SPORTS
Saint Jo Panthers bounce back; Forestburg hosts Midway; Gold-Burg takes on state-ranked Slidell
After falling to the only other undefeated district team on Friday, Saint Jo bounced back by beating a tough Bellevue team at home Tuesday night.
The Panthers won big 72-44 with their patented high press style that wears opponents down and creates easy baskets off of turnovers. In their four district wins so far they are winning by an average of 31 points.
Coach Michael Wheeler was worried his team might come out overconfident since the Eagles were dealing with some injuries, but was glad they played to their standard.
“This was a game that I thought we could have easily lost focus in because one of Belle-vue’s better players was sidelined due to an injury,” Wheeler said. “Our guys delivered with a concentrated effort and played extremely hard. I was very pleased with their in-tensity and how they bounced back after a tough loss last week.”
Wheeler praised Logan Mormon for his play on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball as he led Saint Jo with 20 points. They had scoring from several players as Brock Durham, Eli Jones and Connor Thompson joined Mormon in double digits with all three scoring 12 points.
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Kally Jump will be taking over as head volleyball coach at Bowe High School.
Jump comes to town after a three-year stint as head coach at Class 4A Alvarado. She will be entering her 7th year of coaching this Fall. She replaces Ashley Sanders, who guide the team to a 6-6 finish in District 7-3A and a bi-district loss to Peaster.
After graduating from Tarleton State in 2020, she went to Itasca before going to Alvarado. With a number of family and friends in the area, Jump and her family decided to make the trip North.
Jump, who taught geometry and Algebra 2 at Alvarado, is the daughter of educators, She decided she wanted to be an educator when she was in elementary school.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
A solid day was had by Montague county high school tracksters at the State Track and Field Meet May 16 in Austin.
Bellevue’s Mattie Broussard had a pair of second place finishes in both the 800-meter run with a time of 2:21.41 and the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:31.33. Broussard also was 4th in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:22.18.
Her teammate Brylie Hager was 9th in the 110-meter hurdles in 19.93.
Forestburg’s Brenna Briles was 4th in the triple jump with a 35’9 1’2” leap. Her teammate Jocelyn Rich was 4th in the pole vault with a 9’ leap.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie had a pair of top four finishes at the State Track and Field Meet May 14.
Sophomore Brayden Willett made it onto the medal stand, finishing 3rd in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.89. Bowie junior Tyler Richey finished 4th in the pole vault after a 14’6” effort.
The top two finishers from Holliday, also in Bowie’s district, celebrated with him after he crossed the finish line.
“It was kind of surprising,” Willett said about Ryder and Noah Stroman embracing him in a celebratory hug. “They’re good guys, so it was kind of cool.”
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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