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Panthers beat Bryson, Ector in playoffs

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The Saint Jo Panthers picked up playoff wins against Bryson and Ector on back-to-back days after more than a week of waiting due to winter storms.
The Panthers won big against the Cowboys 62-30 on Tuesday before exacting some revenge against the Eagles, winning 59-48 on Wednesday.
Saint Jo had to wait more than a week to see who it would play in the bi-district game as Perrin-Whitt and Bryson had a play-in game for the district title. With the Pirates winning, the Panthers played the Cowboys.
The team was confident heading into the game, beating Bryson earlier in the season before it had hit its stride.
Still, after more than a week off, Saint Jo came out rusty. After a rough first quarter, the team built up some momentum thanks to getting some transition baskets off of steals and good defensive rebounding.
Bryson was a bigger team across the board, but the Panthers execution and familiarity led to them pulling away as the game wore on. The second half saw Saint Jo play even better as the team pulled away to win by 32 points.
The area game against Ector was going to be a bigger challenge. The Eagles beat Saint Jo last year in the same round of the playoffs and were ranked among the top 25 teams in the state.
While both teams had drastically different teams from a year ago, enough people on both sides were familiar, including Ector perimeter player Kyrin Beach.
The Panthers came out on fire from 3-point range. While Stevens and Thurman each made one while scoring a few other ways, it was Brice Durham who could not miss. Durham made four 3-pointers in the first quarter alone, helping Saint Jo jump out to a 24-11 lead.
Ecor was trying to get the ball inside to athletic post player Franklyn Reed on offense. The Panthers had to send extra help while also worrying about Beach on the perimeter knocking in shots or driving to the basket.
The Eagles switched up their defense since Saint Jo’s ball movement was getting open looks against their man-to-man defense. Ector started trying a full-court trap style defense.
The Eagle’s tall and long defenders caused issues for Thurman and Stevens, but with Ector in a zone, when Saint Jo broke through the team found open shots on the perimeter.
Durham made two more 3-pointers to keep the Panthers in the lead, but the Eagles had the cut the lead to 32-24 heading into halftime.
With Ector keeping the game close, another 3-pointer from Durham in the opening minutes of the third quarter made the Eagles get out of its press and zone defense.
Stevens took advantage as he scored seven points during the quarter and Saint Jo was able to keep Ector at bay. The Panthers led 47-36 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Eagles changed back into the press to make sure Saint Jo could not just run the clock out.
The Panthers started drawing free throw attempts since they were in the bonus as Stevens and Cook made nine during the quarter to keep Saint Jo’s lead despite a strong push from Ector offensively.
In the final two minutes the Panthers were struck a blow. Thurman went down trying to score in transition, grabbing his leg in pain. He refused to leave the court and wanted to see the game finished.
His teammates came through for him, making three more free throws to secure the win 59-48.

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Baseball Roundup

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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.

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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.

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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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