SPORTS
IN BRIEF: Saint Jo Junior High defeats Forestburg
The Saint Jo Junior High School football team defeated Forestburg 55-13 on Oct. 2.
Preston Lyons and Blake Anderson were the standouts on offense while Chris Diaz was the defensive standout, leading the Panthers in tackles.
Saint Jo played Denton Calvary Friday.
Club volleyball tryouts coming
The Texas Pistols Club, part of Fit-N-Wise Sports, will have volleyball club tryouts coming up.
Tryouts for girls ages 11-12 will take place noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 1-2. Girls 13 years old will have tryouts from 2-5 p.m. on Nov. 9. Tryouts for girls ages 14-16 are set for noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 15-16.
This is primarily a two-day tryout process, which will take place at the Decatur Multi-Purpose Building.
Interested girls must arrive 30 minutes prior to tryout time for the registration process.
Girls must have a USA Volleyball card to try out, plus a USA Volleyball medical release form, a copy of your daughter’s birth certificate and bring a standard volleyball.
There is a $25 tryout fee covering both nights.
For information, look at the Texas Pistols Facebook page and/or call Susan Robertson at 1-940-577-4717.
Cancer awareness T-shirts available from Saint Jo Boosters
The Saint Jo Independent School District is offering breast cancer awareness T-shirts.
The shirts say, “Teaming Up to Fight Cancer” and “Saint Jo Panthers” with football, volleyball and basketball represented as well as the logo.
The shirt costs $12.
T-shirts are available in several sizes: Youth small, youth medium and youth large, adult small, adult medium, adult large, adult extra large, 2XL and 3XL.
Bring shirt payments to either the elementary school or high school office. Make checks payable to the Saint Jo Booster Club.
For information, call 940-995-2541.
Nearly 600 youngsters signed up for this season of youth baseball sports through the BSA. The group celebrated with awards this past week and introduction of all its teams. See all the awards and photos from the night in the mid-week Bowie News. (Photos by Barbara Green)
The 2024 Summer Olympics is just a few weeks away taking place in Paris. The opening ceremonies will be July 26 and are planned to be unique as they take place along the Seine River that flows through Paris. Thomas Bach prepared this op-ed to welcome the world to Paris.
By Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 is only days away. The excitement gripping this nation is palpable.
As this unique festival of sport draws closer, we all are feeling that France and the French people are ready to welcome the world’s best athletes with the hospitality and passion for sport for which they are famous all around the world.
Already millions of people have greeted the Olympic flame on its journey around France with a huge wave of enthusiasm. All of us are looking forward to an unforgettable celebration of Olympic sport and French culture in the coming weeks.
Read the full story in the mid-week sports in your Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s Firecracker 5K welcomed 100 runners for its 16th year on July 4th.
According to runsignup.com, Old Jo’s Firecracker 5K saw 100 runners of all ages register to kick off in downtown Saint Jo.
Brayden Willett, 14, Nocona, was the top male finisher with a time of 19:02.6. Sarah Rainey, 35, Saint Jo, was the top female finisher with 21:47.1.
In the male nine and under division, I. Miller, nine, Muenster, repeated his first place win from 2023 with at time of 34:52.8. E. Thomas, eight, no town listed, also repeated her win with a time of 31:58.5.
Emry Raney-Cavnar, 14, Ardmore, OK, won the male 10-14 group and E. Christensen, 11, Decatur, took the female race. In the male 15-19 division Luke Gehrig, 17, Muenster, won, while Sophia Christensen, 15, Decatur, took the ladies’ title.
See all the results and more photos in the weekend Bowie News.
Special appreciation to Jennifer Gaston Panther Photography for use of her photos.
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