SPORTS
Saint Jo loses at Muenster
The Saint Jo Panthers had another stiff challenge on Friday as they traveled to Muenster to take on another 2A school during district play.
It was tough going for the Panthers as too many walks on defense and not enough hits on offense led to a 13-0 loss to the Hornets in five innings.
Saint Jo started the game at the plate and things looked promising. Connor Thompson led off with a single. A wild pitch allowed Thompson to advance to second base and into scoring position. Next batter Tyler Cook drew a walk to put two runners on and no outs.
A ground out for the first out advanced both runners into scoring position. Unfortunately, the next two batters struck out swinging to end the scoring chance for the Panthers.
After getting the first batter out, Muenster collected two hits two walks and a hit batter for two runs and the bases loaded. After striking out a batter for the second out, a single up the middle scored two more runs for the Hornets to give them a 4-0 lead before Saint Jo got the third out.
With two outs, Pepe Gam hit a single to get on base. The next batter Trevor Conner hit a ground ball and was able to reach first thanks to an error at first base. The Panthers again had two runners on base, but could not take advantage of it as the next player popped up to second base for the third out.
The Hornets made Saint Jo aware the first inning on offense was no fluke by them. The leadoff batter hit a home run on the third pitch. Three more hits, two walks and a few errors allowed Muenster to up the score to 10-0 before the first out of the inning was recorded.
The Panthers gave up one more hit, but were able to retire the next two batters to end the second inning.
With all the success Saint Jo’s hitters had had up to that point with no runs, the third inning the Panthers had no luck. All three batters were retired in order as no base runners were able to get on base and threaten the defense.
The Hornets led off with two drawn walks. Saint Jo was able to get two quick outs to keep the runners from scoring. Unfortunately, the Panthers pitchers could not find the strike zone as two more walks drove in a run to make the score 11-0 before Saint Jo could collect the third out.
In the fourth inning, the Panthers Cody Thurman was able to get one base with a single and two outs. Trying to be aggressive, the pinch runner stole second base and was then caught trying to steal third base to end the chance.
The Hornets were able to hit another solo-home run. Muenster then added another run with a walk, a fielding error and a single to make the score 13-0. Another walk loaded the bases, but Saint Jo was able to turn the inning ending double play to put an end to the bleeding early as the game moved to the fifth inning.
The Panthers needed to score at least four runs to avoid being run ruled. Unfortunately, they could not get any base runners on as they were sat down in order, losing 13-0.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
The Nocona golf teams competed at their hosted tournament at Indian Oaks Golf Course on March 12 and both did well.
The Lady Indians team finished second overall while the boy’s team got fourth.
The Nocona girl’s team shot 426 total and was led by Jessie Howard who shot a 97. The Lady Indians top four players included Estella Womble (104), Paige Davis (112) and Heidi Atteberry (113).
Alex Sosa shot 115 and Avery Crutsinger shot 119, but their scores did not count towards the team total.
The Nocona boy’s had two teams compete. The first team shot 349 overall and was led by Landon Fatheree who got a score of 78.
The team’s top four scorers included Jake Pribble (85), Kutter Cabrera (92) and Caden Gaston (94). Logan Gaston shot 97, but it did not count towards the team’s total.
The second team shot 370 overall and was led by Jax Fuller who shot 88. The team’s top four scorers included Jentry Miller (91), Brody Langford (92) and Caleb Cavallaro (99). Cooper Johnson shot 113, but it did not count towards the final total.
Stetson Forsyth competed individually and shot a 93.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona hosted a track meet on March 10 that featured four area schools.
Both Bowie track teams finished first overall ahead of Muenster in second place.
For Nocona, the boy’s team finished third and the girl’s team got fourth place. Saint Jo saw its girl’s team finish third and its boy’s team get fourth place. The Bellevue girls team got fifth place.
The Jackrabbit team won nine events. Isaac Renteria got first in the 800 meters, 1600 meters and 3200 meter races. Russell Anderson won both the 200 meter and 400 meter races.
Braden Rhyne won the 300 meter hurdles and Tyler Richey won the 110 meter hurdles. Jorge De Leon won the shot put event. Bowie closed out the meet by then winning the 4×400 meter relay race.
The Lady Rabbits had three first place finishes. Individually, Samara McChesney won the pole vault event. In the relays, both the 4×100 and 4×200 teams earned first place as well.
The Nocona boy’s team won only one event, but finished second in six events. McCrae Crossen won the pole vault event.
The Lady Indians finished first in five events. Grace Brown and Ava Johnson both won two races. Brown won the 400 and 800 meter races, Johnson won the 100 and 200 meter races. Nocona finished the meet winning the 4×400 meter relay.
For the Saint Jo girls team, the team won two events and got second in three events. Savannah Hill won the 300 meter hurdles and Bryndle Brewer won the long jump.
The Saint Jo boy’s team had Damon Byrd win both the long jump and triple jump as the Panthers finished second in two other events.
The Bellevue Lady Eagles had Mattie Broussard win the high jump and the 1600 meter race while the team got second in five other events.
To see results for all varsity athletes from Bowie, Nocona, Saint Jo and Bellevue who finished in sixth place or better, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
For pictures from some of the field events, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6873651&T=1
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