SPORTS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Tough day for teams at Chico Tourney
By DANI BLACKBURN
dani@postoakmedia.net
The Forestburg High School girls’ basketball team opened the play for Montague County teams at the Chico Tournament on Thursday.
The Lady Longhorns stayed with the Paradise Lady Panthers in the top two quarters, going into halftime with a tied score of 23-all. However, Forestburg was missing the scoring power of Makayla Mason who typically brings in 30 percent of the team’s points.
Despite missing Mason due to a knee injury, the team still managed to put up 40 points. The Lady Longhorns stayed with the Panthers until the fourth quarter when Lady Panther Candioto managed to sink two 3-pointers to close the game 45-40.
“The tournament games aren’t about winning or losing, they are, but they’re mainly about seeing what you have and what you don’t have,” said head coach Cori Hayes. “We did just that and played well.”
Hayes enjoys returning to the Chico Tournament year after year, a tournament that he says is close to home and offers strong competition.
“The competition is good,” said Hayes. “We played Paradise JV, but when you play a 3A school that doesn’t mean anything. It’s a different competition.” Read more, and see complete tournament box scores, in the Dec. 10 Bowie News.
Forestburg’s Cayla Smelser eyes the basket during Thursday’s game against the Paradise JV at the Chico Tournament. (News photo by Dani Blackburn)
Bowie’s girl’s golfers (left) won the Buzzy Open at Diamond Oaks Golf Course shooting 375. Miley Thompson was 4th place individual shooting an 87 and Tess Egenbacher was 5th place individual shooting an 88. Kendall Fallis shot a 99 with both Reegen Ferguson and Lillie Maddox shooting 101. The boys finished second in their division. Caden Belcher led the boys with a 73, good enough for fourth place. Cason Airington fired a 76, Rayder Mann a 78, Preston Loyd an 83 and Chase White a 91. Team 2 was led by Trae Siegler with an 84, Easton Richey shot an 87. Bear Combs shot an 89, Caden Rutherford a 89 and Cody Chandler a 114.
Both squads had their steallar rounds against a number of 5A and 6A schools.
Courtesy photos
By BRIAN SMITH
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Several county 1A teams took part in the Forestburg track meet March 5.
The host Longhorns, Saint Jo, Gold-Burg, Bellevue, and Prairie Valley all took part in the day long event.It was the first meet hosted at the new track which was finished earlier this school year. Both girls and boys competed at the meet.
See the full results in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured – Saint Jo’s girls competed in a relay race at the meet. (Photo by Jennifer Gaston)
By BRIAN SMITH
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Saint Jo opened its boy’s baseball tournament March 5 with a 3-all, five-inning tie with Ector.
Ector stranded a runner in the top of the first. Saint Jo struck for a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured Damon Byrd of Saint Jo looks to bunt against Ector at a tournament opener. (Photo by Brian Smith)
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