SPORTS
Saint Jo girls beat Forestburg
Coming back from the holiday break, the Saint Jo Lady Panthers hosted Forestburg on Friday.
The Lady Panthers trapping defense and tenaciousness on the offensive glass allowed them to win the low scoring game 32-19.
The first quarter was all Saint Jo. The Lady Panthers had their players waiting at mid-court to trap the Lady Horns and forced turnovers. Forestburg tried to force some long passes to try and beat it, but Saint Jo made them pay.
Not many of the turnovers could be converted directly to points so the Lady Panthers had to find the little holes in the Lady Horns zone defense. The short to mid-range shots far enough away from Forestburg’s big post Morgan Miller allowed open shots where Emma Martin and Bailey Parker combined for 10 of their points.
When the Lady Horns were able to set up in their offense, they tried their best to get the ball to Miller, who was easily taller than everyone on the court. Saint Jo tweaked its defense to always have two players on Miller at all times to try and prevent her from getting the ball because once she catches it all they could really do is hope she misses. The Lady Panthers put all this together to get out to a 15-2 lead in the first quarter.
After that Forestburg picked up its defensive intensity and did a good job of being physical, although offensively it still struggled to find quality shots. Only six points were scored all of the second quarter between the two teams as Saint Jo led 17-6 at halftime.
The third quarter saw the Lady Panthers start to play a bit more physical as well. They crashed the offensive boards and got multiple second chance shots up during possessions. Saint Jo also got to the free throw line, using the physical Lady Horns play against them.
Both teams scored much more than in the second quarter, but the Lady Panthers lead increased to 27-12 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Horns made two three-pointers in the quarter and again limited Saint Jo offensively. The Lady Panthers were able to do enough in the final period to not let their lead get in any danger as they coasted to their first district win 32-19.
Saint Jo next plays at Gold-Burg at 6 p.m. on Jan. 10. The Lady Horns will travel to Prairie Valley to play at 6 p.m. on Jan. 10.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.
Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.
The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.
To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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