SPORTS
Forestburg, Saint Jo races at Reunion Run
All three of the Saint Jo High School cross country runners ran a personal best at the Reunion Run at Joe Wheeler Park in Decatur on Saturday.
Logan Morman ran his way to 26th place with a time of 18:39.46, while Grant Stiteler ran a 25:48.75.
For the girl’s division, Kassidy Pitman ran her best of 14:55.56 for 83rd place at the Reunion Run.
“This was the biggest meet we have been to all year,” said Saint Jo Cross Country Coach Taylor Klement. “All three runners came out and ran season bests, so I was very pleased with their overall effort. Hopefully the improvement will continue as we get closer to the district meet.”
Saint Jo wasn’t alone with runners who completed a personal best at the Reunion Run as Forestburg’s Sol Martinez ran across the finish line with a personal best of 16:01.89.
Lady Horn Issabella Roller wrapped up the Reunion Run with a time of 16:28 against tough competition with mostly larger 3A and 4A schools, including Decatur, Argyle and Holliday.
“The main problem we have is that the kids are very timid when they are the only one or two form our school, and the other schools have full teams, but we have this same problem when we run against schools our size,” said Forestburg Cross Country Coach Greg Roller. “Slidell, Bellevue, Midway, all have full teams.”
Forestburg will race at Ponder on Oct. 3, with the district meet approaching on Oct. 10 in Bowie.
“Our goal is to advance our two high school girls to regionals,” said Roller.
The Reunion Run was a successful meet for Forestburg seventh grader Justynne Roller, who shaved two minutes off her time to finish 64 out of 108 runners from larger schools with a time of 18:15.
“This was almost two full minutes faster than her previous best time,” explained Roller.
Jackrabbits
A day after football season ended and the Bowie boy’s basketball team played its first game of the season and is working towards a new goal this season.
The Jackrabbits lost that first game against Sanger on Nov. 9, 70-36 before bouncing back a few days later after some practice to beat Bridgeport on Nov. 12, 56-51.
Bowie comes into this season after falling just short of making the playoffs last season.
The team graduated two of its three double-digit scorers along with an experienced post player from its starting rotation last season.
Rayder Mann is the team’s most proven scorer from last season, but other players will be counted on to step up according to Coach Ryan Dykes, who enters his second season at Bowie.
“Rayder Mann and Bradly Horton will need to be the floor generals for us to be successful,” Dykes said. “Boston Farris will be counted on to be a productive player and Gaige Goodman will need to be a factor in the paint on both the offensive and defensive end.”
In the first game against Sanger, Mann led the team with 13 points while Goodman was second with eight points.
The offense was much better overall against Bridgeport. Horton had 15 points, Mann had 14 points and Farris had nine points as Bowie scored in double-digits in every quarter of the game.
Lady Rabbits
In the second week of the season the Bowie Lady Rabbits had up and down performances.
The Lady Rabbits lost at Bridgeport on Nov. 9, 68-30 but bounced back to win at home on Nov. 12 against Boyd 55-42.
Against Bridgeport, Bowie gave up too many three-pointers on defense as the Sissies made 12 in the game.
It was too much for the Lady Rabbits to keep up with.
Parker Riddle led the team with 14 points while Payton Holt was second with five points.
The offense was more successful overall and balanced against Boyd, pulling away in the second half. Hanna Bell led the team with 13 points while Holt was second with eight points and Lanie Moore had seven points.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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