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Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Panthers beat Bellevue on Friday at home.
The Panthers won the game 55-21 thanks to their defense.
“One of our best defensive performances of the year, even though we were missing some guys,” Coach Lyndon Cook said. “Had some players step up and play more minutes than they normally do and was really proud of how we defended as a unit.”
Kile Thurman led the team scoring 24 points while Tyler Cook had 13 points. Cade Steven led the team with seven assists while adding 11 points and Logan Brawner grabbed 16 rebounds.
Saint Jo is next scheduled to play district leader and top-ranked Slidell at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 19 at home.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs lost to Midway on the road Friday.
The Falcons won 65-34 as the Bulldogs struggled against their defense.
“They do a great job of defending and we didn’t take great shots and turned the ball over too much to give ourselves a chance,” Coach Seth Stephens said. “We have to rebound better and play with more urgency on defense if we want to be able to compete with the top teams in our district.”
Isaac Yeargin led the team with 13 points and Tyler Winkler was second with 11 points. Konner Ritchie led the team with 11 rebounds.
Prairie Valley is in quarantine this whole week. The makeup game hosting Gold-Burg is scheduled for noon on Jan. 23.
Gold-Burg vs Forestburg
The Gold-Burg Bears beat Forestburg at home on Friday night.
The Bears won 44-29 against a Longhorns team that had no bench players beyond their starting five.
Despite that, Forestburg led at halftime 18-15 thanks to seven points from James Stokes and six points from Braxton Osteen.
Gold-Burg did a better job defensively in the second half, limiting the Longhorns to 11 points while finishing the game strong, scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter.
The Bears were led by Will Hodges who scored 14 points, including eight in the first quarter. Kolton Whitaker was second with 10 points, all scored in the fourth quarter.
For Forestburg, Stokes led the team with 11 points and Osteen finished with eight points.
Coach Eldon Van Hooser thought his team played better as a cohesive unit and was proud of the five players who showed up.
The Bears are next scheduled to play at Slidell at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 15. The Longhorns are next scheduled to host Bellevue at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 15.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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