernon started him on Tuesday and Bowie answered with freshman Edmond DeLeon, who despite his age has been the best pitcher this season for the Jackrabbits.
DeLeon got off to a rough start in the opening inning. The Lions loaded the bases after a single and two walks with one out. Next batter hit a double to left field that scored two runs to put Vernon up 2-0.
DeLeon had runners at third and second, but struck out the next batter and induced an infield pop out to shortstop for out three to limit the damage.

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