SPORTS
Girls Roundup
With both teams hoping to rebound from losses, the Gold-Burg Lady Bears hosted Prairie Valley on Friday for a district matchup.
It was the Lady Bulldogs who were able to pull off the win 48-39.
Prairie Valley Coach Jeannie Carpenter did not like how her team started the game and thinks outside sources played a part in their mindset coming in.
“Being out of school due to the Montague County Youth Fair was definitely a factor in how slow we started out,” Carpenter said. “We were unfocused in the first quarter only scoring six points.”
Kincaid Johnson was key in getting the Lady Bulldogs back on track as she led the team with 17 points, scoring mostly on post ups inside.
Emily Carpenter joined her in double figures with 10 points.
The Lady Bears were led by Taylor Lyons, who scored 14 points. Kelly Contreras was right behind her with 12 points.
Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh was disappointed in the loss, but was proud of the way her team fought.
“This was the girl’s best game all season,” Cromleigh said. “We played extremely well. We hustled and fought and hustled some more.”
Prairie Valley finished the first round of district 3-3. They start the second round at 6 p.m. on Jan. 18 at state ranked Slidell.
Gold-Burg also will play Slidell this week on Tuesday before traveling to district number one Bellelvue on Jan. 18. They are schedule to start at 6 p.m.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers had a big hurdle to face on Friday as they hosted Slidell.
The Lady Greyhounds showed why they are ranked among the top teams in the state as they beat the Lady Panthers 60-28.
Saint Jo was able to keep the game close in the first quarter as the teams got out to a low scoring start as Slidell led 8-3.
The Lady Greyhounds quickly got their offense on track while the Lady Panthers struggled to score for most of the game.
Coach Taylor Klement laments her team’s offense not performing better against the tough Slidell team.
“I thought overall we struggled a little bit,” Klement said. “Slidell is a very good team and they were very strong on the defensive end.”
Despite the loss, Saint Jo ended the first round of district play with a 4-2 record in third place, losing only to the top two teams sitting above them in the standings, Slidell and Bellevue.
The second round of district kicks off this week with a rematch against the district leading Lady Eagles at home on Tuesday before traveling to Midway to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 18.
Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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