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Saint Jo season ends against Blum 54-30

Published

4 years ago

12/04/2019

The fun ride the Saint Jo Panthers were on came to a stop on Friday night against perennial power Blum in the region III championship game at Springtown.
Despite starting the game off on the right foot, the Panthers lost to the Bobcats 54-30.
Saint Jo started the game well on the scoreboard, but early on could tell it was going to be the toughest challenge of the season.
The Panthers received the ball and as were facing a fourth and long after three straight runs only picked up modest yardage. Eli Jones found Chance Bennett, who rumbled down the sideline for 39-yard touchdown pass to give Saint Jo an 8-0 lead.
The Panthers looked to capitalize on an early Blum mistake as Jones intercepted a pass. Unfortunately, Saint Jo’s offense stalled at its own 23-yard line. The Bobcats took advantage scoring in three plays, cutting the lead to 8-6 heading to the second quarter.
The Panthers bounced back with a heavy helping of running back Logan Brawner, running seven times for 39 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 16-6.
Blum looked like it was marching towards Saint Jo’s end zone, when a mishandled snap was pounced on by Pepe Gam at the Panthers own 23-yard line.
Saint Jo’s offense gave the Bobcats another look with its spread formation and moved towards midfield. From there, Jones found Logan Morman behind his defender and completed a 41-yard pass for the touchdown.
The kick made it 24-6 midway through the second quarter and things could not have been going much better for the Panthers. Unfortunately, that was as good as it would get for Saint Jo the rest of the night.
Blum’s offense again made its way into the Panther’s territory. With several quick hitting sweep plays towards the sidelines with blockers in front, the Bobcats made every missed tackle pay. One run got through for a 30-yard touchdown to cup the lead to 24-14.
Saint Jo made it towards midfield before facing a fourth and short. The pass fell incomplete and Blum took over. Two big plays got the ball down to the Panther’s goal line where the Bobcats scored to cut the lead to 24-22.
Saint Jo could not score before halftime to extend the lead and with Blum receiving the second half kick-off, the momentum had swung the Bobcats way in the final five minutes of the second quarter.
The Panthers would need to start the third quarter on a strong note if they wanted to gain back the momentum they had early in the second quarter and maintain their lead.
Blum drove the ball towards midfield and faced a fourth and short. The ball was jarred lose again and Braydon Bell recovered, giving Saint Jo its third takeaway of the game. Unfortunately, the Panthers gave the ball right back after four straight runs turned the ball over on downs.
From there, the Bobcats got losoe on another big run from 30-yards out to score, taking their first lead 30-24.
Saint Jo tried to spread Blum out and gained a first down near midfield. Unfortunately, a bobbled snap move the ball back on first down and the Panthers could not make up the lost yardage as the Bobcats took over on downs again.
Blum again found some room to run, scoring on a 41-yard touchdown run to extend its lead to 38-24 as the tables had slowly, but surely been turned on Saint Jo.
The Panthers offense again went nowhere as the windy conditions made throwing hard. The Bobcats took over right as the quarter ended.
Blum made its way inside Saint Jo’s red zone to begin the fourth quarter. The Panthers defense showed some heart and faced a fourth and goal from the one-yard line. Unfortunately, the Bobcats scored on the play to extend the lead to 46-24.
All was not lost yet for Saint Jo. If the Panthers could score three touchdowns and convert all three two-point kicks, Saint Jo could win the game if its defense could get stops and the offense scored fast enough.
Saint Jo had not scored on its last five offensive drives dating back to the second quarter. Jones completed some passes and scrambled for some yards to move the ball down the field. Brawner scored on a short run to cut the lead to 46-30 as the kick was no good.
With 6:22 left in the game, the Panthers were down only two touchdowns if they converted both kicks. First they would need to stop the Bobcats and fast.
Blum instead slowly and methodically ran the ball down the field, taking almost four minutes off the clock before scoring on a short run with 2:36 left. The Bobcats were up three scores again 54-30.
Saint Jo tried to score as fast it could passing the ball, but ultimately turned the ball over on downs with 55 seconds left to close out its last hope on saving this season.

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Jackrabbits blow out City View

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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The Bowie Jackrabbits beat down City View on the road on Monday by run-rule to pick up a district win.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0 after five innings due to run-rule as they dominated against the Mustangs.
Bowie was coming off a close loss at Holliday in a game it nearly came back to win, so took out its frustration on a struggling City View team.
The Jackrabbits got going early as Troy Kesey hit a solo home run with two outs to get a rally going for the team. Two batters later Edmond De Leon hit a two-run home run.
Rayder Mann hit a ground ball to third base that resulted in an error that drove in a run. Cy Egenbacher then hit an RBI single to put Bowie up 5-0 before the Mustangs had even hit.
After a scoreless second inning, the Jackrabbits got back going in the third. Boston Farris and Seth Mann both hit a two RBI doubles.
Kesey and Hayden Rodriguez followed with RBI singles to make it 11-0 for Bowie.
The Jackrabbits kept the pressure in the fourth inning. Farris hit a three-run home run and Kesey later drove in another run with a double to make it 15-0 for Bowie.
The game continued into the fifth inning and City View needed to score at least six runs to keep the game going. The Mustangs broke up Kesey’s no-hitter on the mound with three straight singles to load the bases up with no outs.
Kesey finished strong, striking out the next two batters before inducing a fly ball to center field for the final out.
The Jackrabbits won 15-0.

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Baseball Roundup

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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Nocona
The Nocona Indians got some revenge by beating Perrin-Whitt on Thursday at home.
The Indians won 5-3 to hopefully make up for losing the previous game in the final inning against the Pirates.
Nocona had lost two days earlier to Perrin-Whitt 3-2 after leading for the entire game until the final inning.
The second game it was the Pirates that led for the majority of the game, leading 2-1 after the first inning. The Indians tied the score 2-2 after the third inning, but Perrin-Whitt got the lead back in the fourth inning with one run to make it 4-3.
Nocona took control in the sixth inning when Wesley Murpehy drove in two runs with a double. Brody Langford followed him with an RBI single to double the Indians score and put them up 6-4.
This time around, Nocona’s defense held on in the final inning, allowing only one base runner before closing the game with little trouble.

Missing scores
Scores from Saint Jo and Bellevue are not updated due to games being delayed due to weather late last week.

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Bowie softball season comes to an end

Published

2 days ago

04/24/2024

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The Bowie Lady Rabbits came up just short of winning their final game at City View on Friday.
The Lady Mustangs held off a furious Lady Rabbits rally in the seventh inning to scrape out a win 11-10.
Bowie was entering the game knowing it was the last game of the season no matter what so it came out loose and ready.
The Lady Rabbits took control early. Chloe Kinney scored due to an error trying to pick her off. Sage Gossett hit a single that drove in one run and an error on the throw allowed another run to score.
Several batters later, Beau Combs and Victoria Cox both hit RBI singles to make it 5-0 for Bowie.
The Lady Mustangs scored two runs to make cut the lead to 5-2 after the first inning.
Bowie scored one run in the second inning when Serenity Klump was able to score from third base due to an error by the catcher. City View equaled that run in the same inning with an RBI double.
After the teams exchanged scoreless innings in the third and fourth, things picked up in the fifth inning.
Kaylie Kinney hit an RBI double with two outs to extend Bowie’s lead to 7-3.
The Lady Mustangs answered with a huge inning to get back in the game. Three singles and two errors allowed City View to score four runs and tie the score up at 7-7.
After the Lady Rabbits offense could not get anything going in the sixth inning, the Lady Mustangs picked up where they left off.
Five straight singles, one walk and a passed ball allowed City View to score four more runs to take the lead 11-7 heading into the final inning.
With Bowie down to its last three outs of the season, the team buckled up to get something going.
Cox hit a one out double. Chloe Kinney followed with a single that drove her in. After a strikeout and Kinney advancing to second base after a passed ball, Klump drove her in with a double.
After a walk, Gossett came through and hit a single that drove in one more run to cut City View’s lead to one run.
With the tying run in scoring position, Bowie was in good condition but was also down to its last out.
Unfortunately, the next batter struck out looking to end the game and the Lady Rabbits season.
City View won 11-10.