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Saint Jo beats Gold-Burg following break

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Saint Jo and Gold-Burg went head to head on Friday with the Panthers clinching the 63-45 district win at home.
Saint Jo’s Preston Lyons netted a whopping 28 points to lead the Panther offense as one of three players to reach double digits. He was joined by Eli Jones with 13 and Logan Morman with 10. Brock Durham helped round out the scoring with six points, while Blake Anderson and Connor Thompson provided three points each.
“It was a pretty solid performance for the guys, returning to our home court for the first time in about a month,” said Saint Jo Coach Michael Wheeler. “Preston Lyons returned to his former self, scoring all 18 of the first quarter points.”
Saint Jo was helped when a leading Bear fouled out as the Panthers defense came out strong.
“Our defense continued to step up and cause issues for the opposing team,” said Wheeler. “It’s a good start for us in district, and this will be our first week with back to back district games, both of which will be very difficult.”
For the Bears, it wasn’t the opening district game they had hoped for as they struggled to get shots to fall.
“We played well, but we had trouble shooting the ball. We have had a hard time shooting from the field,” explained Gold-Burg Coach Gordon Williams. “I thought it was good effort, and they played hard and had really good defense.”
However, Williams knows at this point it is vital for his team to find a way to shoot the ball well.
“We are getting good shots and getting good looks, but we have to start shooting the ball better and really improve in a hurry,” said Williams. “We had a couple of games where we really scored, but for the most part we haven’t really shot well all year long. There a couple of players in particular who are really struggling, they just have to find a way to score again.”
The Bear’s coach is hoping to see improvement quickly as they continue down a difficult district road.
“Prairie Valley is going to be a dogfight, it is going to be really close. I expect most of our district games to come right down to the end. It is just going to be a dog fight, I am expecting a really close game and we just have to play well and play late in the game to win,” predicted Williams.
The Panthers will return home Friday night against a tough Slidell team, while Gold-Burg will face Prairie Valley at home.

By Sarah Schlieve

Girls
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers and Gold-Burg Lady Bears headed back onto the court Friday for the first time since the holidays in a district matchup.
Despite a slow start, it was the Lady Panthers who doubled the visiting team’s score to grab the 50-25 win.
“It was kind of a slow start,” explained Saint Jo Coach Taylor Klement. “This was our first game after the break, but once we found our rhythm, we kind of settled in and were able to run our offense and put some pressure on them defensively.”
Emily Haney powered the offense with 17 points, while Charity Brawner netted an additional seven in the Lady Panther’s home win. Meanwhile, Hallie Hinds and Kaitline Harris provided six points each, Hannah Reyling contributed five and Bethany Thomas, three.
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears fought until the very end, giving the game all they had. Taylor Lyons dropped in 12 points to lead the Lady Bear’s offense. Kelly Contreras returned from a concussion suffered in a game a few weeks prior to provide nine of Gold-Burg’s points, while Ashlyn Smith netted three and DeAnna Molinaro, one.
“The girls played hard,” said Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh. “They fought until the buzzer sounded. I could not have asked for more of a fight.”
The Lady Bear’s coach said she felt her team hustled and gave the game all they had.
“We had to play short-handed due to the holidays and the shots would just not fall in the Dome. I am extremely proud and impressed with my girls’ tenacity,” said Cromleigh.
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers face a difficult district slate this week as they take on Slidell at home on Friday and the Bellevue Lady Eagles next Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Gold-Burg Lady Bears will play Prairie Valley at home Friday, followed by a home game against Slidell on Tuesday.

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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers got out of their early season funk as they beat fellow 1A Bellevue twice last week on two different days.
The Panthers won the first high-scoring game 15-9 before shut out the Eagles 10-0 in the second game.
Saint Jo had a rough beginning to its season, with mostly ugly losses and only one win.
Bellevue came in with no wins, but it was not unexpected due to it being the Eagles first year as a program since the late 1990s.
Bellevue led the first game for most of it scoring five runs in the first inning and just holding off the Panthers 5-4 heading into the sixth inning.
Saint Jo then caught fire, scoring six runs in the sixth inning to take its first lead since the first inning. The Eagles kept it close and scored four runs to make it a one run game 10-9 heading into the final inning.
The game had to be postponed due to Bellevue’s new field not having any lights to play past a certain time.
When the game was picked up three days later, the Panthers added five more run to their lead. The Eagles could not answer and Saint Jo won the game 15-9.
Devein Stewart and Logan Hoover led the Panthers four RBIs each while Charlie Evans and R Forrester drove in two runs each.
Trent Gaston pitched 4.1 innings and allowed two runs and struck out seven batters to lead the team.
Saint Jo’s defense committed four errors.
For Bellevue, Brayden Moore led the team with three RBIs while Bryce Ramsey and Ryan Jones each drove in two runs.
Ramsey pitched five innings and allowed four runs while striking out nine batters to lead the team.
The second game picked up right after the end of the first game. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the second game went similarly to the end of first game.
Saint Jo scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second inning and three in the third inning.
The Panther defense shut out Bellevue and the game ended with Saint Jo winning 10-0 after four and half innings due to run rule.
Sam Martin led the Panthers with four RBIs while Evans drove in two runs. Stewart pitched three innings and allowed one hit and one walk while striking out six batters. Hoover pitched two innings and struck out four batters while allowing no hits and walking two batters. The team committed no fielding errors.
For Bellevue, River Trail got the only hit in the game for the team. The team drew three walks, but could not get on base.
Blake Reese led the team with two innings pitched and three earned runs on two hits and five walks while striking out two batters. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Nocona
The Nocona Indians lost their second game against Muenster on Friday on the road.
The Indians lost 10-0 after five innings due to run-rule as the Hornets picked up all of their runs in one horrible inning for Nocona.
The score was tied at 0-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. The Indian defense had navigated one out singles the first two innings without letting it morph into anything threatening.
Unfortunately, the third inning saw Muenster get going from the first batter.
Five singles, two doubles, two walks and a hit batter later saw the Hornets score 10 runs.
Nocona’s bats had been able to get someone on base in most innings despite Walker Murphey getting the team’s only base hit, but could not get a run to score.
The Indian defense did bounce back to not allow any runs in the fourth or fifth inning, but with no runs coming through for Nocona, the game ended after five innings.
Muenster won 10-0.

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

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Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians lost at home on Friday night against Muenster.
The Lady Hornets won 9-0, with most of the damage coming in the fourth inning against the Lady Indians.
Nocona gave up two runs in the first inning, but kept the game within reach after shutting out Muenster in the second and third innings.
Then came the fourth inning. Five fielding errors and two singles contributed to the Lady Hornets scoring six runs to go up 8-0.
The Lady Indians struggled to get their bats going all game though they did get some base runners that could have been worked home with some timely plays in other games.
Muenster added one more run in the sixth inning to make the final score 9-0.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers lost a shootout at Era on Friday night.
The Lady Hornets won 25-15 in a game that ended early after six innings due to run-rule.
Saint Jo was trailing the early part of the game down 9-1 after three innings.
The Lady Panthers then had a huge offensive inning, scoring nine runs in the fourth inning to go up 10-9.
Era bounced back in the same inning and scored three runs to retake the lead 12-10, but Saint Jo then scored four runs in the fifth inning and one in the sixth inning as it lead 15-12.
The Lady Hornets then embarked on an inning from hell for the Lady Panthers, more than doubling their score and not ending until Era was up by 10 runs to end the game early.
The Lady Hornets had scored 13 runs to win 25-15.

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

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Nocona’s Stone signs to play football

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Nocona senior Johnny Stone, son of Chelsi and Haydan, signed his letter of intent to play football at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie on Monday. Stone played running back and linebacker for Nocona on varsity for three years, helping the Indians go from two wins his first season to winning 16 games the last two seasons that resulted in playoff berths and a district title this past season. Stone has also spent time playing baseball, golf, basketball and track during his four years at Nocona. “They have a great program there,” Stone said. “Their business and financing program, it is five years for a masters so I thought that was a really good choice. They have a nice indoor gym. They really focus on the relgious part of school.” Stone plans to focus on business and financing major with maybe a minior in religious beliefs.

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