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Saint Jo boys
The Saint Jo Panthers hosted Midway on Friday to wrap up the first round of district play on a good note.
The Panthers won thanks to shut down defense in the first half, surviving a strong comeback attempt by the Falcons to win 58-47.
“It was the classic tale of two halves game,” Coach Lyndon Cook said. “In the first half we jumped on them with great execution and focus on defense and used that to spark our offense in probably our best half of basketball so far this year. Then, the second half they came out shooting the ball very well and we had to re-up our intensity to fight off their comeback. They cut it as close as nine a few times, but we always had somebody ready to step up and keep things from getting too close.”
The senior duo of Connor Thompson and Logan Morman scored 17 and 16 points to lead the team. Logan Brawner led the team with 10 rebounds to go along with eight points.
The win improves Saint Jo’s record to 5-1 after the first round of district.
With the only loss coming against state-ranked and undefeated Slidell, the Panthers are sitting good in the standings for the second seed.
The Panthers next host Gold-Burg at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4.

Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley basketball teams hosted state-ranked and undefeated Slidell on Friday.
It would be no night of upsets for the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs as the Greyhounds won 71-39 and the Lady Greyhounds won 79-38.
The Prairie Valley girl’s team had to struggle to break Slidell’s press all of the first half. This allowed the Lady Greyhounds to build a big lead until they backed off in the second half.
On the positive side, Coach Jeannie Carpenter felt her team rebounded the ball well and 38 points against a team like Slidell is good news as the Lady Bulldogs have struggled to score even in games they have won.
With a playoff spot still open, Prairie Valley hopes to make it in as either one of the third or fourth seeds.
Things were not much different for the Bulldogs. The Greyhounds press kept Prairie Valley from doing what they wanted to do while Slidell’s athleticism allowed them to get to the rim at will.
Nicholas Bell and Tyler Reid each scored 10 points to lead the team. With the Greyhounds giving every team in the district this type of spanking, Coach Seth Stephens hopes he and the team can look at it as a learning experience that will serve the team in the second round of district.
Both Prairie Valley teams next host Midway on Jan. 31. The Lady Bulldogs game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The boy’s game will follow.

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Interview with Bowie baseball players Boston Farris (left) and Trae Seigler following their district win against City View on April 8, 2025.
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Interview with Bowie softball players Hanna Bell (left) and Sadie Britt following their district win against City View on senior night on April 8, 2025.
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RJ Walker pitched four perfect innings for Nocona and got his 100th career strike out. (Courtesy photo)

Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.

Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.

Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.

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