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Panthers hold off Bulldogs 57-54
The Saint Jo Panthers hosted Prairie Valley on Tuesday in a game that went to the wire down the stretch.
The Panthers held off a valiant Bulldog comeback in the fourth quarter as Prairie Valley missed a shot at the buzzer to win their third district game 57-54.
The first quarter started off a little slow for both team with Saint Jo up only 9-7 midway through the quarter. Both teams picked up the pace to finish the quarter in a flurry with the Panthers making four 3-pointers and leading 24-16.
The hot shooting from Saint Jo cooled off, but so too did Prairie Valley’s as the perimeter oriented team failed to make a 3-pointer in the second quarter. The Panthers were dealt a blow early in the quarter when senior starter Brock Durham left the game with an injury. Still, Saint Jo led 32-22 as the Bulldogs failed to make up much ground.
The third quarter saw a little more production as Prairie Valley made a couple 3-pointers. The Panthers scored enough to keep the Bulldogs at a distance 43-34 heading into the fourth quarter, but Prairie Valley knew it was still within range if it had a big fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs immediately made two 3-pointers within the first minute of the final quarter to cut the lead to 45-40. From there, the teams seemed to go back and forth trading 3-pointers as Saint Jo answered almost every time Prairie Valley got within one.
With 1:36 left the Bulldogs Nicholas Bell nailed his third 3-pointer of the quarter to cut the lead to one score 57-54.
The Panthers ran the clock down to 40 seconds before calling a time out. Out of the time out, Prairie Valley drew a charge to gain possession of the ball with 34 seconds left. The charge was also Saint Jo senior Connor Thompson’s fifth foul, fouling him out of the game.
The Bulldogs attempted a 3-pointer to tie the game, but it missed. The Panthers got the rebound and were sent to the free throw line with 16 seconds left. The player missed and Prairie Valley got another chance to tie.
The 3-point attempt missed and Saint Jo again got sent to the line after rebounding the ball. Another free throw miss for the Panthers allowed the Bulldogs one final shot to tie the game up with only a few seconds left. The deep 3-pointer bounced off the rim at the buzzer as Saint Jo held on to win 57-54.
The win for the Panthers kept them undefeated in district play. Logan Morman led the team with 24 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter to help stave off Prairie Valley’s comeback. Thompson and Brice Durham each scored nine points.
For the Bulldogs, Bell led the team with 18 points, scoring nine in the fourth quarter to help spark the comeback. Post player Sergion Mancilla came off the bench to score nine of his 12 points in the fourth quarter as well. Tyler Reid also finished in double-digits with 13 points.
The Panthers next host Midway at 7 p.m. on Jan. 21. Prairie Valley next hosts Slidell at 7 p.m. on Jan. 24.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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